HEALTH FOR GROWTH
Developing Regional Actions to Promote SMEs in Health Sector and Stimulate Economic Growth

Challenge

Improve the effectiveness of regional development policies regarding the operational environment of local/regional economic players within the health sector and promote their cooperation in order to exploit the growth and innovation potential of the sector.

Solution

The Health4Growth project was able to:

• Analyse the state of the art nature of entrepreneurship in the health sector in each of the nine participating regions (State of Play reports);
• Identify and promote the exchange of good practices and conduct workshops in areas related to finance, human capital and support infrastructures for entrepreneurship in health;
• Develop more detailed plans for the implementation of good practices with the lessons learned among the project partners;
• Develop a range of 10 key policy recommendations to improve entrepreneurship in healthcare:

1. Administrative simplification and flexibility;
2. Living labs as an innovation instrument;
3. Increase policy coherence in healthcare regulation;
4. Multi-national approach and implementation;
5. Enhancement of interdisciplinary and cross sector programmes and projects;
6. Promote entrepreneurship for young adults;
7. Deliver solutions for the market of the future through the exchange of good practice;
8. Demand-driven innovation;
9. Promoting healthy lifestyle;
10. Supporting entrepreneurship in the health sector through public procurement.