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Building on EUREGIO III: needs and opportunities

Building on EUREGIO III: needs and opportunities. Brussels 3 February 2011 Professor Jonathan Watson PhD FRSM HCN Executive Director EUREGIO III Project lead Special Professor of Health & Public Policy, University of Nottingham Medical School Lay Court Member – Edinburgh Napier University

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Building on EUREGIO III: needs and opportunities

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  1. Building on EUREGIO III: needs and opportunities • Brussels 3 February 2011 • Professor Jonathan Watson PhD FRSM • HCN Executive Director • EUREGIO III Project lead • Special Professor of Health & Public Policy, University of Nottingham Medical School • Lay Court Member – Edinburgh Napier University • External Partner toEuropean Masters degree in Sustainable Regional Health Systems (Deusto, Vilnius, Corvinus, Verona)

  2. EU policy directions (EU2020, Post-2013 Cohesion Policy, Solidarity in Health) Key messages from EIII SF management and delivery Regional support needs Project lifecycle support Principles, needs & capacity Completing EUREGIO III Summary light and shadow

  3. SMART growth (Innovation Union, Youth on the Move, European Digital Agenda) SUSTAINABLE growth (Resource Efficient Europe, Industrial Policy for a Global Age) INCLUSIVE growth (New Skills and Jobs, Platform Against Poverty) EU responses I

  4. Three scenarios: Health continues to feature as an objective for Cohesion Policy Health exists as a sub-priority under a number of other priorities SF are no longer used to invest in health EU responses II: post 2013 Cohesion Policy Health system reform mandate given as part of economic governance

  5. social determinants of health Solidarity in Health (2009) WHO/EU Equity Project briefing paper (2010)

  6. EU responses III

  7. Lessons emerging from case studies of the 2000/6 SF programme differ significantly from those of the 2007/13 programme e-health is ranked above other investments priorities closely followed by infrastructure development, with health promotion and education and training somewhat lower down the scale. There is little evidence of forward planning for the down turn in economic activity and growth Clear demands for better and faster communication with the EC Specific help is needed to improve understanding, confidence and expertise in preparing good Structural Fund applications Specific help is needed to improve understanding, confidence and expertise in managing SF projects There is a need to improve (regional) absorption capacity to manage these changes and plan and implement relevant and effective SF investment; key messages

  8. Management of SF Communication Conditions for pre-assessment Health Equity Impact Assessment Intersectoral governance Incentivise operational flexibility Comparable monitoring and evaluation needs I

  9. Delivery of SF Project development support Peer review Mentoring Real-time knowledge exchange during implementation Good practice clearing house needs II

  10. regional support Knowledge platform Quality support programme Good Practice Clearing House Training and development Events and policy dialogue

  11. project lifecycle support Project development (create the right thing) Application Process (apply for funding the right way) Implementation (do the right thing) EIII follow-up Conceptualising and connecting JASPERS+ EIII follow-up Action research/learning

  12. principles, needs and capacity Principles Needs Capacity Strategic Disinvest to reinvest Return on investment People focus Sustainability Entrepreneurship Conditionality Project development support Health Equity Impact Assessment Comparable regions Real time knowledge sharing Mentoring & Peer review Organisational Workforce Leadership Partnerships Resources allocation

  13. New case material on website from February Liaise with EMPLOY to find more ESF case studies Capacity building audit with selection of regions Training workshops (Budapest in May/June and Brussels in September) Master classes (Lisbon in March and Stockholm in September) Peer-review publications and online thematic papers Final conference in September completing EIII

  14. Health systems are an economic investment and not a cost Apply conditionality to funding decisions Work and learn together on issues where regions & organisations share priorities Build capacity and expertise to ensure health systems remain reliable, can adapt, act creatively and manage sustainably. summary – preparing for 2014-2020

  15. www.healthclusternet.eu www.euregio3.eu

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