EHMA conference - Charting the path: green and digital skills for Europe's healthcare worforce
2024-06-07 23:15 - 2024-06-08 12:30 (Europe/Bucharest)
This session, organised as part of the BeWell project, is dedicated to crafting a green and digital skills strategy tailored for Europe’s healthcare workforce. With a focus on addressing existing skills gaps and strengthening competencies crucial for the future resilience of the health workforce, the BeWell project aims to equip healthcare professionals to navigate upcoming challenges and adapt to evolving societal landscapes.

The session has two main objectives. Firstly, it aims to introduce participants to the BeWell Skills Strategy and its significant role in shaping the future of Europe’s healthcare workforce. Secondly, it seeks to encourage active participation and engagement from attendees, fostering a robust public consultation process on the strategy. By amplifying the voices of healthcare professionals, academia, researchers, civil society and decision and policy-makers, the session aims to ensure that the forthcoming iteration of the strategy genuinely reflects the nuanced realities of the European health workforce landscape.

The session begins with an overview of the Skills Strategy developed by the BeWell project and its policy recommendations at local/regional, national, and European level. The session then transitions into an interactive workshop, where participants will be divided into groups, each engaging in discussions aimed at refining the Skills Strategy to better resonate with their respective contexts. Through sharing insights and perspectives, participants will contribute to enhancing the Strategy’s impact and relevance.

Speakers

Mr Michele Calabro’, Director, EUREGHA – European Regional and Local Health Authorities, Belgium

Prof Todorka Kostadinova, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Accreditation and Quality, Medical University Varna, Bulgaria

Dr Tomas Zapata, MD, Unit Head, Health Workforce and Service Delivery, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Spain

Facilitator

Ms Federica Margheri, Interim Executive Director, European Health Management Association (EHMA), Belgium

This session is organised in collaboration with the BeWell project, of which EHMA is Consortium Leader. BeWell is funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

Educating the market: reciprocal knowledge exchange between demand and supply side focusing on the skills for the digital and green transitions
2024-06-21 11:15 - 12:45 (Africa/Ceuta)
A look at mature experiences, lessons learned, and upcoming activities to provide a broad picture of the current evolution of the skills in the framework of the digital and green transformation will be part of the workshop.

The emphasis is placed on ongoing education and accreditation to foster a workforce that is adept at positioning in the evolving landscape of digital and green health, ultimately enhancing the effectiveness and integration of innovative technologies in healthcare practices and service provision in smart, health, and age-friendly environments.

The discussion will focus on the expected impact of the skills transformation (for ex. in terms of social return, sustainable development, new jobs etc).

Agenda

5 minWelcome and IntroductionFederica Margheri, Interim Executive Director – EHMA15 minOverview of the vision at local level of the digital transformation of health and care local strategic decision makers Local Health Care Authority Speaker, tbcCarmen Fusilli, Fondazione Istituto Tecnico Superiore per le nuove tecnologie della vitaValentina Regazzoni – Department of S.C. Riabilitazione Specialistica Cardiovascolare ASST Bergamo EST – Ospedale Bolognini Seriate10 minThe training in the health sector from the perspective of the industryClaire Nassiet, EIT Health30 minExamples of training in digital health to accelerate the uptake of digital solutions Nectar, Serena Alvino, EU project manager – SI4Life ScrlTeamCare, Niamh Walsh, Research Assistant – UPGRADE European Centre of ExcellenceNewEcoSmart, Maddalena Illario, Coordinator Research and Development Public Health department, Federico II University10 minStrengthening green and digital skills in the health sectorLyudmil Ninov, Programme Manager – EHMA, BeWell Coordinator15 minQ&A5 minConclusions Federica Margheri, EHMA – Natalia Allegretti, Global Health Connector

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Skills for a Digital Health Future: Building Capacity for Transformation
2025-11-19 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/Brussels)
How can we build the skills and mindsets needed for a truly digital health future?Digital transformation in health isn’t just about technology, it is about people who know how to use it well.At the Global Health Connector Digital Summit 2025, this EU-funded session explores how to strengthen education systems and workforce capacity to support a future-ready health sector.

BeWell Final Conference
2026-05-07 09:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels)
The BeWell Final Conference took place in Brussels on Thursday, 07 May 2026.

The event was organised in hybrid format.

Moderators: Dr Matthias Wismar, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Natalia Allegretti, Senior International Project Manager, Global Health Connector

Links to presentations:

Europe’s health workforce at a turning point

Building skills intelligence: evidence for action

Shaping the future of health workforce skills: the BeWell Skills Strategy

9:30 – 10:30: Welcome coffee and registration 10:30 – 11:00: Europe’s health workforce at a turning point – Project vision and setting the scene: Federica Margheri, European Health Management Association (EHMA) and BeWell project coordinator– Opening remarks: Dr Petronille Bogaert, DG SANTE, European Commission– Opening remarks: Sonia de Melo Xavier, DG EMPL, European Commission11:00 – 12:00: Building skills intelligence: evidence for action – Key findings from the skills intelligence: Dr Gemma Williams, Research Fellow, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Prof. Ronald Batenburg, Programme Leader, Nivel– From competences matrices to training programmes: Rolf Aslaksrud Kristiansen, EUROMASC and Carmen Fusilli, ITS– Training the professionals – Lessons learnt from the pilots: Efstathia Koitsanou, University of Thessaly and Petra Ziegler, WIAB– Panel discussion12:00 – 12:45: Shaping the future of health workforce skills: the BeWell Skills Strategy– Presentation of the Skills Strategy by Federica Margheri, European Health Management Association (EHMA)– Panel discussion on how the strategy responds to the needs of the health workforce with: o Josefine Declaye, Policy Officer, ESNO o Sarada Das, Executive Director, CPME o Loredana Simulescu, Executive Director, BiomedAlliance o Jorge Batista, Senior Professional Affairs Advisor, PGEU o Adam Rogalewski, Policy Officer Health and Social Services, EPSU12:45 – 14:00: Lunch + celebration + Skills initiatives across Europe: projects in action:o AMR-EDUCareo H-PASSo JA HEROESo XiAo BRIGHTskills14:00 – 14:30: Hearing from the training participantsTestimonials from training participants– Comment from Dr Monica Brinzac, Babes-Bolyai University– Comments from Prof Todorka Kostadinova, Medical University Varna14:30 – 15:45: Implementing the Skills Strategy – multistakeholder panel– Michele Calabró, Director, EUREGHA– Nicola Scomparin, Health Workforce Communication Expert, ProMIS– Caroline Trillingsgaard Mejdahl, Researcher at DEFACTUM, Region of Central Denmark– Diane Whitehouse, Principal eHealth Policy Consultant, EHTEL– Gabriella Sutton, Project Coordinator, EuroHealthNet15:45 – 16:00: Closing remarks 16:00 – Onwards: Networking and coctail
