Kollektiva, a partner organization within the Consolid8 EU-funded project consortium, contacted Invest4Health for an interview as part of their efforts to learn from and exchange ideas with social innovation ecosystems across Europe. Their project focuses on actively engaging with initiatives that drive social innovation, making Invest4Health a valuable case study. Our collaboration began when Invest4Health was represented in the INTEGER webinar in September, sparking their interest in our work. This interview explores how Invest4Health addresses...

Building on knowledge and experience in social investments, Invest4Health aims to develop sustainable funding mechanisms that stimulate collaboration and incentivise investment within and across sectors while challenging traditional governance and funding models in health promotion and disease prevention. The lead partner of Invest4Health is Region Skåne. Still, at the same time, Skåne is one of the four Invest4Health test bed regions – a natural environment to apply, evaluate and refine different governance and investment models for interventions...

Understanding Galicia’s healthcare challenges Galicia region, located in the northwest of Spain, with a population of 2.7 million, is characterized by its unique demographic and geographical challenges. Many of its inhabitants live in sparsely populated rural areas, contributing to significant difficulties in ensuring comprehensive health and social care coverage. Rising demands on healthcare systems, increasing fragility, and the region’s rural nature all present obstacles to delivering efficient and accessible care.Key challenges in the...

Invest4Health (I4H) is a Horizon Europe project with eighteen partners, including four regional testbeds designed to challenge traditional methods of financing health promotion and disease prevention. By introducing innovative strategies such as Smart Capacitating Investment (SCI), social franchising, and new governance mechanisms also involving citizens, the project redefines health as a long-term investment rather than merely a cost. I4H emphasizes community-centred approaches, delivering socially equitable services while linking health outcomes...

TRANSFORMING HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION FINANCING Join us on December 10, from 10:00 to 12:30 CET, for the Invest4Health Mid-term Workshop—a virtual event hosted by the Invest4Health Horizon Europe project. Invest4Health is challenging traditional financing methods and exploring innovative approaches, including smart capacitating investment, social franchising, and new governance mechanisms, to finance health promotion and disease prevention, delivering socially equitable services to communities. This mid-term workshop allows us...

The Invest4Health team have presented a comprehensive training programme tailored for decision-makers and policymakers to equip them with the knowledge and tools necessary to implement Smart Capacitating Investment (SCI) models. These models are designed to support Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) programmes by employing unconventional investment strategies that offer returns ranging from financial benefits to enhanced capacities or capabilities of individuals or communities for healthier behaviours. Objectives and Target Audience The...

The Invest4Health consortia partners have committed to involve citizens and patients in the governance of the project by supporting the launch of the CPAG, Citizen Patient Advisory group.   The CPAG consists of 12 individual participants, recruited from across Europe, acting in a personal representative capacity, that are examining how best to include the citizen voice in the project and thinking about what sort of social impact should be prioritised and why. Citizen engagement, Citizen science and Patient public involvement and engagement, known...

When Invest4Health started on January 2-23, the consortium was driven by a shared vision: to incentivise a shift from hospital-centric care to smart capacitating investment in health promotion and disease prevention at scale across multiple levels with sustainable returns and localised benefits. The first 18 months saw an immense effort to get people and processes in place to (i) gather knowledge and strengthen a working concept of smart capacitating investment (ii) decide how to apply that insight to SCI and combination with related tools and methodologies...

Invest4Health, an innovative initiative dedicated to transforming public health financing, is launching a foresight exercise to envision the future of health promotion and disease prevention financing by 2040. The need for a new approach to public health financing is more pressing than ever. With public finances in a fragile state, cost-effective strategies spanning multiple sectors are essential to ensure efficient resource utilisation. This initiative recognises that prevention and health promotion are valuable investments with far-reaching personal,...

The current status of preventive public health and wellbeing interventions in Europe involves a combination of funding from public and private sources. On average, public spending on preventive care accounts for 2.8% of total health expenditure across EU countries, ranging from 0.8% to 4.4%. While there is significant variation between countries, preventive interventions are typically funded by public resources categorized under public health expenditure. The common perception is that preventive and other health interventions are costs within...