THCS - JTC - 2025 (NCBR)

pełny zakres tematyczny dostępny jest w dokumencie Call Text w sekcji 7. Aim of the call.

The aim of this call is to fund research and innovation projects that, within an ecosystem approach2, strengthen the primary and community health and care systems, and provide policy and decision makers with the necessary knowledge and tools to govern the transitions that are needed in the primary and community care sector. Projects funded under this call will deliver promising financial, organisational and practise-based service innovations that promote the transformation of the health and care system and contribute to faster exchange of best practices across different countries and regions.

Proposals are expected to address one of two sub-topics:

• Sub-topic 1: Strengthening the primary and community health and care system

When placing individuals and populations at the centre of health and care, it is of key importance that the services and systems themselves change. Enhancement of the different settings where health and care services are being delivered is central. Through its funded projects, this call aims to enable reduced reliance on institutionalised treatment in favour of seamless care pathways and different forms of primary and community health and care.

Proposals may concern 1) organisational innovations,2) operational improvements, or 3) human resource innovations. Organisational innovations include, but not limited to, models for integrated care, composition and management of multidisciplinary teams, and shifting services from speciality to primary or community care. Operational improvements include systems and tools that enable more efficient and sustainable health and care delivery, such as administrative tools and systems. This also encompasses digital health tools and new financial or payment models. Finally, human resource innovations include capacity building, upskilling and professional development, as well as shifting tasks from specialized to general healthcare professionals.
This will require enhancing primary and community health and care within the broader care ecosystem. Importantly, proposals will need to consider the entire value chain – idea generation, development and implementation – to take into account knock-on effects of the proposed solutions on other parts of the health and care system. Proposals are expected to involve relevant stakeholders in the development, implementation and transfer of innovative forms of health and care services targeting economic, social and environmental sustainability.

• Sub-topic 2: Systemic approaches to modernising the primary and community care sector

Policy and decision makers require evidence- and practice-based knowledge to reinforce the primary and community care pathways. A major obstacle to this is a lack of systemic understanding of the needs of the primary and community health and care sector, including relevant complexities in national/regional policies, infrastructures and local and regional governance. What is needed is knowledge that is actionable and applicable, rather than a mapping of the current state of affairs and issues. Proposals should leverage multidisciplinary and transnational perspectives to provide knowledge that is transferrable and applicable across different European health and care systems. Through the funded projects, we aim to involve relevant stakeholders to support decision makers at implementing the knowledge into transformative action. This may be in the form of policy development, change management, strategic planning and so on. Proposals may make recommendations for how to implement and transfer best practices at the political, administrative and management level. Proposals may also develop guidance on how to design and/or implement primary and community care reform in the relevant national, regional and local context.

Research and innovation proposals targeting all settings in which non-institutional care is provided are encouraged.