Pēteris Zilgalvis, J.D. Head of Unit - Health and Wellbeing DG CONNECT - Directorate-General Communication Networks Content and Technology

1. Paving the way for eHealth products and services
generated by European Research Innovation projects
Pēteris Zilgalvis, J.D.
Head of Unit - Health and Wellbeing
DG CONNECT - Directorate-General Communication Networks Content and Technology
9th of October 2014

2. 1. What we do
What is done at
our unit level?

3. eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020
Tackle eHealth challenges related to:
1. Personal Health (Chronic Disease Management,
prevention and health promotion)
2. Health systems (unlocking innovation, enhancing
patient-centric care, encouraging organisational changes)
3. Legal / socio-economic aspects (cross-border
healthcare, legal and market conditions)

4. Operational objectives
1. Setting up an eHealth Interoperability Framework
2. Supporting Research, Development and
Innovation
3. Ensuring wider deployment
4. Facilitating uptake
5. Promoting international cooperation

5. Haivisio – CSA for communication
A Support Action to:
1.Enhance visibility and awareness on the results generated
from eHealth, Active Ageing and Independent Living projects
2.Support community building around these results
3.Engage all relevant projects in a collective and synergetic
way
4.Identify best-practices and involve the most active partners
and stakeholders
5.Disseminate widely the added value and assets generated
from each project

6. 2. Synergies
How do H2020 and ESIF
relate to one another?

7. Key differences between the programmes
 Multi-country approach vs. geographically-based
 Competition for funds vs. geographical pre-allocation
 Annually adjusted work programmes vs. 7-year-OPs
 Centralised management vs. implementation by MS/regions
 R&I excellence & fundamental research vs. socio-economic
development
 and timelines ...
But synergies can be found to help the take-up of eHealth
solutions!

8. Overall concept for complementarity: Emphasis of programmes
UUpp ttoo €€110000 bbiilllliioonn ffoorr iinnnnoovvaattiioonn iinn wwiiddee
sseennssee
""SSttaaiirrwwaayy ttoo EExxcceelllleennccee"" Hopefully also excellence, but
Research Capacity Building & Development Innovation Market
"Down-stream"
HHoorriizzoonn
22002200 EESSIIFF
National/Regiona
lR&I systems
"Up-stream"
""RReesseeaarrcchh
EExxcceelllleennccee""
""IInnnnoovvaattiioonn EExxcceelllleennccee""
€€ 7799..44
bbiilllliioonn

9. How to achieve financial synergies?
Capacity Building Research & Development Innovation Market
""uupp--ssttrreeaamm"" ""ddoowwnn--ssttrreeaamm""
HHoorriizzoonn 22002200
Marie Curie
PPPs
KICs
ESFRI
Business Advisory
services
KETs
prizes
SME instrument
KETs
Business Innovation
Procurement
SME
Pilot lines
Financial
instruments
EESSII FFuunnddss
R&I Infrastructures and
Equipment
Skills
Excellent R&I
Demonstration
Pilots
procurement
National/Regional R&I systems
""SSttaaiirrwwaayy ttoo EExxcceelllleennccee""
""IInnnnoovvaattiioonn EExxcceelllleennccee""

10. An example of synergy (up-stream)
The Czech National eHealth Center was created and
supported within the Operational Program Education for
Competitiveness of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Co-financed by European Social Fund and the state budget of
the Czech Republic
Now participating in European projects:
 United4Health: UNIversal solutions in Telemedicine
Deployment
 RenewingHealth: Exploitation and further deployment of
innovative telemedicine services

11. Paving the way for eHealth services
(down-stream)
Through our Work Programme 2015: 2 actions
1.Public Procurement of Innovative eHealth services (PPI) to
improve sustainable deployment of new or improved services by
healthcare service procurers
2.Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) to maximise the
engagement of innovation in healthcare organisations
These actions should be instrumental to the uptake of
innovative solutions in the European market!

12. •Thank you!
•Peteris.Zilgalvis@ec.europa.eu
•@PZilgalvis
•Website: http://bit.ly/EUeHealth
•Newsletter: http://bit.ly/eHealthinFocus
12