This report has been compiled by Work Package 5 partners: Cláudia Conceição –School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Portugal; Marvic Sammut – Ministry of Health, the Elderly and Community Care, Malta (MHEC); Amanda Saliba – Ministry of Health, the Elderly and Community Care, Malta (MHEC); Zuzana Katreniakova – Slovak Public Health Association (SAVEZ); Olivier Grimaud – French School of Public Health (EHESP); Laura Narkauskaitė – Lithuanian Institute of Hygiene (LIH); And Floris Barnhoorn – European Public Health Association Mark McCarthy – Faculty of Public Health (UKFPH) This publication arises from the project ‘PHIRE - Public Health Innovation and Research in Europe’, Agreement Number 2009 12 14, which has received funding from the European Union, in the framework of the Health Programme. is implemented from 1 September 2010 until 28 February 2013. The project is coordinated by the European Public Health Association (EUPHA). Associated partners are School of Public Health (EHESP), France; Faculty of Public Health (FPH), United Kingdom; Institute of Hygiene (LIH), Lithuania; Karolinska Institute, Sweden; Ministry of Health, the Elderly and Community Care (MHEC), Malta; Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), the Netherlands; Slovak Public Health Association (SAVEZ), Slovakia. Contents
2. Country systems. Larger countries tend to organise research calls separately, while smaller countries may make a single overall call for research. For a smaller country, the opportunity (in principle) for public health research may exist within a broader call. 3. In some countries, research is supported through the traditional method of institutional grants (negotiated directly between institution and government department), rather than through the competitive calls and programmes recorded by this WP. 4. Only one year was chosen, and in some countries calls for research are not made every year. Moreover, 2010 was a particularly difficult budget year. Thematic areas of public health research (research fields) which were financed through national programmes and calls in 2010 Tables 4 and 5 summarise the number of calls/ programmes in each thematic area in total and without France and United Kingdom. Tables 6-18 (page xx) information obtained on commissioning agency and objectives of calls and programmes. Table 4 - Number of calls or programmes by areas of research. Number of calls/programmes Open calls / All public health 11 Thematic areas of public health research Number of calls/programmes Disease control chronic diseases Cancer 7 Mental health 3 Non-specified and non-communicable chronic diseases 8 Other or non-specified diseases 3 Communicable Disease 4 Health promotion Environmental, occupational 11 Health promotion (general) 8 Health services Health services, statistics, information, screening, organization 12 Other 2 Methods Epidemiology, social sciences, other 4 Target groups Youth 1 Ageing 1
The Ministry of health opens, on a non-regular basis, calls for support of research. At present, for example, in 2011, INSA, National Institute of Health Doctor Ricardo Jorge held a call for research on health services research/primary health care services reform. The deadline for responding to the call was end of March and the research projects approved will be completed on the next three years. Comment from respondent: “However no calls or programmes on public health research were opened on 2010”. Table 20 - Additional information provided by countries (continuation). Country Complementary information provided Exclusion criteria Romania a) Call Name of the commissioning agency : National Authority for Scientific Research , Ministry of Economy, Trade And Business Environment – Authority for Management of Operational Sectorial Program “Increasing Economic Competitiveness” Name of the funding program/call for projects: Operational Sectorial Program “Increasing Economic Competitiveness”; Priority Axis 2 –Research, Technological Development and Innovation for Competitiveness; Key of intervention 2.1 – R&D partnerships between universities/research institutes, and enterprises for generating results directly applicable in economy Objective of the program/call: The enhancement of the R&D cooperation between research institutes/universities, and enterprises for increasing the R&D activities in the benefit of enterprises; promoting technological transfer especially in key fields that are European or national priorities; generating results of economic interest and transferring the research results and knowledge through the economic environment; R&D partnerships with R&D organizations that will generate results directly applicable in economy with the aim of creating new or improved products, technologies and services of high Increasing the level of the technological development of the enterprises; the program is focused to research activities based on new technologies Comment from respondent: “This program is not specific for public health, but it has “HEALTH” as one major fields of intervention. Public health calls are eligible as they could be classified as Health related projects.” Call not specific for public health research Romania b) Call Commissioning agency: National Authority for Scientific Research and Ministry of Economy, Trade And Business Environment – Authority for Management of Operational Sectorial Program “Increasing Economic Competitiveness” Call was not announced in 2010 Call not specific for public health research
Appendix 1 - Distribution of the countries by partners Countries Coordination of geographical areas Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Iceland French School of Public Health (EHESP Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique) Olivier Grimaud Martine M. Bellanger Cláudia Conceição (Work package coordinator) Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark Institute of Hygiene, Lithuania Laura Narkauskaitė (June) Rasa Varvuoliene (June) Vytenė Jankauskienė (left in June 2011) Vytautas Jurkuvėnas (left in May 2011) Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Ireland Ministry of Health, the Elderly and Community Care (MHEC), Malta Marvic Sammut Amanda Bugeja Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia Slovak Public Health Public Health Association (SAVEZ) Zuzana Katreniakova Appendix 2 - 1st phase WP5 letter sent by email to National Public Health Associations’contacts or other national contacts Dear Dr /Mr /Mrs / Professor ….