• NAME: THCS

  • FULL NAME: EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP ON TRANSFORMING HEALTH AND CARE SYSTEMS

  • PROJECT NUMBER: 101095654

  • FUNDING BODY: European Health and Digital Executive Agency

  • WEBSITE: https://www.thcspartnership.eu/

  • DURATION: 1st of January 2023 till 31st of December 2029

  • PROJECT COORDINATOR: Ministerio della Salute (Italy)

  • Nº of consortium partners: 58

European health and care systems are facing common challenges, such as identifying and developing innovative solutions that may in the future help to alleviate the pressure on healthcare organizations or re-evaluating the role of hospitals in society by presenting an innovative vision of the role and activities of hospitals in the society of the future. These challenges require disruptive and coordinated solutions from healthcare organizations and providers. Addressing these challenges and problems requires coordinated actions involving all stakeholders in the design, research, policy and deployment processes.

The European Commission has created the THCS partnership, in order to generate new knowledge on organization, governance, financing and care models, and to support the process of implementation and dissemination of best practices for the transformation of health and care systems.

In the framework of the THCS will be launched a Joint Transnational Call (JTC) to finance innovative R&D projects, implementation, coordination and support, and innovation in health and care management. The R&D&I activities to be funded will be aligned with the partnership prioritization strategy and the recommendations of the AWP (Annual Work Plan), taking into account both the thematic and structural priorities and the blocks of the SRIA and aligned with the annual work plan.

Contribute to the transition towards more sustainable, efficient, resilient, inclusive, innovative and high-quality health and care systems people-centered and accessible to all people. THCS aims to catalyze such transformation by building an open and supportive partnership where all stakeholders can work together on R&D activities.

  • Increase funding opportunities and strengthen research and innovation
  • Fill knowledge gaps
  • Increase the capacity to implement innovation
  • Intensify cooperation among countries and regions, beyond the health and care
  • Increasing stakeholders’ involvement and capacity building
  • WP1 Governance and Annual Work Plan: The establishment and coordination of a high-level Advisory Board to ensure representativeness of stakeholders from different sectors of the European health and ensure representativeness of stakeholders from different sectors of European health and care policy, research and innovation organizations. An Annual Work Plan (AWP) will be developed to ensure progress over the seven years in a coherent
  • WP2 Management and coordination: Ensure the coordination, strategic and administrative management of THCS, including results monitoring, impact assessment, ethical evaluation and data management, in cooperation with the different governance bodies involved in the
  • WP3 Strategic relationships and maximization of impact: Promote synergies with relevant external collaborators and stakeholders in order to avoid duplication of investments, work and related activities. Implementation of communication and dissemination actions to increase the visibility of the THCS and its impact on all agents of the health
  • WP4 Methodological and evaluation framework: Identification of R&D needs in the short, medium and long term, and development and identification of methods and tools to support the implementation of innovative practices in health
  • WP5: Bringing evidence to policy: Efficiently share knowledge and learnings on accelerated R&D&I implementation. Support the development of evidence-based policies and strategies for transformation, taking into account the capacities of each
  • WP6 Definition of research and innovation call text: Design of the call for proposals JTC (Joint Transnational Call), including the selection and definition of the most appropriate funding instrument and the requirements of the
  • WP7 Joint Transnational Call Secretariat: ensure sound coordination, administration and management of the Joint Call Secretariat (JCS) which will execute the yearly JTCs launched by THCS
  • WP8 Project Monitoring and Assessment of Projects’ results and Impact: Monitoring and Assessment (M&A) is intended to provide information that is reliable and useful on the projects that have been funded by THCS, enabling the researchers to improve and increase the impact of their work, on one hand, and providing the RFOs and the beneficiary organizations analysis of challenges, impacts and a route to translate results and lessons learned into the decision and policy-making processes.
  • WP9 Strengthening ecosystems: Establish communication and collaboration activities so that the needs of stakeholders are reflected in R&D projects and the transformation of health and care systems is
  • WP10 Knowledge Hub to support the transferability of good practices: To implement a sustainable Knowledge Hub to enable effective information sharing to foster capacity-building support and exchange of good practices for the transformation of health and social care systems in
  • Increase participation and research collaboration between organizations.
  • Use research results to develop environmentally based strategies and policies and learn from good
  • Apply innovative ways to provide care and maintain the population
  • Plan the execution of efficient investments for innovative care solutions and
  • Expand the number of innovative agents and strengthen health ecosystems to facilitate the adoption of successful
  • Increase the digital and health literacy of citizens and health and care
  • Improve cooperation and the use of knowledge and intervention specificities tailored to the context of each country.
  • The Department of Health, through BIOEF: Acts as Research Funding Organization, and is one of the partners in charge of launching calls for proposals to fund research projects that promote the transition to more sustainable, efficient, resilient and innovative high-quality health and care Among its activities, it is also expected to act as technical secretary of the joint translational call, and the monitoring and evaluation of the projects.
  • Role of Biosistemak: Act as a Research Performing Organization, will be in charge of providing knowledge and tools to define the methodological and evaluation framework and will participate in the creation of the knowledge centre to support the transfer of European best
  • Coordination:Ane Fullaondo, Dolores Verdoy and Maite Zabala 

