Calls for proposals

This call for projects is launched by the Croatian Foundation Zajednički put, a non-profit organization - and a member of AGE - dedicated to developing, advocating for and implementing a decent, quality, safe and active life, adapted to the needs and abilities of each individual senior citizen. It aims to support the best sustainable model that will connect individuals with older persons in need of companionship and support for daily practical activities (shopping, medical appointments, bill payment) as well as emotional support. Preference will be given to solutions that include mentoring of the caring process and a preselection process for both parts ('helpers' and senior citizens).

A EU-funded grant of €30,000 will be offered to implement the selected innovative solution.

You will find more information on this call on the Foundation's website and on the Socialchallenges.eu innovation platform.

For further questions you can also contact Lea Banović at lea@zajednickiput.hr

  
The foundation's Challenge will be presented on 22nd February 2018 at 10:00 at the Educational and Research Center of the Foundation Zajednički put in Zvonimirova 17, 2nd floor. 

This can be followed live webstreamed following this click (operational at the time of the event).

Socialchallenges.eu Innovation Platform (SCHIP) is an EU funded initiative aimed to encourage interactions between the different stakeholders for the co-development of social innovation solutions addressing current societal challenges.

Coordinated by META Group (Italy), together with the European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN) and Impact Hub, this platform tests a novel approach in the selection of solutions that are demand driven and user centered. It supports the commitment of public authorities, private companies and third sector organisations in defining, prioritising social and environmental challenges, and uploading them onto the platform. It will next encourage the participation of social innovators, startups and SMEs to identify, fund, co-develop and test concrete solutions to these needs. 

27 challenges will be chosen and, for each challenge, 3 ‘semi-finalists’ will be selected. 

The 2018 calls will be launched as of 15 January 2018.

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This call aims at supporting the management of health and wellbeing while empowering the participation of citizens and facilitating the transformation of health and care services to more digitised, person-centred and community-based care models, thereby enabling better access to healthcare and the sustainability of health and care systems. 

It includes two calls - with 14 November 2018 as a deadline - on related to:

• SC1-DTH-10-2019-2020: Digital health and care services
• DT-TDS-01-2019: Smart and healthy living at home

The overall objective of the Silver Economy Awards is to highlight the potential that a growing older population can generate for entrepreneurs, investors, public authorities and civil society through the development of innovative solutions responding to these opportunities.

Therefore the awards will reward products and services which use information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve the quality of life of Europeans aged over 50 in three categories:

• Public authority
• Non-for-profit organisation
• For-profit organisation

All applicants will benefit from online publication on the Silver Economy website and winners and finalists will be invited to showcase their product or service at a high-level Award Ceremony in May 2018. The winning solutions will be further promoted by the European Covenant on Demographic Change, the European Commission and the SEED partners in the media, on websites, in newsletters and through other promotional material.

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The specific challenge addressed by this topic is to enable SMEs in traditional and new sectors, collaborative economy and creative sectors, cultural heritage and the social economy as well as collaborative public service creation to innovate and grow across traditional boundaries, through new business models and organisational change.

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The proposed action is expected to enable diversification of constellations of actors and stakeholders in Research and Innovation processes, a spread of good practices among them, and a transformation in their governance framework. Constellations of actors are already visible in public-private partnerships and open science and open innovation, but now becoming broader and more heterogeneous. This is both about new constellations of existing actors (as in public-private interactions) and new or modified constellations because of new actors joining in.

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The Recommendation “Upskilling Pathways: new opportunities for adults" aims to help adults acquire a minimum level of literacy, numeracy and digital skills and/or acquire a broader set of skills by progressing towards a higher qualification (depending on national contexts) through 'an upskilling pathway'. They may be in employment, unemployed or economically inactive, with a need to strengthen basic skills.

Successful applicants to the call for proposals will receive funding for activities that 

• prepare the ground for the implementation of "Upskilling Pathways" (e.g. by taking stock of existing provision and identifying any gaps, by identifying priority groups, etc.) 
• foster sustainable arrangements for its implementation (e.g. by supporting stakeholders to disseminate information, by capacity building, etc.).

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This action aims at developing a better understanding of co-creation processes and outcomes under various cultural, societal and regulatory backgrounds. It will allow better-targeted policy support in the future.

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RegioStars Awards identify good practices in regional development and highlight original and innovative projects that are attractive and inspiring to other regions.

After being selected by an independent jury, representatives from the finalist projects will be invited to attend the Award Ceremony. You might be one of the winners!

The Award Categories for 2017 are:

• Smart Specialisation for SME innovation
• Energy Union: Climate action
• Women Empowerment and Active Participation
• Education and training
• CityStars: Cities in Digital Transition

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