BeWell consortium met in Oslo, Norway, for the project’s summer General Assembly meeting, on 19-20 June 2023. BeWell partners had the opportunity to review the progress made so far and plan the project’s next steps. Reaching the end of the project’s first year, the BeWell consortium has achieved one major milestone, the launch of the BeWell Skills Strategy first version. This strategy is being developed in two versions. This first version was created using BeWell consortium member expertise, and skills intelligence gathered. It will be shared broadly with the public to gather feedback from all stakeholders; concurrently, the BeWell project [...]

The BeWell project will help transform the healthcare sector in the European Union and improve its sustainability by boosting digital and green skills of the health workforce. BeWell will: Establish the first Blueprint Alliance for the health ecosystem to create a skills strategy to be implemented at a local, regional, national, and ultimately European level though the Pact for Skills. Develop and implement a strategy for sectoral cooperation on skills in the healthcare sector. Develop and implement a pilot training programme on digital and green skills in the healthcare sector and for emerging occupational profiles. Develop skills intelligence on the [...]

The European Year of Skills 2023 puts skills centre-stage. Helping people get the right skills for quality jobs and helping companies, in particular small and medium enterprises, address skills shortages in the EU is what this Year is all about. How? By showcasing skills development opportunities and activities across Europe, by fostering easier recognition of qualifications across borders, by bringing organisations and people together to share their experiences and insights, and setting out how EU initiatives and funding possibilities can help. The European Commission has launched the official website of the European Year of Skills. This website gathers contributions, events, tools and ideas [...]

The BeWell project launched the European health multi-stakeholder partnership on skills gaps and emerging occupations, on Tuesday 13 December, through an online event. The event was hosted by the European Health Management Association (EHMA), BeWell project coordinator.   The event was moderated by George Valiotis from EHMA and Michele Calabro from EUREGHA.   Sandra Gallina, Director General, of the Directorate General for Health and Food Safety, welcomed the initiative, referring to the challenges that the EU health system faces and welcomed the multi-stakeholder partnership as a good beginning, almost a guarantee that Europe will have the experience to deal with the [...]

BeWell transforms the health workforce of tomorrow The key ambition of BeWell is to develop, until 2026, a green and digital skills strategy for the health ecosystem that can be implemented at local, regional, national, and ultimately at European level through the Pact for Skills.   The work on the strategy was kicked-off at the multi-stakeholder workshop hosted by the coordinator European Health Management Association (EHMA) in Brussels on 19-20 October 2022. The objective for this highly interactive, co-creation workshop was to develop a common vision across the different stakeholder views represented by the consortium partners through establishing a [...]

The European Health Management Association (EHMA) is a Brussels-based, non-profit membership organisation that advocates for excellent health management for a healthy Europe. EHMA brings together health and hospital managers, healthcare professionals, researchers, educators, academia, policy and decision makers. EHMA provides an environment where evidence, challenge and experience are valued and complex debates on current topics take place. EHMA plays a crucial role in engaging with the full ecosystem of European health management systems.EHMA is the lead partner of the BeWell consortium. Being the coordinator, EHMA oversees the timely and quality delivery of the project results and ensures adequate support to [...]

EUROMASC is a consultancy firm with experience and competence from extensive cooperation with national and international organisations. Implementation of Learning Outcome-based instruments for describing and defining qualifications and competences will be at the core of the contributions to a successful project. In BeWell, the involvement of EUROMASC is a combination of Knowledge Management and Learning Management, with structuring of qualification matrices in knowledge, skills and competences. The matrices are based on the EQF/ECVET structure. They consist of learning outcomes, which are small, easily achievable objectives, organised into logical units. The units are then grouped together into one or more qualification matrices, [...]

24 partners from 11 European countries, led by the European Health Management Association (EHMA), form a consortium under the acronym BeWell. This consortium is committed to developing a strategy, in partnership with a wide range of healthcare stakeholders, on upskilling and reskilling of the European health workforce. This large-scale skills partnership as an alliance will be supporting the strategy and its integration into local, regional and national plans. The BeWell strategy will prepare the health workforce for future challenges and ever-changing societal context and evolving expectations.The Europe-wide consortium includes employers, trade associations, trade unions, public service unions, non-governmental organisations, research [...]