The kickoff meeting of the Xpanding Innovative Alliance (XiA) project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program through the call ERASMUS-EDU-2023-PI-ALL-INNO — Alliances for Education and Enterprises (Project 101187650), took place at Iscte on February 12 and 13, 2025.
Building on the foundations of the successful XpanDH project, XiA seeks to address key interoperability challenges while preparing healthcare professionals for the advanced standards of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulation. It is linked with the Pact for Skills, that aims to get public and private organisations together and encourage them to make concrete commitments to upskilling and reskilling adults.
Elzbieta Campos, researcher from CIS-Iscte, is part of project's team and will be involved in the work packages tasked with creating and distributing materials and courses on digital health interoperability. "We will seek to ensure that upskilling and reskilling activities are inclusive, especially with regard to groups that are in disadvantaged positions, due to a lack of digital skills or because of their specific sociodemographic characteristics or employment situation.", the researcher explained.
The XiA consortium unites leading academic institutions, hospitals, private enterprises, and NGOs from across Europe, including:
Portugal: Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, UMinho, Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António
Finland: Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Clinipower
Greece: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Crete
France: Fyrstain
Find more about the project in this official press release, on its Ciência-Iscte page and Linkedin Page.
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