Platforms for Ageing Community Engagement - Exchange and Enterprise

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Date of latest update: 2023-11-16

Description

Description (EN):

Social exclusion and loneliness have significantly negative impacts on physical and mental health. Such problems are increasingly prevalent in remote and sparsely populated regions of Europe. The lives of older citizens are further complicated by growing health and social care needs. Additionally, older people may be particularly impacted by the wider challenges faced by remote and rural communities, including the interrelated problems of declining economic activity, youth migration and limited access to goods and services. While ICT may help in alleviating these problems, older people may require help with computer and internet use. PLACE-EE is a transnational partnership of public health agencies, local authorities, academics and ICT experts dedicated to improving the quality of life for older people. Funded by the Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme of the European Union, our aim is to develop and implement locally derived sustainable solutions to encourage internet use and person-centred e-health. Older people will engage with our transnational partnership of municipal bodies, public health, universities and enterprises in a programme of community engagement and intergenerational exchange between younger and older citizens using an assets-based approach to build capacity among older people to address barriers to service access. In doing so, we will identify, promote and connect local, cultural knowledge and other heritage resources with innovative ICT approaches that enable greater social inclusion, and access to timely and efficient advice, support and care. The PLACE-EE project will provide opportunities for the transfer of knowledge, skills, products in health care for the benefit of older people and their communities.

Website: http://www.interreg-npa.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Awareness and attitudes among health professionals towards the use of eHealth technologies

Expected Outputs (EN):

The internet has long been considered as an efficient means of meeting the needs of older people living in remote and isolated regions, and e-health has the potential for timely identification of problems, help seeking, early intervention and continuity of care, public services have not been able to realise this potential. It is imperative that health and other public services obtain a better understanding of the needs of older people, and the acceptability and accessibility of e-health products and platforms. Crucially we also require effective and acceptable ways of providing elders with relevant skills for internet use, permitting access to efficient health care provision. The primary goal of PLACE-EE will be achieved through a creative, non-stigmatising model of collaborating with older citizens - generating ideas, products and e-health solutions that can be adopted across the Programme Are, and more widely. Moreover, a subsidiary but significant aim of PLACE-EE is to achieve greater social inclusion of elders through ICT use. First, we will complete a mapping exercise in the demonstrator sites to obtain information on service provision, and community resources and assets, creating the platform for capacity-building and knowledge transfer. Second, our use of intergenerational skills exchange, bringing elders and students together in an exchange of knowledge and skills is a novel way of combining capacity-building, social inclusion, health and wellbeing. Thus, at both the individual levels (personal health/social needs) and the social level (cultural heritage, skills and assets), there exists opportunities for improving services and enhancing wellbeing. Social capital will be obtained through the transfer of skills and knowledge, enabling mutual understanding, and ultimately changing attitudes and behaviour. Third, knowledge gained from these activities will be disseminated across our health and municipal organisations and the ICT experts (University and SME)in order to develop e-health solutions to health care delivery. We will highlight the local, regional and transnational activities of the project as part of the process of engagement during a one-day event in each region at which all key national and local stakeholders will be present (e.g. policy makers, media, government agencies, health and social care service commissioners, schools and NGOs). The issues and ideas underpinning the project are shared by the transnational partners but have considerable applicability and intended to foster change in the wider Programme Area. vision for PLACE-EE was developed over the past 12 months. We have a triple helix partnership with expertise in relevant areas (e.g. ageing, R&D, ICT, policy and health service access). In summary, PLACE-EE seeks to harness the energies of older and younger citizens, creating a sustainable environment for efficient services, improving social inclusion and quality of life for older people.

Thematic information

Health and social services Demographic change and immigration Social inclusion and equal opportunities

Specific Objective: Increased innovation within public service provision in remote, sparsely populated areas

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Ulster University

Department: The Bamford Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Address: Coleraine Campus, BT48 7JL Coleraine, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.science.ulster.ac.uk

Total budget: EUR 604 821.91

ERDF budget: EUR 393 134.24

Skellefteå kommune

Name: Skellefteå kommune

Department: International Unit

Address: Trädgårdsgatan 6Skellefteå, Sweden

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 273 172.80

ERDF budget: EUR 177 562.32

Limerick City and County Council

Name: Limerick City and County Council

Department: Economic Development and Planning

Address: Patricks street, V94 XF67 Limerick, Ireland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 290 805.29

ERDF budget: EUR 189 023.44

Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being

Name: Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being

Department: Centre for Connected Health and Social Care

Address: Linenhall Street 12-22, BT2 8BS Belfast, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 76 195.20

ERDF budget: EUR 49 526.88

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

Name: Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

Department: Funding and Investment

Address: Townhall Street 2, BT74 7BA Enniskillen, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 147 862.40

ERDF budget: EUR 96 110.56

Fjarðabyggð

Name: Fjarðabyggð

Address: Hafnargata 2, 730 Fjarðabyggð, Iceland

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 173 732.00

Umeå University

Name: Umeå University

Department: Department of Informatics

Address: Umeå 87, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.umu.se

Total budget: EUR 180 499.20

ERDF budget: EUR 117 324.48

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Municipality of Skellefteå

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Limerick City and County Council

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Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being

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Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

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FJARDABYGGD Municipality

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Umeå University

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Ulster University

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Summary

Project name (EN): Platforms for Ageing Community Engagement - Exchange and Enterprise

Project acronym: PLACE-EE

Project start date: 2017-09-01

Project end date: 2021-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 747 088.80

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 022 681.92

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 65.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 022 681.92.

Third-country contribution: Iceland: EUR 104 239.20 (ERDF equivalent only)

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Transnational Report on the Needs and Assets of Older Citizens Living in Rural and Sparsely Populated Areas

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://place-ee.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2019-06-21

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Transnational Comparisons of Service Provision for Older People in Rural, Sparsely Populated Areas

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://place-ee.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2019-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

A Guide to Community Mapping for PLACE-EE

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://place-ee.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2018-11-22

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

PLACE-EE Transnational Cultural Heritage Archive Video

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://place-ee.interreg-npa.eu/outputs-and-results/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2022-11-14

Languages: en

PLACE EE Webinar Final

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://place-ee.interreg-npa.eu/resources/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2020-10-16

Languages: en

PLACE-EE Podcast: Technology, Older People and eHealth

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://place-ee.interreg-npa.eu/resources/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2020-09-23

Languages: en

PLACE-EE slides

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://place-ee.interreg-npa.eu/resources/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2020-03-26

Languages: en

Brochures / magazines / manuals

PLATFORMS FOR AGEING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT – EXCHANGE AND ENTERPRISE

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://place-ee.interreg-npa.eu/resources/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2021-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Websites / webtools / webforums / cooperative platforms

Transnational Cultural Heritage Archive

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Website / webtool / webforum / cooperative platform

Data source: https://place-ee.interreg-npa.eu/resources/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2021-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment link: https://place-ee.informatik.umu.se/

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

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

2023-11-02

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152 / 152 (100%)

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

779 / 779 (100%)

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