Aside from measures such as using more energy-efficient appliances or renovating homes, understanding & changing user behaviour is an essential & impactful part of reducing energy consumption. Read the policy brief realized in the context of NUDGE project, funded by the European Horizon 2020 programme, in which Cittadinanzattiva is the only consumer organization officially involved in the consortium.
From 21st to 23rd of September 2022 the first meeting of PROPHET was held in Rome at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC). The project has been funded by the European Commission's Horizon Europe programme, cluster 1- destination 1: “Staying healthy in a rapidly changing society" and is part of the International Consortium for Personalised Medicine (ICPerMed). Read more
Here you will discover project updates, behind the scenes knowledge and partner insights.Watchthe interview with Sabina Magalini from the Italian University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, and check out the highlights from the first NIGHTINGALE tabletop exercise. This took place at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm. Apart from the videos, a new NIGHTINGALE publication is out! Education, training and technological innovation, key components of the ESTES-NIGHTINGALE project cooperation for Mass Casualty Incident preparedness in Europe. Read more
A lot has happened along 2022: all the objectives have been reached and due deliverables sent to IHI, research activities are ongoing, legal, ethical, and regulatory studies are underway, internal meetings are held regularly, and expert decision-making committees have been set up. All this progress was successfully discussed at the first General Assembly meeting, which has been held in Modena, Italy last November 2022, under the banner of optimism and awareness that the project is growing and making progress within all work packages. A first public webinar – “Let’s FACILITATE” has been held last 27 January 2023.
Nudging is a soft push, that can make people act or react — and consume less energy — because they are told their neighbours or peers do so for instance or by changing the default settings of energy devices. The different kind of nudges are presented here, gathered by the NUDGE project, funded by the European Horizon 2020 programme, aiming at investigating the potential of behavioural interventions towards achieving higher energy efficiency, paving the way to the generalized use of such interventions as a worthy addition to the policy-making toolbox.
What role can citizens play in disaster management? During disasters, citizens react in various ways. Some will try to flee the situation immediately while others will wait for help or indications from the authorities. In many cases, there are also citizens that spontaneously try to help others. They can form a valuable resource in disaster management. However, they can also aggravate the situation. In ENGAGE we have been looking at case studies in which different citizen actions were analysed and evaluated on various levels. Sometimes citizen actions were the key to mitigating a situation and sometimes they were actually hindering the work of first responders. This makes the topic of citizen involvement during disaster risk management a controversial one. The question is, can citizens help or are they putting themselves in danger, which consequently increases the pressure on first responders? When is it good to help and what kind of help is needed? How can citizens be a resource in disaster situations, helping first responders resolve the imminent danger quicker? Read more
On December 15 and 16 in Rome, the kick-off meeting was held to officially launch the BLISS project, funded by the European Union within the Erasmus+ program. In addition to Cittadinanzattiva and Egina for Italy, the project involves universities and student associations from Cyprus, Greece, Germany, Romania and Belgium, partners who will work together to address the need for tools to find, analyze and understand news about health. The project will run for 24 months and will include training on "digital health literacy," initially involving teachers and then benefiting secondary school students from 6 European countries, and then expanding to an even broader context through the planned project outcomes. BLISS is intended to contribute to the development of Digital Health Literacy in Europe through targeted training, documentation and piloting actions in the school sector. Read more (IT)
More than 78 participants from 24 different EU and non-EU countries were connected in occasion of the EU Webinar: “Waiting for the next Council conclusions: focus on adult vaccination”, organized by Active Citizenship Network (ACN) last 6th of December 2022. Our multi-stakeholder online event, hosted by the MEPs Interest Group "European Patients' Rights & CrossBorder Healthcare, was the first EU policy dialogue initiative to discuss the Council Conclusion, officially adopted under the Czech Presidency of the European Council by Health Ministers at the EPSCO Council on 9 December.
Supported by Active Citizenship Network andendorsed the MEPs Interest Group on "European Patients' Rights & Cross-Border Healthcare", the European Parliamentary event titled “Driving Collaboration in the Fight against Antimicrobial Resistance: Going Further, Aiming Higher” was held at the EU Parliament in Brussels last 15 November 2022 with the aim to create awareness of the urgent need to leverage current EU policy developments in the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). In particular, the EU Parliament hybrid event - organized by Weber Shandwick - reinforced the call for policy change and implementation to urgently address one of the world’s leading health threats.