Overview of the Call 2020

Call 2020 focused on “Healthy Ageing with the Support of Digital Solutions” with an extended deadline to allow potential applicants participate in project proposal process while dealing with the COVID-19 crisis.

The Call received 111 proposals, out of which 84 were for Collaborative Projects and 27 for Small Collaborative Projects, the total projects budget being €170,699,971.68 and the total requested contribution being €110,869,782.10.

The preliminary analysis of the received proposals shows that a number of projects aim to tackle the challenges imposed by the COVID 19 crisis, by aiming to promote social interactions among the elderly and the carers but also through the development of mobile apps and telehealth or respiratory disorder prediction tools.

Furthermore, some projects propose training solutions for older adults as a final product, this topic recurring more and more as a perceived need in the domain of digital solutions for ageing.

Call 2020 saw different proposals dealing with the topics of smart neighborhoods and communities being submitted to the Programme.

In regards to the details of the applicants, the Netherlands is the country with the highest number of coordinators (20), followed by Austria (15) and Switzerland (14). Regarding the number of participants, the Netherlands is again is the country most represented in received proposals (142 participants) followed by Switzerland (100) and Austria (94).

Stay tuned for the Programme website to discover the results and statistics report, that will be published in the next months!