Transnational Workshop on Improving access to health and social services in lagging areas

Online
Date: 05.05.2026
By: SOSPHERE
The SOSPHERE project is pleased to invite you to its first transnational workshop, dedicated to sharing good practices and fostering exchange on how to improve access to health and social services in lagging and peripheral areas of Central Europe.  Across our partner territories – and many others like them – local populations face real barriers to accessing the services they need: scattered provision, limited digital skills, poor connectivity, and insufficient guidance. This workshop brings together voices from different contexts to explore what works, and what can be learned and adapted.

AGENDA

10:00 – 10:10  Welcome and introduction – Ana Sinkovic, CEI-ES

10:10 – 10:40  Best practices from the “Si fa rete” initiative – Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia (Giulian Karst area & Carnia)

10:40 – 11:10  Cross-border health cooperation: the EGTC GO experience – Mr. Ezio Benedetti, Ms. Tanja Dimitrijevic & Mr. Janez Furlan

11:10 – 11:25  A whole community approach to social prescribing – Jenny Hartnoll, Frome, Somerset, UK

11:25 – 11:40  Establishment of Support Centre 521 Pula – Ms. Irena Peruško, City of Pula

11:40 – 12:00  Person-centred care & communication in primary health care – Mr. Gian Matteo Apuzzo, WHO/Europe

12:00 – 12:30  Questions, answers & workshop closure

Please note that the workshop will be recorded. Personal data will be processed in accordance with GDPR (Regulation EU 2016/679) for purposes related to the SOSPHERE project.

Register to attend: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E6qixQrsbE