List of consortium partners: 

  1. Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori (INT) Italy
  2. Sciensano (Sciensano) Belgium
  3. Hrvatski Zavod Za Javno Zdravstvo (CIPH) Croatia
  4. Institut National Du Cancer Gip (INCA) France
  5. Bundesministerium Fuer Gesundheit (BMG) Germany
  6. Ethniko Idryma Erevnon (NHRF) Greece
  7. Orszagos Onkologiai Intezet (OOI) Hungary
  8. Lietuvos Respublikos Sveikatos Apsaugos Ministerija (SAM LT) Lithuania
  9. Ministry For Health – Government Of Malta (MFH) Malta
  10. Oslo Universitetssykehus Hf (OUS) Norway
  11. Narodowy Instytut Onkologii Im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie – Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy (MSCI) Poland
  12. Ministerio Da Saude – Republica Portuguesa (DGH) Portugal
  13. Institutul Oncologic Prof Dr Ion Chiricuta Cluj-Napoca (IOCN) Romania
  14. Onkoloski Institut Ljubljana (OIL) Slovenia
  15. Asociación Instituto De Investigación En Servicios De Salud Biosistemak (Kronikgune) Spain
    1. ICO, Catalan Institute of Oncology
    2. IDIVAL, Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute
    3. CIBER, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (Biomedical Research Networking Centre Consortium)
    4. HSJD, San Joan de Déu Hospital
    5. SAS, Andalusian Health Service

      16. Fakultni Nemocnice V Motole (UH MOTOL) Czechia

ITALY

 MINISTERO DELLA SALUTE (IT MOH), COORDINATOR

  1. AUSTRIA

    • BUNDESMINISTERIUM FUER      KLIMASCHUTZ,       UMWELT,       ENERGIE,      MOBILITAET, INNOVATION UND TECHNOLOGIE (BMK)
    • OSTERREICHISCHE FORSCHUNGSFORDERUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH (FFG)

2.       BELGIUM

  • FONDS INNOVEREN EN ONDERNEMEN (FIO)
  • FONDS DE  LA  RECHERCHE  SCIENTIFIQUE-  FNRS  (FONDS  DE  LA  RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE- FNRS) (FRS-FNRS)
  • MINISTERE DE LA COMMUNAUTE FRANÇAISE DE BELGIQUE (FWB)
  • VLAAMSE GEWEST (VLAIO)

3.       DENMARK

  • INNOVATIONSFONDEN (IFD)

4.       ESTONIA

  • SIHTASUTUS EESTI TEADUSAGENTUUR (ETAg)
  • SOTSIAALMINISTEERIUM (SAM)

5.       FINLAND

  • TAMPEREEN KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR (TAU)
  • TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS (THL)
  • SUOMEN AKATEMIA (AKA)

6.       FRANCE

  • AGENCE NATIONALE DE LA RECHERCHE (ANR)
  • INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)
  • MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES SOCIALES ET DE LA SANTE (FR MOH)

7.       GREECE

  • GENIKI GRAMMATIA EREVNAS KAI KAINOTOMIAS (GSRI)

