Call for proposals on prevention of NCDs in the area of dementia and other neurological disorders (DP-g-23-33-02)
Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Programme aims to improve and promote health in the Union to reduce the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases by:
- protecting people from serious cross-border health threats
- improving the availability, accessibility and affordability of medicines, medical devices and other crisis-related products in the EU
- strengthening national health systems
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
This topic focuses on the prevention of NCDs in the area of dementia and other neurological disorders.
Detailed Call Description
Activities will include the implementation of projects involving civil society organisations to support the Member States’ authorities in implementing comprehensive public health policies, the development and transfer of best practices, the development of public health guidelines, the preparation and roll-out of innovative approaches and projects supporting patient pathway, and launching of projects, such as on training, health awareness and health literacy, that are expected to have a significant public health impact.
Activities should also include an equity dimension and aim at reducing health inequalities.
This action shall support and complement the Member States’ efforts by doing at least one of the following activities:
- Mapping to define needs assessment and subsequent gap analysis in the prevention of dementia and other neurological disorders, such as cerebrovascular diseases (e.g. stroke), Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and headache disorders;
- Identification, collection, sharing, adjustment, and replication of best and promising practices on preventing and managing dementia and other neurological disorders and their risk factors (e.g. smoking, poor diet, low levels of physical activity), as well as their roll-out for implementation through population-level health promotion interventions;
- Identification, piloting and evaluation of innovative approaches on preventing and managing dementia and other neurological disorders;
- Development of public health guidelines or recommendations on improved monitoring and screening for dementia and other neurological disorders such as stroke, through the community and/or primary care;
- Development of guidelines and recommendations to better manage dementia and neurological disorders through the implementation of personcentred integrated care models;
- Development of guidelines and recommendations for actions, policies and programmes at national level in addressing dementia and other neurological disorders;
- Development and implementation of complementary awareness-raising activities on dementia and other neurological disorders and their risk factors, with a focus on vulnerable populations, such as displaced people from Ukraine.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (60%). Your organisation can apply for a higher project funding rate (80%) if your project is of “exceptional utility”. Actions shall be considered to have exceptional utility where at least 30% of the budget of the proposed action is allocated to Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the Union average; or the project concerns actions with bodies from at least 14 Member States and where at least 4 are from Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average.
Thematic Categories
- Health
- Public Administration
Eligibility for Participation
- International Organisations
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- State-owned Enterprises
- Trade Unions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Applications will only be considered eligible if their content corresponds wholly (or at least in part) to the topic description for which it is submitted.
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
- eligible non-EU countries:
- listed EEA countries and countries associated to the EU4Health Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)
Type of applicants targeted: Academia and educational institutions, civil society organisations supporting the priority areas (health professional associations, patient organisations, foundations, NGOs and similar entities).
Specific eligibility criteria applicable to the consortium composition: Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions:
Minimum 3 entities from 3 different eligible countries;
Non-eligible activities: Purchase of health care related products
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Health, Department of European Affairs
Ms MAKRIGIORGI Elena
emakrigiorgi@moh.gov.cy
EU Contact Point
Stefan DE KEERSMAECKER
+32 2 298 46 80
stefan.de-keersmaecker@ec.europa.eu
Darragh CASSIDY
+32 2 298 39 78