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eSkills & Work, General

EU28 Country Reports on e-Leadership Skills for SMEs – A Snapshot and Scoreboard of e-Leadership Skills in Policy, Higher Education and the Labour Market

These reports provide descriptions of national e-leadership policies and initiatives, higher education programmes and the labour market with a focus on SMEs and start-ups.

eSkills & Work, General

Expert workshop on ‘e-Leadership for SMES and entrepreneurs’

At this highly interactive workshop attended by almost 40 invited experts in Brussels on 23 June 2014 skills requirements of SMEs versus the European higher education course landscape and implications for e-leadership course development were discussed.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

Evidence and decision making when going beyond pilots

At the eHealth Forum Athens 2014, the SmartCare project was presented as an example of a large-scale initiative.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

A European Benchmarking of eHealth and eCare

”The goal in sight, but not yet within reach” – this is how one can summarize the outcomes of the eCare Benchmarking study conducted by empirica together with Gesellschaft für Versicherungswissenschaft und -gestaltung e.V. on behalf of the European Commission.

General, Research & Innovation

EPIRIA – Evaluation of Pertinence and Impact of Research Infrastructure Activity in FP7

EPIRIA was a study commissioned by DG Connect and DG Research to technopolis and empirica. The study analysed the relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of the Research Infrastructures (RI) component of the Seventh Framework Programme.

General, Inclusive Society

CAP4Access presented at first European conference about collective awareness platforms

CAP4Access is part of a broader trend within EU-funded research to exploit swarm intelligence and collective awareness for turning Europe in a more inclusive and more sustainable place to live.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

Cross-border healthcare project epSOS – Provision of ePatient Summary and ePrescription services for European people

empirica compliments the epSOS project and its 25 participating European countries on the successful conclusion and continued policy impact. Throughout the project, empirica staff have been part of the Project Management Team.

eSkills & Work, General

Survey results about co-operation of knowledge transfer offices published

empirica published the results of a survey about co-operation of European knowledge transfer offices (KTOs). They are available for free from the website of the study “Support to the development and implementation of Innovation Union commitment 21 on knowledge transfer”.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

Beyond Silos in Care – Seven European Regions Take a Step Towards Better Integration of Care Services for Older People

As the BeyondSilos project is launched Sean Donaghy, Regional Director of eHealth and External Collaboration in Northern Ireland commented “The Health and Social Care Board are pleased to be leading on this exciting project.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

Beyond Silos in Care – Seven European Regions Take a Step Towards Better Integration of Care Services for Older People

As the BeyondSilos project is launched Sean Donaghy, Regional Director of eHealth and External Collaboration in Northern Ireland commented “The Health and Social Care Board are pleased to be leading on this exciting project.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

EXPAND – Expanding Health Data Interoperability Services

On 6th of February 2014 the recently launched EXPAND project – Expanding Health Data Interoperability Services – will hold its kick-off meeting in Lisbon.

General, Research & Innovation

Study on research and innovation systems concluded – results online

empirica, together with Dialogic (Netherlands) and the University of Applied Sciences North-Western Switzerland, concluded a study about “policies supporting efficiency and effectiveness of research and innovation systems”