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Interreg makes
a difference!
Explore how people in the Baltic Sea region have been benefitting from our projects
#MadeWithInterreg solutions for
People’s health and well-being
From novel ways to improve people’s comfort and well-being to empowering public authorities to raise health care services to another level
What are we doing?
By bringing experts from various organisations across sectors and pooling from their experiences, Interreg projects bring health care services to another level. How? By testing and – afterwards – putting into common practice new methods, technologies and approaches to health and well-being. People’s safety and comfort in multiple daily routines and situations have been the guiding stars for many of our projects. Listening to people’s needs and responding to them – by working together – the key to success.
Examples of #MadeWithInterreg solutions:
- art activities used as medical treatment
- sensory gardens for children with traumatic experiences
- interactive gardens to level up health services offer
- friendlier hospital experience for children
- new cross-sectoral cooperation for promoting healthy lifestyle
- novel health applications
- closer cooperation with laboratories for fast innovation in health
- safer and more comfortable home environment for the elderly
What we’ve achieved so far
In the mid-2000s, projects focused on shaping sustainable public health planning, with the support of the World Health Organisation. Project partners got enormous support from over 33,000 respondents to a more bottom-up approach in public health policies emphasising participation, communication, and commitment.
From 2016 to 2021, projects provided access to new digital mobility solutions for elderly and young people in villages, offering transport-on-demand and rural car sharing. Projects took an innovative approach to developing new tools. Public health authorities and SMEs designed eHealth apps together with children and young people, to improve health behaviour and physical activity among adolescents. SMEs and universities collaborated to design smart furniture for elderly to enhance their life quality and independence in their home environment.
Ongoing projects
The ongoing projects are exploring, among other things, how non-therapy creative art activities as well as contact with nature can improve mental well-being of adults and children, also those with traumatic experiences. An important topic is also related to handling psychosocial risks at work. Some projects delve into the potential of digitalisation and artificial intelligence to improve the quality of healthcare services quality across the region. All in all, the well-being of people has been a noticeable factor in getting closer to realising the desired vision of a resilient society.
Supporting the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea RegionÂ
Our projects play an important role in advancing healthcare services, thus contributing to the goals of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) to increase prosperity in our region. In collaboration with the coordinators of the EUSBSR policy areas Health and Innovation, our projects enhance the skills of healthcare professionals and tackle contemporary challenges such as pandemics, promoting healthy living and aging, addressing the social impacts of military conflicts, and fostering overall well-being.
Explore project solutions in more detail:
Solutions stay with the people: listen to our #InterregVoices
©Arts on Prescription
[Arts on Prescription] is dedicated to different age group, however mental health problems among young people have surged, and this project can provide them with tools to cope. Personally, I’ve witnessed how art can positively impact mental well-being, as my niece used it to overcome her teenage struggles. We hope to make a real difference, even if our project’s initial goal is modest. It’s an ambitious project with far-reaching potential.
Marta Ciesielska
Project partner at Arts on Prescription,
Marshal’s Office of the Westpomeranian Region, Poland
©City of Turku
[Healthy Boost] allowed us to discuss with peer cities the challenges and opportunities to better communicate about health and wellbeing services to citizens (...). Through a game, we encouraged Turku city employees to improve cross-sectoral cooperation, enhance their communication skills and involve Turku city residents in decision-making on health-related issues.
Minna Arve
Mayor of Turku, Finland
©CAIDX
The use of AI can be become a safe and feasible reality for European healthcare though CAIDX. We plan to create a set of freely available tools to support hospitals and AI developers (companies) in the must needed collaborative environment towards uplifting the use of AI in clinical diagnostics.
Monica Recabarren
CAIDX Project leader; Aailborg University Hospital, Denmark
