Collaborative Advancement for Renewed Education, Generation, Economy and Technology Transition
The CARE-GET project envisions a future where health, wellness, technology and nature approaches harmonise to create a vibrant and sustainable urban way of life. The project mission is to tackle the challenge of harnessing talent in shrinking cities while improving medical services and fostering the local job market. The municipality of Haskovo aims to leverage its existing cultural, educational and economic assets to propose an innovative MedTech Hub, harnessing talents to resolve skills gaps, long-term youth unemployment, brain drain and lack of job possibilities for young employees.
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The CARE-GET project aims to transform Haskovo into a hub of health, wellness and innovation, addressing key challenges like population decline, youth unemployment, and a lack of skilled professionals. The project lays the foundations for an ecosystem where talents are nurtured, businesses grow, and healthcare services improve by leveraging the city's existing strengths in culture, education, and the medical sector.
The project establishes a MedTech Hub that integrates health, digitalisation and education. This hub will enhance healthcare access, particularly in rural areas, through telemedicine and wellness services. It also provides a collaborative workspace for professionals, students and entrepreneurs to drive innovation.
Alongside, tailored training programmes align education with industry needs, ensuring individuals acquire essential skills in healthcare and digitalisation. The project also fosters start-ups by offering mentorship, digital tools and business incubation support.
CARE-GET encompasses a comprehensive analysis of Haskovo’s labour market, to produce strategies that address local workforce gaps. This is followed by initiatives that align education with industry needs and support start-ups through digital transformation. The MedTech Hub enables the piloting of innovative healthcare solutions, wellness services and nature-based approaches.
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The European Urban Initiative is an essential tool of the urban dimension of Cohesion Policy for the 2021-2027 programming period. The initiative established by the European Union supports cities of all sizes, to build their capacity and knowledge, to support innovation and develop transferable and scalable innovative solutions to urban challenges of EU relevance.
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