Catalonia advances its training programmes on Social Innovation Services for Care

There is movement ahead on Catalonia’s training programmes, TIC Salut Social – EHTEL member – has kept us informed.

Catalonia plans to advance training activities linked to a project on the Social Innovation Services for Care (SISCU)  for people who are dependent. The initiative aims to strengthen the digital skills and professional training of people working in the fields of care, social services, and person-centred care. To move this work forward, TIC Salut Social Foundation and the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) – have signed a collaboration agreement.

Assessing Digital Readiness in Care: How the Laurel DMAT Can Help

A new practical toolkit developed by EHTEL and the Politechnic University of Madrid in the EU-funded Laurel Project is helping care organisations across Europe understand how ready they are to embrace digital technology — and what it will take them to get there.

Artificial intelligence under the EHTEL spotlight

Two major international organisations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Health Organization (WHO), are now developing roadmaps and action plans on AI.

Digital twins: AIGENT - anticipating upcoming work from autumn 2026

Our health and wellbeing are shaped by many factors at once: our bodies and medical conditions, the homes we live in, the air we breathe, and the wider environment around us. Yet today, these elements are often studied in isolation. Healthcare systems, housing systems, and environmental systems rarely interact or “talk” to one another. AIGENT—a new project due to launch in autumn 2026—will aim to change this isolated and siloed approach. 

Equicares and EHTEL: A joint commitment to inclusiveness

The EQUICARES project aims to make mental health in Europe more equitable, inclusive, and effective with a particular focus for people in vulnerable, marginalised situations – hence EHTEL’s commitment to work on inclusiveness through its contributions to EQUICARES.

Catalonia outlines its approach to people-centred health data in Helsinki

At the Radical Health Festival in Helsinki, Joan Guanyabens, director of the TIC Salut i Social Foundation and president of EHTEL, presented Catalonia’s approach to health data management in the context of the European Health Data Space (EHDS).