#HealthCities The first kick-off meeting with the 9 European partners was held!

This initial meeting included the presentation of The Life Sciences & Health innovation ecosystem by Stephan Bouman, Head of Project Portfolio Management of Medicon Valley Alliance (Copenhagen), who had the opportunity to share key concepts for territories that usually develop innovative projects of first level in the sectors of life sciences and health industry, working on the three axes that underpin the project: governance, services and talent.

The project partners Ajuntament de Sant Cugat del Vallès, Medicon Valley Alliance (DE), Medicon Village (SE), Pannon Business Network (HU), Ville de Toulouse (FR), Ivano Frankivsk (UA), Lunds kommun(SE) National Development Centre(HUN) and ROM Utrecht Region(NL),  worked in an interactive workshop to maximize and combine common objectives.

During the meeting, it was also agreed to create the Health Cities RSG (Regional Stakeholders Group) local partnerships formatted by companies and institutions relevant to each participating European city that will serve to work together to support the strengthening of innovation in the health and life sciences sector and life sciences sector.

“Health and Life sciences industries’ growth through cities alliances (Health Cities)” project is implemented under the Interreg Europe Program, funded by the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the author. The management of the Interreg Europe Program is not responsible for any information contained in this publication.