Cost Action gathering in Zagreb
The 20 countries that participate in the Cost Action “European Cleft and Craniofacial Initiative for Equality in Care” met in Croatia on Thursday 25th – Friday 26th January 2018 at The University of Zagreb School of Dental Medicine. The main aim of the action is to ensure that every child born with a cleft or craniofacial condition in Europe must have the opportunity of realising their full potential. It is acknowledged at European level that health professional does not have enough resources and/or training to deliver the same provision of care. Thomas Nilsen from Triskelion was representative from Norway and is heading Work Group 5, dealing with dissemination. The different work groups started their assessment of the work that needs to be done and will meet next time for a big conference in Niš, Serbia – September 2018.
Correct IT Kickoff in Stavanger
The Correct IT project had kickoff in Stavanger on the 23 of September 2017. The project timeline and structure was discussed and a detailed work plan agreed upon. Each team presented how they have organised for the project implementation internally. The kickoff ended with a transnational team building dinner. Next steps of the intellectual outputs was agreed upon.
Cutting edge training kickoff in Kristianstad
The Cutting Edge Training project had kickoff in Kristianstad early November 2017. The project team consist of Haukeland Sykehus in Bergen, ALA association from Bulgaria, Clinica Cittàgiardino from Italy, Høgskolan Kristanstad from Sweden and European Cleft Association from Netherlands. The focus will be to develop training and train healthcare professionals working with patients undergoing appearance altering performances.
Article in Swedish newspaper: News article1 News article 2
Correct it Facebook and web page up and running
The Correct it project has launched a Facebook site and a web page.
They can be found here:
WEB SITE
World food day 16th October and Correct it Project
Today on the 16th of October is the world food day. Food and Agriculture organization of the united nations organize this event in 150 countries around the world, making it one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. These events promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure food security and nutritious diets for all. See link to website about the day;
Cost action CA16234 kicks off in Brussels
The Cost action CA16234 had kickoff in Brussels 5th of October 2017, and with 20 countries involved and several more on the way in, it will be a major force to recon with in the harmonisation of European cleft care. Gareth Davies of European Cleft Organisation was voted in as chairman of the action, while Triskelion’s Thomas Nilsen will be responsible for dissemination together with work group 5.
Article in Swedish newspaper: News article
First meeting today of new EU Erasmus+ funded project, developing a training programme for the early care of babies born with clefts. Partners from Latvia, Norway, Bulgaria, Greece, Netherlands and Romania meet in Rijswijk, The Hague. This is an exciting time for European Cleft Organisation and Triskelion!
Project number : 2017-1-NL01-KA202-035195
Correct IT project kickoff set
The Correct IT project kickoff has been set til 23.rd October in Stavanger, Norway.
Our project identification: 2017-1-RO01-KA202-037373
NEW Obesity prevention project approved!
The Erasmus + Strategic partnerships for vocational training project “Corrective VET – international training for obesity prevention and healthy life style promotion” has been approved by the Romanian national EU agency. This is a 36 month project and the objective of the “CORRECT IT!“ project is to gather a healthy lifestyle good practices collection and develop an innovative VET training curricula, methods and contents on obesity prevention and healthy lifestyle skills for nurses, teachers, social workers in order to improve their knowledge and skills and capacitate them to positively act upon their end-users.
Project number: 2017-1-RO01-KA202-037373
Triskelion involved in new COST action
Triskelion staff is now involved in the new COST action network-
CA16234 – EUROPEAN CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL INITIATIVE FOR EQUALITY IN CARE.
http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA16234
The main aim of the Action is to ensure that children born with orofacial clefts and other craniofacial conditions receive optimum multidisciplinary care enabling them to grow up like any other child and attain equal status within their societies. Estimates indicate that there are over 1,000 000 individuals with clefts in Europe – a significant figure, especially when one considers that not only the patients but also their families are affected in terms of psychosocial adjustment and having to endure the burden of a long treatment pathway.
The Action, in particular, will work with Target Inclusiveness Countries where limited or no national protocols exist in cleft and craniofacial care and will, via healthcare research, develop health-integrated networks which will manage and oversee the development of cleft and craniofacial services. Europe currently lacks a harmonised approach to evaluate the current provision of care, the impacts on key areas of the affected families and society at large. This Action will co-ordinate and increase research across Europe and will forge crucial links between researchers, practitioners and policy-makers, offering the potential for significant benefits to the families affected by orofacial clefts and other craniofacial conditions in Europe.