European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing

Orsi Nagy

Innovation for Health and Consumers, DG SANCO

30 May 2012

Source: SANCO, based on Ageing Report 2009

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Europe: Some facts and figures

• Total health spending EU average of 9.6% of GDP in 2008

• Total age-related spending: Education, pensions, healthcare, unemployment benefitsIncrease by 4.75% points of GDP by 2060

• Shrinking workforce in the care sector and an insufficient number of health specialists

Ageing an opportunity

• Europe 2020 flagship initiatives

• European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations in 2012

• EU Health Strategy “Together for health’’

Europe 2020 flagship initiatives

Boost growth, among others:

• The Innovation Union

• Digital Agenda for Europe

• New Skills for New Jobs

• European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion

European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations in 2012

Raising awareness that active ageing can give the opportunity to:

• Stay in the workforce and share experience

• Keep playing an active role in society

• Live as healthy and fulfilling lives as possible.

EIP on AHA: Objectives and headline target

Headline target by 2020

• Increasing the number of healthy life years (HLYs) by 2 in the EU on average

A triple win for Europe

• Enabling EU citizens to lead healthy, active and independent lives until old age

• Improving the sustainability and efficiency of social and health care systems

• Developing and deploying innovative solutions, thus fostering competitiveness and market growth

Collaborative innovation

Bringing together interested stakeholders from public and private sectors across the entire innovation value cycle

To cooperate, share one same vision and aim to deliver innovative solutions for an ageing society,

Responding to their needs and demands

Bringing together interested stakeholders from public and private sectors across the entire innovation value cycle

To cooperate, share one same vision and aim to deliver innovative solutions for an ageing society,

Responding to their needs and demands

AligningAligning SynergiesSynergies Use efficiencyUse efficiency OptimisationOptimisation

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CoordinationCoordination

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Public consultation• 524 submissions

Steering Group Workshops• Mapping of research• Care&Cure• Prevention, early diagnosis• Active ageing & independent living

Fiches with actions• 127 submissions

StrategicImplementation Plan• Steering Group 7th of

November 2011

Three-step process stakeholder involvement

Prevention, screening & early diagnosis

Care & Cure Active ageing & independent living

•Health literacy, patient empowerment, ethics and adherence

•Personal health management

•Prevention, early diagnosis of functional and cognitive decline

•Guidelines for care, workforce (multimorbidity, polypharmacy, frailty and collaborative care)

•Multimorbidity and R&D

•Capacity building and replicability of successful integrated care systems

•Assisted daily living for older people with cognitive impairment

•Flexible and interoperable ICT solutions for active and independent living

•Innovation improving social inclusion of older people

Vision / Foundation•Focus on holistic and multidisciplinary approach

•Development of dynamic and sustainable care systems of tomorrow

•New paradigm of ageing

•Innovation in service of the elderly people

•Regulatory and standardisation conditions

•Effective funding

•Evidence base, reference examples, repository for age-friendly innovation

•Marketplace to facilitate cooperation among various stakeholders

Horizontal issues

Strategic Framework of the EIP on AHA

Criteria for ‘a priority action area’

• Greatest contribution to the objectives of the partnership

• Benefiting particularly from the partnership approach

• Significantly contributing to overcoming key bottlenecks & barriers

• Facilitating innovation in an area where European industry has or may develop a competitive advantage

• Being the most ready to launch

• Prescription and adherence action at regional level.

• Personalised health management, starting with a Fall Prevention Initiative

• Action for prevention of functional decline and frailty with first action focused on physiological frailty and malnutrition

• Replicating and tutoring integrated care for chronic diseases, including remote monitoring at regional level

• Development of interoperable independent living solutions, including guidelines for business models

• Thematic marketplace: innovation for age friendly buildings, cities and environments

EC Communication

• Adopted 29th February 2012

• Commission’s response to the Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) and commitment to its implementation

• Key elements: Setting up the necessary support framework

- Favourable regulatory framework- Effective funding mechanisms- Marketplace: evidence base, data and innovative ideas

Support at national, regional and local level

Launching actions on the ground

Monitoring and assessment of progress

Governance for effective implementation

EC Communication

• Adopted 29th February 2012

• Commission’s response to the Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) and commitment to its implementation

• Key elements: Setting up the necessary support framework

- Favourable regulatory framework- Effective funding mechanisms- Marketplace: evidence base, data and innovative ideas

Support at national, regional and local level

Launching actions on the ground

Monitoring and assessment of progress

Governance for effective implementation

Activities: Launching actions on the ground

WHY GET INVOLVED?

• Learn from the others’ good practice

• Combine evidence

• Collaboration leading to efficiency in (re-)design and validation of innovative care services

• Efficiency of design leading to expansion of services to larger population - with the same level of investment

• Strengthen your ability to find funding at local/national level

• Local industry seeing a larger market, beyond the “local border”

• Political support

WHY GET INVOLVED?

• Learn from the others’ good practice

• Combine evidence

• Collaboration leading to efficiency in (re-)design and validation of innovative care services

• Efficiency of design leading to expansion of services to larger population - with the same level of investment

• Strengthen your ability to find funding at local/national level

• Local industry seeing a larger market, beyond the “local border”

• Political support

HOW TO GET INVOLVED:

1) Invitation for Commitment=> submit your commitment to be an active partner in the

implementation of one or more Specific Actions

2) Invitation for expression of intent to be a candidate 'reference site'

=> European locations implementing a substantial number of the Specific Actions in an integrated way

3) Marketplace for innovative ideas=> interested, but not yet ready to submit a commitment to a

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Commitment – A measurable and concrete engagement in support of a Specific Action, towards the target deliverables of the SIP

Criteria for Commitments:

1. Engagement – underwriting the EIP and its criteria

2. Inclusiveness and Partnership - widely involving all relevant actors

3. Delivery – delivering according to planning and agreed outcomes

4. Critical mass – mobilising sufficient resources

5. Advocacy - inspiration and political support

Submission via a web tool on the EIP site (http://ec.europa.eu/active-healthy-ageing)

All submitted Commitments will be made publicly available

Activities: Invitation for Commitments

Reference Sites: regions, cities or integrated hospitals/care organisations established in a geographical location in Europe provide a comprehensive innovation based approach to active and

healthy ageing provide concrete example of existing and successful integrated

solutions, based on evidence of their impact in practice expected to contribute significantly to building the synergies

between the different Partnership Actions

Submission via a web tool on the EIP site (http://ec.europa.eu/active-healthy-ageing)

All submitted Commitments will be made publicly available

Activities: Invitation for Expression of Intent to be a candidate Reference Site

Activities: Marketplace for innovative ideas

An interactive online platform, open to all stakeholders willing to get involved in the Partnership

For those who:

are interested in the EIP, but not yet ready to submit a Commitment to a Specific Action

wish to find partners, build networks and develop a Commitment

are eager to be kept up to date with initiatives, events, and share with others what is on the agenda

offer innovative ideas and expertise which they are ready to share with wider public through social media

Thank you for your attention

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/eipaha