🆕 New cross-border agreement: SEM (Spain) and SAMU (France) can now deploy ambulances across the Pyrenees, sending help where response time is shortest. Faster, coordinated emergency care — cooperation that saves lives.

#InteractIsSocial #AMoreSocialEurope #Interreg

At this year’s Cross-Border Health Meet Up in Groningen, the CBI once again welcomed many projects sharing the goal to strengthen German-Dutch healthcare provision. BRIDGE joined to further foster the project and the collaboration between both countries.

Last Thursday, Acute Zorg Euregio, the Universities of Twente and Münster met to push the BRIDGE project forward by planning the Co-Creation Workshops starting at the end of this year to spark new ideas for healthcare.

We are excited to continue building bridges between research and practice!

Check out this scatterplot of health spending per capita (x axis) & life expectancy (y axis) in OECD countries (lines = averages).

The United States sits alone in the bottom right area due to its very high spending rate and below-average life expectancy.

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Last week, Dominik Tkalcic presented the idea of a social network analysis for the BRIDGE project at the European Group for Public Administration's annual conference in Glasgow. The panel was enthusiastic about Dominik's ideas, and he received plenty of useful comments to work on.

In this interview, Alex Friedrich, CEO of the University Hospital Münster (UKM), talks about the BRIDGE project and the importance of learning from border regions. Read the article in the Grenspost Düsseldorf. (Article in Dutch)

www.grenspostdusseldorf.nl/actueel/gren...

Labour mobility drives opportunity across Europe.

The Annual Report on Intra-EU Labour Mobility shows that in 2024:

📈 3.8% of EU working age population are movers
👥 10.1 million EU citizens work abroad
🔄 1.83 million cross-border workers

More info ↓

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Vor 30 Jahren trat das Schengener Abkommen in Kraft und ermöglichte nahtlose Reisen, Geschäfte und grenzüberschreitende Projekte. Die grenzüberschreitende Gesundheitsversorgung, die wir in BRIDGE organisieren, wäre ohne Schengen nicht möglich! Ein Hoch auf 30 Jahre offene Grenzen! #Zusammenarbeit

30 jaar geleden werd het Schengenakkoord van kracht, dat naadloos reizen, zakendoen en grensoverschrijdende projecten mogelijk maakte. De grensoverschrijdende gezondheidszorg die we in BRIDGE organiseren zou niet mogelijk zijn zonder Schengen! Op 30 jaar open grenzen! #Schengen30 #Samenwerking

30 years ago, the Schengen Agreement came into effect, enabling seamless travel, business, and cross-border projects. The cross-border healthcare we are organising in BRIDGE wouldn't be possible without Schengen! Here’s to 30 years of open borders! #Schengen30 #EuropeWithoutBorders #Collaboration

Diesen Monat traf sich BRIDGE in Münster, um die Entwicklungen des Projekts zu besprechen. Es war ein produktiver Tag und ein Vergnügen, persönlich mit Kollegen von Acute Zorg Euregio, Universität Twente, NovioQ, Universität Münster und Universitätsklinikum Münster zusammenzuarbeiten.

Deze maand kwam BRIDGE bijeen in Münster om de ontwikkelingen in het project te bespreken. Een productieve dag en een genoegen om persoonlijk samen te werken met collega's van Acute Zorg Euregio, Universiteit Twente, NovioQ, Universiteit Münster en Universitätsklinikum Münster.

This month, BRIDGE met in Münster to discuss the research into resource pooling and the design of the digital platform. A productive day and a pleasure to work in person with colleagues from Acute Zorg Euregio, University of Twente, NovioQ, University of Münster and Universitätsklinikum Münster.