Calls for proposals

As part of the European Partnership on Active and Halthy Ageing (EIP AHA), the European Commission has launched its 3^rd Call for Reference Sites. The Call aims to provide regions and areas across Europe with the opportunity to identify and explore proven examples of innovation and become exemplars of good policy and practice related to active and healthy ageing. 

For more information about the Call and on how to apply, please visit this page

The objective of this call is to enlarge the ACTIVAGE ecosystem with mature deployment sites from cities / regions, providing Internet of Things - based services to their citizens.

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This Programme Guide is a tool for anybody who would like to have a thorough knowledge of what the Erasmus+ Programme is about. Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe.

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The objective of ACTIVAGE open call is to implement and deploy mature Internet of Things (IoT) solutions using the current European deployment sites’ IoT ecosystem for testing, demonstration and initial market take-up. 

The call targets European SMEs, Mid-Caps and Start-ups legally registered in a member state of the European Union or in a Horizon 2020 associated country.

Budget: 600.000€, with a maximum of 10 projects funded.

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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.

Rea more on the Platform website

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 Smart Ageing  Prize, focused on Digital inclusion in social life, will award the best idea making use of innovative digital technologies to engage older adults in social and stimulating activities, promoting an active and connected ageing.

After a first selection, 15 finalists will be invited for an Academy event in Brussels in May where they will pitch their idea in front of a pool of judges and experts. The event will be an occasion  for these finalists to develop/improve the business idea behind, as well as the marketing and end users involvement strategy, through the support provided by external experts. The 15 finalists will have to submit a full application form after this event.

5 top finalists will be then selected by the judging pool and invited to participate in the 2018 AAL Forum, where the winners will be communicated.

More information at: http://aal.challenges.org 

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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