acCURAte-Business

Programme 2007 - 2013 2 SEAS (FR-UK-BE-NL)

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

CURA-B aims at enabling the innovative power of entrepreneurs to strengthen services in health and social care markets. In this project, organisations in the area of economic development, providers of health and social care, as well as universities are working together to develop and test new business models, communicative interactions and strategies for a smooth and win-win implementation of innovative products and services on the social care market. With ageing populations in Europe and a shrinking work force, it is a challenge for society to provide high quality care and optimal living conditions for elderly people, at an affordable cost. Partners in this project realise that many innovative products, services and concepts have been developed in their respective regions, but few of these new inventions have found their way to the market of social care. A new market approach is therefore necessary in order to let everybody succeed in the business chain, from inventor to end-user. This project will therefore launch a call for solutions, in a crossborder joint effort. The aim being to find solutions in the field of "telecare" and "well being for the elderly"

Achievements (EN):

Cura-B (acCurate-Business) was a three year eu erdF part-funded project through the interreg iv a 2 seas programme to promote entrepreneurship, innovation and the development of new cross-border initiatives for the development and deployment of innovative at-led (assistive technology) service solutions for the social and health care markets. the project brought together organisations from zeeland in the netherlands, from the west Flanders region (Belgium), from the nord Pas de Calais region (France) and from the east of england region (suffolk and Cambridgeshire). the objective for all the regions participating was to improve efficiency in their healthcare sectors by improving access for smes wishing to contribute innovative assistive technology products and services and to better meet patient/user needs and lower the cost of meeting those needs. Cura-B produced an understanding of the perspectives and needs of public sector providers and the obstacles facing smes to entering the at/Healthy ageing market, generated ideas for possible actions and in nine pilot projects brought together the public sector, knowledge centres and smes to establish regional networks, trials of new technologies and services and introduce practical models of ‘Open innovation’. Historically, few of the many innovative products and services that have been developed in the regions have reached the markets for health and social care. a new approach was necessary in order to help all stakeholders win in the business value chain, from the sme inventor to end-user. these new approaches were designed to bridge the gap between sme producers and end users through helping smes to improve access to the market through new business models, communicative interactions and win-win implementation strategies. The conclusions ultimately pointed to the need to build robust integrated ecosystems of public and private organisations. cuRA-b delivered: empirical data on key challenges facing SMEs regarding market entry for at products in the 2 seas area; an online survey completed by 177 smes; 48 interviews of smes and 54 interviews of care providers; 17 stakeholder workshops across the 4 regions with 141 stakeholder participants. the project also undertook 9 activities and pilot projects including: On ‘network creation’ (east of england and zeeland); on ‘new Business models’ (west Flanders and nord Pas de Calais); on ‘triple Helix Co-Creation’ (west Flanders, zeeland and east of england). the project also created the Cura-B Best Practice ‘Business manual’ for smes in 3 languages.

Website: http://archive.interreg4a-2mers.eu/en/index.html

Expected Results (EN):

What are the key results of the project? Research and fact finding - Desk research, each region to write a document about his own Healthcare system. - Creation of a questionnaire which each partner sends this survey to their regional companies - Each region delivers interviews of SME's and care providers and summarises the results of these interviews. - Stakeholder focus groups + stakeholder conference delivered - Investigation into the potential & a framework for cross border businesses to access markets for their regionally successful products and services Reports - These documents are combined to create one document with a description of these four healthcare systems ( Belgian, English, French, Dutch) - Consolidated report on desk research and field research results Workshops /seminars - Conference/workshop on activity 1 results, during fact finding trip 3 ( Zeeland) - Delivery of a workshop on results of activity 2, combined with fact finding trip 4 in Northern-France - 3 fact finding trips in West Flanders, Suffolk and Zeeland New tools and approaches - Creation of a common interview guide, - design a cross border call for solutions that will deliver products/services from industry that address identified needs - launch cross border calls for solutions Are all partners and territories benefitting from the results? This project's target group is SME’s (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) as well as on organizations in the social care sector. Both parties will be supported in finding new ways of doing business. Business models and methods that make it possible to work on innovation. That could be social innovation (social- economic services), technical innovation (products and services) and system innovation (new concepts). Patients will also be a target group. By giving them a significant role in the innovation process, they will contribute to a smoother process and a higher level of products and services in the field of social care.The goal is that both the SME company and the healthcare organization obtain a win-win formula, in which the end-user is ‘automatically’ willing to buy (direct or indirect) and use the new products and/or services. Final beneficiaries include consumers who will benefit from innovative products. Social care service providers and government stimulates and facilitates an integrated approach to meet its own objectives of improved care provision. In order to limit the scope of this project there is a focus on the home care market and on specific groups which are elderly people, the chronically ill and the people who are assisting/helping these people. The latter can be divided into formal (professionals) and informal caretakers (family, friends and other acquaintances). These groups are all final beneficiaries. What are the effects / outcomes for the territories involved? The project enables an integrated approach rather than solo initiatives from government and supports the development of SME's and innovative practice therefore supporting regional growth and competitivity in the healthcare sector. The project will enabling the innovative power of entrepreneurs to strenghten services in healthcare and social care markets to the benefit of older members of the community and the chronically ill as well as their carers which should ultimately lead to a better quality of life.

Thematic information

Demographic change and immigration SME and entrepreneurship

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: N.V. Economische Impuls Zeeland

Address: 4337 ER Middelburg, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Groupement d'intérêt économique Eurasanté

Name: Groupement d'intérêt économique Eurasanté

Department: Business Development Department

Address: Avenue Eugène Avinée, 59120 Loos-lez-Lille, France

Legal status: private

Website: eurasante.com

Erkend Regionaal SamenwerkingsVerband West-Vlaanderen/ RESOC Midden-West-Vlaanderen

Name: Erkend Regionaal SamenwerkingsVerband West-Vlaanderen/ RESOC Midden-West-Vlaanderen

Address: 8800 Roeselare, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

KATHO : Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West Vlaanderen

Name: KATHO : Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West Vlaanderen

Address: 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

IN-HAM

Name: IN-HAM

Address: 8830 Hooglede-Gits, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Provinciaalse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij West-Vlaanderen

Name: Provinciaalse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij West-Vlaanderen

Address: 8200 Sint-Andries Brugge, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Suffolk County Council

Name: Suffolk County Council

Address: IP1 2BX Ipswich, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust

Name: West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust

Address: IP33 2QZ Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation

Name: Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation

Address: CM1 1SQ Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Health Enterprise East Ltd.

Name: Health Enterprise East Ltd.

Address: CB23 3RE Papworth Everard, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

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Eurasanté

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N.V. Economische Impuls Zeeland

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Erkend Regionaal SamenwerkingsVerband West-Vlaanderen/ RESOC Midden-West-Vlaanderen

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KATHO : Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West Vlaanderen

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IN-HAM

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Provinciale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij West-Vlaanderen

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Suffolk County Council

acCURAte-Business

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West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust

acCURAte-Business

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Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation

acCURAte-Business

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Health Enterprise East Ltd.

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Summary

Project name (EN): acCURAte-Business

Project acronym: CURA-B

Project start date: 2011-01-01

Project end date: 2013-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 699 188.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 349 594.00

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Financing programme

2007 - 2013 2 SEAS (FR-UK-BE-NL)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2015-04-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

109 / 109 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

722 / 722 (100%)

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