EUREGHA Joins BeWell Project General Assembly in Varna to Strengthen Skills for a Future-Ready Health Workforce

July 4, 2025

On 18–19 June 2025, EUREGHA participated in the 4th General Assembly of the BeWell Project, hosted by the Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria. The two-day meeting brought together project partners from across Europe for collaborative workshops, strategic planning, and stakeholder engagement—marking an important milestone as BeWell enters its final year.

EUREGHA’s Director, Michele Calabrò, and Marco Di Donato, Poliy and Project Manager, represented the network in both the General Assembly and the Local Stakeholder Forum, contributing regional perspectives to the project’s long-term strategy on health workforce skills.

Local Stakeholder Forum: Grounding the Strategy in Regional Realities

The General Assembly kicked off with a Local Stakeholder Forum featuring representatives from local health authorities, academics, and care professionals from the host region. The forum focused on identifying enablers and barriers for green and digital upskilling in healthcare—ensuring that the BeWell Skills Strategy reflects real, local needs.

Key insights from the forum included:

Bridging digital literacy gaps in ageing health workforces
Promoting intergenerational learning to enhance knowledge transfer and retention
Using digital tools such as telehealth and electronic health records to ease administrative burdens
Embedding green competences into everyday practice and training programmes
Tailoring solutions to the local context and workforce realities

These inputs will feed directly into the refinement of the BeWell Skills Strategy and inform upcoming policy recommendations for a resilient, future-ready health ecosystem.

EUREGHA’s Role in BeWell and the Large-Scale Partnership

During the event, EUREGHA presented its contribution to the project as a key partner and coordinator of the Large-Scale Partnership (LSP) for the Health Ecosystem under the EU Pact for Skills. This partnership brings together stakeholders from across the health sector to support long-term upskilling and reskilling across Europe.

EUREGHA also highlighted its mission to support regional and local health authorities in exchanging good practices and fostering transformation through collaborative initiatives like BeWell.

Looking Ahead: Final Year, Lasting Impact

As the project moves into its final phase, discussions in Varna centred on four key areas of implementation:

The ongoing Online Public Consultation on the BeWell Skills Strategy
The evolution of the Pact for Skills Large-Scale Partnership
The launch of pilot training courses and use of Qualification Matrices
The development of the BeWell Skills Monitor, an EU-wide assessment tool

In its final year, BeWell will intensify outreach to stakeholders across Europe, sharing concrete results, offering training resources, and supporting strategic workforce development through targeted engagement.