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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.

Objectives, Activities and Results expected / achieved

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Project Reference

1222R4/H4G

Funding


Duration

24 Months

Start Date

2012-12-31

End Date

2014-12-31

Approval Date

2012-12-31

Consortium

Municipality of Debrecen (HU);
City of Turnhout / Thomas More Kempen (BE);
IPN Incubadora (PT);
University of Debrecen (HU);
City of Leuven (BE);
CISE - Innovation and Economic Development Centre (IT);
Vidzeme Planning Region (LV);
Maribor Development Agency (SI);
Province of Turin (IT);
Brainport Development (NL).

Website

http://health4growth.com

Keywords

Health;
Economic growth;
SMEs;
Ageing;
Regional development;
Innovation;
Regional policies
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