In June 2024, the Central Danube Development Agency Nonprofit Limited Liability Company (CDDA Nonprofit Ltd.) took part in the elaboration and submission of a successful project proposal with the acronym HUMAN in a consortium of 12 organisations under the Interreg Europe Programme. Implementation started on 1 May 2025.
The emerging idea of Industry 5.0 in the healthcare sector, also known as Healthcare 5.0 makes use of cutting-edge technologies to revolutionise healthcare delivery, improve patient outcomes and improve the healthcare experience as a whole. Healthcare 5.0, with the right strategies in place, aims for a world where healthcare is affordable, accessible and equitable. HUMAN brings together a well-balanced partnership in terms of expertise, geographical distribution and level of development. Along with its extensive network of relevant stakeholders, the HUMAN partnership cooperates to improve 8 policy instruments aiming a transformation towards a more efficient, targeted and universal healthcare. The project focuses on those fields of application where regional and local policies can play a role, namely: telehealth, human-centric care, accessibility, digital health literacy and digital inclusion. HUMAN’s overall objective is the provision of more affordable, accessible, equitable and resilient healthcare services.
HUMAN puts into practice the European Commission’s approach of Industry 5.0. in the healthcare sector. This is also known as Healthcare 5.0 and makes use of cutting-edge technologies to revolutionise healthcare delivery, improve patient outcomes and improve the healthcare experience as a whole. Healthcare 5.0, with the right strategies in place, aim for a world where healthcare is affordable, accessible, equitable and resilient. HUMAN’s overall objective is the provision of more affordable, accessible, equitable and resilient healthcare services through the introduction of Healthcare 5.0 solutions.
Specific objectives are:
1) Build the capacity of regional policymakers and other stakeholders to harness the potential that Healthcare 5.0 has towards a more user-centric, sustainable and resilient healthcare delivery.
2) Bridge the gap towards a more universal healthcare services by equipping professionals, patients and users with the required digital tools and skills to make the most of these solutions.
3) Enhance the patient and user’s experience by adopting a human-centric approach for digital technologies that support improved and more sustainable healthcare services.
Project partners:
European Regions Network for the Application of Communications Technology (ERNACT) – Lead Partner
Härnösands Municipality
Development Centre of the Heart of Slovenia
University of Ljubljana
Regional Development Agency South Banat Ltd.
Health Services Executive, University of Porto
Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne AG
Nicosia Development Agency (ANEL)
Hof University of Applied Sciences
Central Danube Development Agency Ltd.
Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Care of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Title: Healthcare 5.0 supporting the transformative shift of regions
Acronmy: HUMAN
Implementation period: 1 May 2025 – 30 April 2029
Overall budget: 2,67M EUR
The fourth interregional meeting of the project "DEcarbonising the TOurism Industry Post Covid-19 Support" (DETOCS), supported by the Interreg Europe programme, took place in Crete, on 23-24 October 2024.
The DETOCS project aims to meet long-term EU policies for decarbonising the economy by bringing together project partners every six months to discuss regional progress.
On the first day, in addition to a brief presentation of the DETOCS project, the participants heard inspiring success stories of how decarbonisation proposals in other regions have been translated into policy developments. Afterwards, partners presented their good practices. The day concluded with a study visit to the Renieris Hotel and the Hotel Halepa. The energy efficiency and the use of renewable resources in these hotels is very important.
On the second day of the meeting, the participants continued the study tour and visited other hotels with outstanding energy performance. The destination was the fully self-sufficient luxury Hotel Euphoria complex, 20 km from Chania, which uses geothermal energy, heat pumps and solar panels to power its 344 rooms.
After the excursion, the Dutch partner presented the possibilities of carbon neutral virtual tourism, which has become particularly popular during the COVID period. Afterwards, the Maltese partner gave a presentation on the Joint Thematic Survay Report to be prepared in the framework of the project. During the afternoon, the project partners discussed the upcoming tasks and proposed a " join thematic guidebook".
Andrea Grónay, Managing Director of CDDA Nonprofit Ltd., Mimi Kocsis Eszter, International Manager of CDDA Nonprofit Ltd. and Gábor Kígyóssy, Regional Development Officer of Fejér County, participated in the two-day meeting.
The third interregional two-day meeting of the Interreg Europe funded project "DEcarbonising the TOurism Industry Post Covid-19 Support" (DETOCS) started today in Sliema, Malta.
On the first day, the participating countries presented the results of the Eisenhower Matrix analysis and shared their experiences to date. A presentation was given by Eszter Mimi Kocsis, International Manager of KDMFÜ Nonprofit Ltd.
The second half of the day was dedicated to study visits to see how hotels of all sizes are trying to make a positive environmental and social impact on tourism.
During the study visits, the participants were shown good practices from the following hotels:
🔹 Mulberries Guesthouse (Zabbar)
🔹 Embassy Hotel (Valletta)
🔹 Embassy Embassy (St Julian's) Hilton Malta (St Julian's)
The event was attended by Dr. Ádám Ruszinkó, President of the Hungarian Health Tourism Marketing Association.
A summary of the meeting is available at the following link:
Third Interregional Exchange of Experience Event in Malta | Interreg Europe - Sharing solutions for better policy
Malta summary can be downloaded by clicking on the link: Malta
Two-days interregional meeting of the project "DEcarbonising the TOurism Industry Post Covid-19 Support" (DETOCS), supported by the Interreg Europe program, took place in Seinäjoki, Finland on November 7-8, 2023.
✅ On the first day, participating countries presented their completed SWOT analyses related to the project, followed by the introduction of best practices from Finland.
👀 During the event, Eszter Mimi Kocsis, International Manager of KDMFÜ Nonprofit Ltd., gave a presentation. From the stakeholders of the DETOCS program, Tamás Schäffer, the CEO of Kőrösszolg Nonprofit Ltd, and Adrienne Dajka, architect at Kőrösszolg Nonprofit Ltd, were also present.
☑ On the second day, in addition to the on-site tour, participants discussed future steps and tasks, and prepared for the next DETOCS meeting scheduled for May 15-16, 2024, in Malta.
👉 DETOCS is an interregional collaboration involving Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, the Netherlands, Malta, Italy, and Slovenia. Its objective is to increase energy efficiency in the tourism sector through policy tools and guidelines that provide a legal framework and innovative financing systems, tools, methods, and other financial incentives to reduce carbon emissions in tourism.
A summary of the meeting is available at the following link:
DETOCS Learning Event in South Ostrobothnia, Finland | Interreg Europe - Sharing solutions for better policy
The Interreg Europe DETOCS project (DEcarbonising the TOourism Industry Post Covid-19 Support) has been launched.
The project aims to increase the energy efficiency of the tourism sector through knowledge sharing between participating countries.
Our agency represents Hungary and several countries from Europe's key tourism regions, such as Greece, Malta, Italy, Finland, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Finland, are participating in the DETOCS project.
The project kick-off meeting took place in the host city of Ptuj, the oldest city in Slovenia, where KDMFÜ was represented by international project manager Mimi Eszter Kocsis.
Mr. Ferenc Weigl, International Project Manager
E-mail: weigl.ferenc@kdmfu.hu
