Team Talks: Exploring perspectives with Invest4Health team members – Leading on research on Smart Capacitating Investments

Occasionally, we introduce some of our team members, offering insights into the minds leading Invest4Health. Our interviews feature key team members, uncovering the stories, roles, and unique perspectives that bring the Invest4Health project to life. Meet one of our researchers, Maureen Rutten, who leads Work Package 2 on Framing and communicating Smart Capacitating Investments. She is the […]

Rethinking Financing for Health Promotion: Making a supportive health ecosystem

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 […]

Invest4Health Mid-Term Workshop Report

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 […]

I4H Mid-term Workshop

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 […]

I4H Newsletter – Issue 2

Dear Reader, Welcome to the second edition of the Invest4Health project newsletter, where we mark a significant milestone – one year of progress. The Invest4Health (I4H) Horizon Europe project, launched in January 2023, aims to renew health promotion and disease prevention funding by challenging traditional financing methods. Our innovative strategies view health as an investment rather […]

The Swedish Government promotes more innovative and knowledge-based public health interventions: Invest4Health Aligns with Government Vision

Sweden has embarked on a pioneering journey in public health financing with a strategic initiative led by the Swedish government. The initiative entails the allocation of 10 million kronor annually from 2024 to 2026, aimed at promoting innovative and knowledge-based public health initiatives. The initiative is designed to address critical health challenges effectively.  The primary […]

Invest4Health Consortium meeting, Aachen, Germany, 11-13 October 2023

Our upcoming Invest4Health Consortium Meeting is scheduled for October 11th to 13th, 2023, in Aachen, Germany. Consortium meetings are pivotal for any project’s success, including Invest4Health. But why are we looking forward so much to this meeting? On the one hand, this event is significant as it marks the Consortium’s first in-person meeting since our […]

Invest4Health Workshop at the International Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services Conference – 20-22 September 2023, Vienna

We are delighted to announce that Invest4Health Consortium members will host a workshop at the International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services Conference, 20-22 Sep 2023, in Vienna. Many governments’ fiscal space and budgetary resources are shrinking, all while demand for public services, including healthcare, is rising sharply. Hospital-focused healthcare models and ‘traditional’ […]