<< Objectives >>This project will develop & test a new transferable 'Learning & Innovation Lab' model to the delivery of more integrated & person centred health & social care services to vulnerable client groups & to the development of new competencies & skillsets required by stakeholders & front line staff to challenge systemic barriers & develop/test & implement innovation. Key products will include a Learning & Knowledge Platform & a Learning 2 Innovate competency framework & blended learning programme.<< Implementation >>1. To prepare a Baseline Study based in national reports by partners 2. Development of a Learning & Innovation Lab model & 6 labs in individual partner regions targeting different vulnerable client groups3. Development of a Learning & Knowledge Platform to promote knowledge transfer & host the learning programme4. Development of the Learn 2 Innovate learning programme5. Piloting the products through 6 regional labs & 150 people 6. Evaluation & dissemination leading to roll out of products<< Results >>1. Development of a robust Learning & Innovation Lab model together with a Learning & Knowledge Platform & Learning 2 Innovate competency framework & learning Programme which can support the integration of health & social care services & provide staff with the new skillsets they will need to implement this.2. Piloting will result in 6 regional labs & 150 people developing new skills & competencies3. Dissemination will roll out the lab network & other products at local, national & EU levels.

Long-term Long-term care (LTC) services are intended for people who depend on help with daily living activities and who may also need permanent nursing care. Disability increases as we get older, but can be found in all age groups. The LAUREL project aims at gathering valuable insights into regional differences of integrated long-term care (I-LTC) provision and their support solutions in Europe. Using this intelligence, it will develop actionable policies to respond to the challenges of growing demand, economic constraints, accessibility, affordability, quality of services, shortages of members of the workforce, and systemic reforms. LAUREL will identify a set of the best innovative, integrated care solutions leading to better quality, person-centred LTC and overcoming territorial and gender inequalities in their provision. The project has the following six sub-objectives: 1) Develop a set of methods and tools for mapping and characterising I-LTC services in the EU27, covering: availability and accessibility, affordability, reliability, quality, workforce, funding, governance, autonomy and empowerment, and supporting technologies; and transversally incorporating the gender perspective and regional differences (rural/urban gap). 2) Undertake a field study in EU-27 to identify the most successful innovative practices. 3) Analyse the features of identified I-LTC services and context-dependent factors that provide insights into policies for the adoption/development of the best innovative practices, including supporting technologies. 4) Use this analysis to carry out qualitative research in the EU27 to generate a consensus on actionable policies favouring a shift to I-LTC, by investigating the change management strategies that favour policy adoption 5) Produce a white paper on I-LTC that gathers together all the findings of the project and the consensually agreed actionable policies. 6) Develop a set of training courses and tools to maximise the impact of the results.

Eldicare 2.0, as the continuation of the Project Eldicare: Matching Skills in a growing European Silver Economy, aims to strengthen the cooperation among sectoral partners on elderly care and educational providers in healthcare, as well as to update the occupational profiles and competencies of professionals in the elderly caregiving sector, by providing a sectoral skills long-term strategy that will tackle skills gaps on the labor market and anticipate future skills. In parallel, its specific objectives include the a) up/reskilling of the elderly care professionals, b) upgrade the existing and emerging Occupational Profiles with up-to-date and essential skills for the elderly care practitioners, c) establishment of a joint methodology for addressing future skills needs, d) enhancement of the quality and the attractiveness of training in the health care sector at a European, National, Regional and Local Level. In order to achieve these objectives, the following activities will be implemented:-Definition of a forward-looking Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy for the elderly care sector-Development of a set of up-to-date Occupational Skills Profiles for elderly care practitioners-Design of modular competence-based training curricula for the reskilling and upskilling of elderly care practitioners based on the new Occupational Profiles-Pilot delivery of Trainings-Offering hands-on solutions to generate long-term impact and sustainability in the elderly care sectorIn the consortium, we are going to involve Educational Providers of Healthcare Trainings (VET & HEI), Market Representatives (elderly care nursing homes, EU Associations) and Partners that provide specific expertise. We are going to train 850 learners, while 60 mobility flows will be implemented. Inter alia, the following results are expected: Blueprint Report on the future Elderly Care Providers, 6 Competence Based Curricula, Policy Recommendations, updated Occupational Profiles in caregiving sector.

"<< Objectives >>Le projet SISWEC a pour objectif d'accompagner la rénovation en Europe des programmes universitaires des métiers du travail social en tenant compte des crises sociales, économiques, sanitaires de l'Europe. Ces crises ont profondément changé les conditions de travail des travailleurs sociaux. Lee projet SISWEC en mettant en place une démarche originale de partenariat entre deux réseaux européens et 5 universités va permettre un renforcement de l'offre et l'efficacité universitaire.<< Implementation >>Le projet SISWEC en s'appuyant sur l'ensemble des travaux de réflexion européen sur l'action sociale et l'harmonisation européenne de l'action sociale va mettre en place une plateforme de formation Online et former des équipes d'enseignants pour accompagner les innovations au sein des universités. Le projet produira des recommandations auprès des ""polycy makers"" et des universitaires pour renforcer grâce à la formation les compétences et savoirs faire des travailleurs sociaux.<< Results >>Le projet SISWEC va s'appuyer sur une mise en synergie entre les milieux professionnels de l'action sociale et Europe et les réseaux d'universités formant les travailleurs sociaux. Cette mise en synergie provoquera une meilleure connaissance des besoins et une meilleure anticipation des compétences professionnelles des travailleurs sociaux. Le projet va aussi mettre en place une plateforme numérique de formation et un groupe d'enseignants capables de disséminer les contenus et les méthodes."

INSPIRE project supports sustainable and inclusive development of European rural areas by promoting social wellbeing and inclusion of rural dwellers and vulnerable groups. In particular, the project contributes to advancing in a multi-dimensional way the concept of social inclusion in rural areas, and supports the access to high-quality social services by rural citizens through a series of awareness-raising, capacity-building, and pilot deployment activities that focus on social entrepreneurship in a set of 7 different pilot territories (e.g., coastal, rural, peri-urban, mountainous). To realise its objectives, the project provides a novel territorial typology of rural areas, sets up and operationalises "Smart Village labs", and enhances governance frameworks and informed policy making through E-Democracy and user-innovation techniques, to eventually deliver a dedicated Rural Social Inclusion Policy Dashboard.