The document discusses Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation program from 2014-2020. It summarizes that Horizon 2020 brings together separate previous programs, couples research and innovation, and focuses on societal challenges like health and ageing. It allocates over 7 billion euros for health, demographic change and wellbeing initiatives. These initiatives aim to translate science to benefit citizens, improve health outcomes, support healthcare sectors, and test new health models through areas like innovative medicines, clinical trials, assisted living, and active ageing.

1. Horizon 2020 'Health,
demographic change and
wellbeing'
Loukianos Gatzoulis,
Unit Digital Social Platforms,
DG CONNECT,
European Commission
ECHAlliance @ Mobile World Congress
Barcelona, 25 February 2014

2. Horizon 2020 - what's new?
• A single programme bringing together three separate
programmes/initiatives*
• Coupling research to innovation – from research to retail,
all forms of innovation
• Focus on societal challenges facing European society e.g.
health and ageing, clean energy and transport
• Simplified access, for all companies, universities, institutes in
all EU countries and beyond
The 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), innovation aspects of
Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), EU contribution to the
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
The EU’s 2014-20 programme for research & innovation

3. Three priorities
Excellent
science
Industrial
leadership
Societal
challenges

4. Proposed funding
(million EUR, 2014-2020)*
All funding figures in this presentation are subject to the
pending Multiannual Financial Framework Regulation by
the EP and the Council
Health, demographic change and wellbeing 7 472
Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry,
marine and maritime and inland water research and
the Bioeconomy
3 851
Secure, clean and efficient energy * 5 931
Smart, green and integrated transport 6 339
Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and
raw materials
3 081
Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies 1 310
Secure societies 1 695
Science with and for society 462
Spreading excellence and widening participation 816

5. • Translating science to benefit
citizens
• Improve health outcomes
• Support a competitive health &
care sector
• Test and demonstrate new health &
care models, approaches and tools
• Promote healthy and active ageing
Horizon 2020 - Societal Challenge 1
Do also look elsewhere! EU support of health related
research & innovation is not limited to Societal Challenge 1

6. Strategic Initiatives
Innovative Medicines Initiative 2
www.imi.europa.eu
European & Developing Countries
Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP2)
www.edctp.org
Active and Assisted Living 2
www.aal-europe.eu
European Innovation Partnership
on Active and Healthy Ageing
https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/eipaha

7. The Work Programme 2014/15 in brief
Call for 'co-ordination activities'
15 topics (10 in 2014, 5 in 2015)
Call 'personalising health and care'
34 topics (15 in 2014, 17 in 2015, 2 open in both years)
€ 1,21
billion

8. Personalising
Health and Care

9. Advancing active and healthy ageing
Integrated, sustainable, citizen-centred care
Improving health information, data exploitation and
providing an evidence base for health policies and regulation
Innovative treatments and technologies
Improving diagnosis
7 Focus Areas
Effective health promotion, disease prevention,
preparedness and screening
Understanding health, ageing & disease

10. Understanding the call topics: example
'PHC 2 – 2015'
'Specific challenge'
'Scope'
'Expected impact'
'Type of action'

11. • Service robotics within assisted living
environments (2014)
• Pilot projects on independent living with
cognitive impairments (2014)
• Early risk detection and intervention (2015)
• Promoting mental wellbeing in the ageing
population (2015)
Adding more life to our years

12. • New models for prevention oriented health and care systems
(2014)
• Piloting personalised medicine in health and care systems (2015)
• Self-management of health and disease:
• citizen engagement and mHealth for disease management (2014)
• patient empowerment supported by ICT (2015)
• based on predictive computer modelling (2015)
• Public procurement of innovative eHealth services (2015)
• ICT systems for integrated care (2015)
• eHealth sectorial inducement prize (2015)
The citizen in the centre

13. Research &
Innovation
Horizon 2020 - societal challenge 1
PHC 26 -2014) Self-management of health and disease: citizen engagement
and mHealth
Scope
• focus on patients or healthy persons
• health management addressed in a holistic approach
(i) citizen engagement in health, wellbeing and prevention of
diseases
• Creation of a supportive environment for healthy behaviour
• Health promotion, health literacy and disease prevention
• Development of a multi-stakeholder ecosystem
• A migration path towards comprehensive solutions that could be
incorporated into health care processes
Integrated, sustainable,
citizen-centred care

14. Research &
Innovation
Horizon 2020 - societal challenge 1
PHC 26 -2014) Self-management of health and disease: citizen engagement
and mHealth
Scope, cont...
(ii) mHealth apps for disease management
• co-designing and user needs as a key driver; knowledge management
systems; guidance for patients, care-givers, families and patients' social
environment; patient adherence to and compliance with medical
recommendations; economic aspects; secondary prevention; addressing
avoidable negative health and wellbeing outcomes; screening for pre-frailty
states; public health or health promotion interventions addressed to large
sectors of population through mHealth applications and; co-operative ICTs to
support co-operative management of health and disease among patients and
eco-health systems.
Integrated, sustainable,
citizen-centred care

15. Research &
Innovation
Horizon 2020 - societal challenge 1
PHC 26 -2014) Self-management of health and disease: citizen engagement
and mHealth
Expected Impact
Improved self-management of health, disease prevention, management of
diseases and/or expenditure; Strengthened evidence base on health outcomes;
Increased confidence, creation of new personalised behavioural health
interventions
• For (i): Validated programmes for health promotion and disease prevention;
ecosystem and new business models
• For(ii): Patient empowerment and safety; reduction of the number of severe
episodes and complications; improved patient-health professional interaction;
service offering; business models; legal frameworks; harmonisation; standards; co-
ordination of therapies; reimbursement; accessibility; inter-operability; connectivity;
sustainability, usability and user-acceptance; interaction; education
Collaborative Project (100%), recommended project size 3 to 5 million
EUR
Integrated, sustainable,
citizen-centred care

16. HORIZON 2020
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for your attention!
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