8.       ICELAND

  • RANNSOKNAMIDSTOD ISLANDS (RANNIS)

9.       IRELAND

  • THE HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD (HRB)

10.   ISRAEL

  • MINISTRY OF HEALTH (CSO-MOH)

11.   ITALY

  • AGENZIA REGIONALE PER LA SALUTE ED IL SOCIALE (ARESS)
  • AZIENDA ULSS 4 VENETO ORIENTALE (PROMIS)
  • ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITA’ (ISS)
  • MINISTERO DELL’UNIVERSITÀ E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)
  • REGIONE TOSCANA (RT)
  • UNIVERSITA CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE (UCSC)

12.   LATVIA

  • LATVIJAS ZINATNES PADOME (LZP)

13.   LITHUANIA

  • LIETUVOS MOKSLO TARYBA (LMT)
  • LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS SVEIKATOS APSAUGOS MINISTERIJA (SAM)

14.  MALTA

  • MINISTRY FOR EDUCATION, SPORT, YOUTH, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION (MEYR)

15.   NETHERLANDS

  • NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK (NWO)
  • STICHTING NEDERLANDS         INSTITUUT           VOOR       ONDERZOEK         VAN       DE GEZONDHEIDSZORG (LEVEL)
  • ZORGONDERZOEK NEDERLAND ZON (ZonMw)

16.   NORWAY

  • NORGES FORSKNINGSRAD (RCN)

17.   POLAND

  • NARODOWE CENTRUM BADAN I ROZWOJU (NCBIR)

18.   PORTUGAL

  • AICIB – AGENCY FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH AND BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION (AICIB)
  • COMISSAO DE COORDENACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO REGIONAL DO CENTRO (CCDRC)
  • FUNDACAO PARA A CIENCIA E A TECNOLOGIA (FCT)

19.   ROMANIA

  • EXECUTIVE UNIT FOR THE FINANCING OF INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION (UEFISCDI)
  • UNIVERSITATEA BABES BOLYAI (UBB)

20.   SLOVAKIA

  • MINISTERSTVO ZDRAVOTNICTVA SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY (MOH SR)
  • UNIVERZITNÁ NEMOCNICA MARTIN (UHM)

21.   SLOVENIA

  • MINISTRSTVO ZA ZDRAVJE (SI MOH)
  • NACIONALNI INŠTITUT ZA JAVNO ZDRAVJE (NIJZ)
  • SLUZBA VLADE REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE ZA DIGITALNO PREOBRAZBO (ODT)

22.   SPAIN

  • STATE AGENCY OF INVESTIGATION (AEI)
  • HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH INSTITUTE-BIOSISTEMAK ASSOCIATION (KRONIKGUNE)
  • MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CONSUMPTION OF THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OF ANDALUSIA (CSCJA)
  • DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BASQUE GOVERNMENT (DPT. HEALTH)
  • MARQUES DE VALDECILLA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOUNDATION (IDIVAL)
  • FOUNDATION FOR  THE  PROMOTION  OF  APPLIED  SCIENTIFIC  RESEARCH  AND TECHNOLOGY IN ASTURIAS (FICYT)
  • ANDALUSIAN PUBLIC FOUNDATION PROGRESS AND HEALTH M.P. (FPS)
  • BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR HEALTH INNOVATION AND RESEARCH (BIOEF)
  • ARAGON INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES (IACS)
  • CARLOS III HEALTH INSTITUTE (ISCIII)

23.   SWEDEN

  • FORSKINGSRADET FOR HALSA ARBETSLIVOCH VALFARD (FORTE)
  • VERKET FOR INNOVATIONSSYSTEM (VINNOVA)

24.   SWITZERLAND

  • FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH (FOPH)
  • SCHWEIZERISCHE EIDGENOSSENSCHAFT (INNOSUISSE)
  • SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALFONDS ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN FORSCHUNG (SNSF)

25.   UNITED KINGDOM

  • HEALTH DATA RESEARCH UK (HDR UK)
  • SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT (SG)
  • THE NHS CONFEDERATION (NHS)

26.   UNITED STATES

  • AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY (AHRQ)