Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Date of latest update: 2024-09-18

Description

Description (EN):

As a consequence of an ageing population, the rising costs for (care) services and recent budget cuts, countries around the North Sea move from a care system whereby the state regulates, cares and pays to one that facilitates a civil society that is based on solidarity and community. Looking for new strategies, decision makers have directed attention to informal care and voluntary assistance.In For Care aims to develop innovation in service delivery by optimizing informal and formal networks to address these challenges.It will explore new cooperative ways in which the market, the public and the civil sector will provide answers to the social demands and strengthen the informal networks through new technologies.In For care willimprove processes of voluntary work and informal care in service delivery;improve knowledge of how the public sector can innovate in service delivery;develop a Quadruple helix model for informal care and voluntary assistance;provide insight in cost reductions in the formal (care)sector;contribute to new policies and ideas for the health transition combining informal and formal service provision;To enhance cooperation and innovate social services In For Care will develop and exchange knowledge and experiences across national and sectorial boundaries. Important stakeholders will become aware of the role of informal care in innovation. Co-creation is essential to reach that goal and increases the capacity of public authorities to improve services.

Achievements (EN):

Families, friends, neighbours and volunteers: Informal caregivers are providing invaluable services, but pressures are mounting. The In For Care project has produced a wealth of insights and solutions for sustainable informal care in the North Sea Region. Achievements of note include the testing of a digital tool to manage volunteers, several steps to increase social cohesion in vulnerable communities, and the encouragement of young volunteers. Informal carers are people providing unpaid care to someone with a chronic disease, disability or any other long-lasting health or care need, outside of a professional or formal framework. In Europe, informal carers provide 80% of all care. In the In For Care project, ten partners from six countries have been working together on different aspects of informal care and voluntary assistance. The cooperation with partners in other countries has added new perspectives on the problems and importance of informal caregivers as well as the opportunity to see how things are in other countries. When creating innovations, there is often a lack of involvement of the citizens and end-users. In For Care has been working with quadruple helix, an innovation and collaboration model with a citizen/end-user perspective. It is useful in an innovation process where the citizen's needs are central, for example in health care and public e-services. The 10 policy changes achieved in each of the partner regions are a result of changing the mindset of decision makers & professionals, implementing new strategies, policies and innovative solutions for services delivered through cooperation between formal and informal networks in order to deliver better services. Using the quadruple helix approach has led to the building of strong relationships between the partners and other stakeholders, and several collaborations will continue after the end of the project. Several of the partners in In For Care will continue to work together in the Interreg North Sea Region project Isolation2Inclusion (I2I). Watch here the video of In For Care showing 3 years in 3 minutes.

Website: https://northsearegion.eu/in-for-care

Thematic information

Health and social services

Specific Objective: Stimulate the public sector to generate innovation demand and innovative solutions for improving public service delivery

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 (10)

Lead Partner: Universitetet i Agder

Address: Jon Lilletunsvei 9, 4879 Grimstad, Norway

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.uia.no/en

Total budget: EUR 784 525.00

Abertay University

Name: Abertay University

Address: Bell Street, DD1 1HG Dundee, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.abertay.ac.uk

Total budget: EUR 386 108.00

ERDF budget: EUR 193 054.00

Länsstyrelsen Värmland

Name: Länsstyrelsen Värmland

Address: Våxnäsgatan 5, 651 86 Karlstad, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/varmland

Total budget: EUR 300 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 150 000.00

Region Kristiansand

Name: Region Kristiansand

Address: Tordenskjoldsgate 65, Postboks 525, N-4605 Kristiansand, Norway

Legal status: public

Website (not verified): http://www.knutepunktsorlandet.no

Total budget: EUR 312 000.00

Region Värmland

Name: Region Värmland

Address: Landstinget i Värmland Box 5081, 650 05 Karlstad, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.liv.se

Total budget: EUR 350 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 175 000.00

Stad Aalst

Name: Stad Aalst

Address: Werf 9, 9300 Aalst, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.aalst.be

Total budget: EUR 444 953.00

ERDF budget: EUR 222 476.00

Stad Turnhout

Name: Stad Turnhout

Address: Campus Blairon 200, 2300 Turnhout, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.licalab.be

Total budget: EUR 389 334.00

ERDF budget: EUR 194 667.00

CMO STAMM

Name: CMO STAMM

Address: Wegalaan 3-5, 9742 NA Groningen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.cmostamm.nl

Total budget: EUR 174 240.00

ERDF budget: EUR 87 120.00

University College Syddanmark

Name: University College Syddanmark

Address: Degnevej 16, DK-6705 Esbjerg Ø, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ucsyd.dk

Total budget: EUR 290 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 145 000.00

Provincie Drenthe

Name: Provincie Drenthe

Address: Westerbrink 1, 9405 BJ Assen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.provincie.drenthe.nl

Total budget: EUR 308 993.00

ERDF budget: EUR 154 496.00

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University of Agder

Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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Abertay University

Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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Länsstyrelsen Värmland

Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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Region Kristiansand

Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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County Council Värmland

Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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City of Aalst

Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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City of Turnhout

Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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CMO STAMM

Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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University College South Denmark

Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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Province of Drenthe

Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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Project partner

Summary

Project name (EN): Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

Project acronym: In For Care

Project start date: 2016-11-01

Project end date: 2019-12-31

Project status: closed

Relevant precedent projects:

iAge
DANS ON
United4Health, ICT PSP
InnovAge, InformCare
CARER+, ICT PSP
Health4Growth

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 4 457 710.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 544 666.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, .

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.

Brochures / magazines / manuals

A Quadruple Helix Guide for Innovations

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/in-for-care/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-11

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

In For Care Recipes: How to recruit, train and keep volunteers and informal carers

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/in-for-care/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-18

Document date: 2019-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

Cost-effectiveness report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/in-for-care/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-11

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Country comparison and SWOT analysis

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/in-for-care/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-11

Document date: 2017-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Checklist to policy change & 10 successful policy changes

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/in-for-care/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-11

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

ICT Solutions & Communication: Exhibition Review

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/in-for-care/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-11-11

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Presentations

Informal caregivers guide for tech-facilitated interaction - Tapology toolkit

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/in-for-care/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Service design manual to introduce innovation in public service delivery

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/in-for-care/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-18

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Cost-effectiveness session

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/in-for-care/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-10-18

Document date: 2019-09-19

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

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

2023-02-14

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

73 / 73 (100%)

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

871 / 871 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.northsearegion.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-20 and 2023-01-12.

The financial data featured in keep.eu for this programme, it's projects and its partners is not exact and should be taken as a reference only.

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Informal care and voluntary assistance: Innovation in service delivery in the North Sea Region

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