Potential Impacts:
- New Educational Program: Launch a health entrepreneurship and innovation program in Lisbon, integrating best practices from European hubs like Copenhagen, co-designed by educational institutions, health tech businesses, incubators, and other stakeholders.
- Enhanced Education Quality: Improve entrepreneurial education in Lisbon, equipping local talent with skills to support business acceleration and digitalization through the new program.
- Stronger Ecosystem: Boost Lisbon’s health tech ecosystem by enhancing network connectivity, supporting innovators and companies, and increasing entrepreneurial activity with potential scale-up across Europe and internationally.
- European Cooperation: Strengthen and expand cooperation between European innovation ecosystems.
- Resource Flows: Improve innovation resource flows between Copenhagen and Lisbon through frameworks produced by the project, including the new educational program, HealthEConnect forum, and Talent network.
Key needs for further success:
- Program Validation: Validate the educational program’s content and relevance based on pilot test results, partner feedback, and ecosystem recommendations. Adjust curriculum and methodologies as needed to create a refined, effective program.
- Communication and Dissemination: Implement a mix of digital campaigns (website, social media, press releases) and engagement events (bilateral meetings, working sessions, participation in other events).
- Exploitation Plan: Develop a plan and blueprint to secure HealthEConnect’s sustainability, ensuring financial, market, and organizational readiness for future implementation. Provide policy insights to enhance the role of higher education in regional economic growth and innovation.
