(ANSA) - TRIESTE - The first Regional Stakeholders Workshop
of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region within the EU Project ITHACA
(InnovaTion in Health And Care for All) was organised in Trieste
on 10 July and was attended by representatives of various
health-related institutions, a CEI statement reported. This
event is the first of series of regional meetings envisaged to
take place during the 5-year project
ITHACA is financed under the Interreg Europe Programme. It
aims at refining regional policies in order to support
innovative businesses, create growth and scale up the deployment
of innovative health and care solutions for active and healthy
ageing. It will incorporate inter-regional collaboration,
involving a wide range of expert stakeholders. The CEI is
dealing with the overall management and implementation of the
Project on behalf of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region.
During the meeting, the self-assessment tool was introduced:
it is one of the main instruments of the project designed to
assess the existent regional ecosystems on smart health and care
and, ultimately, to measure regional development.
The participants had the chance to share views and make
suggestions such as the possibility of involving third sector
organisations in the project, as well as a number of potential
benefits stakeholders from health-related companies through the
existing clusters. (ANSA).
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