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The BeWell Final Conference is taking place on Thursday, 07 May 2026, in Brussels! The event will have a hybrid format.   The full agenda of the event will be published soon.   Join us either in person (Atelier29, Rue Jacques de Lalaing 29, Brussels) or online!   Register by filling in this form.

EHTEL’s annual Symposium took place at the Radical Health Festival Helsinki on 21 January 2026. Its all-day focus was on the European Health Data Space and various key challenges posed for implementers by the space and its regulation. A lively plenary – on getting people and data ready for the European Health Data Space –

A new cover story published in HealthManagement.org – The Journal shines a spotlight on the growing importance of digital skills in Europe’s health and care workforce and highlights the concrete contributions of the BeWell project to this agenda. The article “Building a Digitally Competent Workforce in Health and Care: Insights from European Regions” by Diane

As with last year, the purpose of this survey is to highlight achievements in reskilling and upskilling, as well as gather your views on making progress and existing support services. Your participation in this survey will greatly help us ensure our Partnership activities are relevant to your needs and increase the impact our collective efforts

Two productive days at UN City, Copenhagen, focused on co-creating a stronger future for healthcare. Key takeaways include: – From Data to Action: The WHO/Europe MeND survey highlights high mental health risks; the report is now a vital tool to drive policy change on working hours and contracts. – Context & Control: Workforce dissatisfaction is

The REST-JD Report is the first comprehensive study by the EJD to analyze working time and job satisfaction of junior doctors. The findings reveal a systemic crisis: junior doctors across Europe consistently work beyond both their contracts and legal safety limits. Frequent overtime, night shifts, and the routine denial of weekly rest or annual leave

BREATH is a newly launched project aligned with the Pact for Skills, aiming to build a strong and sustainable Talent Ecosystem in Health Innovation (HI) management in Catalonia, Flanders and Lithuania. The project brings together academic and non-academic organisations to drive institutional change and improve researchers’ career development, mobility and talent retention. BREATH will engage

We are delighted to welcome Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) as the newest partner in the LSP for the Health Ecosystem! As a pioneering, digital-native, and global university, expert in e-learning, for 30 years, UOC has been offering high-quality, accredited online education, and it aspires to develop people’s talent throughout their lives, as well as

On 19 November in Brussels, the Health Ecosystem LSP convened in Brussels for its third in-person workshop, kindly hosted by the Northern Ireland Executive Office. The event brought together members of the LSP to discuss the evolving skills needs of Europe’s health and care workforce and explore strategies to strengthen the sector in line with

The BeWell project has been highlighted in the latest issue of Eurohealth (Vol. 31, No. 3, 2025) in an article by Gemma A. Williams, Michelle Falkenbach, and Matthias Wismar from the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. The article “Transforming Digital Skills and Competencies in the Health and Care Workforce”  explores the urgent need