PlatformUptake.eu

ASSESSING THE STATE OF ART AND SUPPORTING AN EVIDENCE-BASED UPTAKE AND EVOLUTION OF OPEN SERVICE PLATFORMS IN THE ACTIVE AND HEALTHY AGEING DOMAIN

Site: https://www.platformuptake.eu/
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Abstract
Ageing presents one of the greatest socio-economic challenges of the 21st century. According to estimates more than 20% of Europeans will be 65 or older by 2025. Reacting to related puzzlements demographic shifts and ageing in general pose (for the future) and guaranteeing the availability of the required structure to help Europe utilise the active and healthy ageing sector’s opportunities, has taken on increasing significance. Against this background, the EU has devoted a high level of resources to ICT projects in the field of active and healthy ageing. Key European domain-related platforms are relevant to and serve as a basis for PlatfromUptake.eu project’s work, here to mention universAAL and FIWARE. Besides the two mentioned platforms a considerable number of similar ones have been created and are operational on similar services within the same domain, either competing or complementing each-other, urging for more interoperability among them.Responding to the numerous critical voices that have been raised due to the persisting fragmentation of the active and healthy ageing market and the lack of interoperability of the various solutions deployed or difficulties with the large scale uptake of the platforms by their targeted users, the aim of the PlatformUptake.eu project is to observe, analyse and understand the whole ecosystem of open service platforms and their related networks and depict a picture describing the whole ecosystem with its achievements and potentials targeting all user groups while also generating synergies among platforms and their related projects in the AHA and IoT domain. Within a period of 26 months the PlatformUptake.eu project will assess the societal impact of existing platforms, create monitoring and evaluation toolkits, collect successful user stories and best practices, promote interoperability and define guidelines for a common evolution of such platforms within existing policy frameworks and initiatives. Seeking to support the large-scale uptake of the platforms, PlatformUptake.eu proposes the creation of an online information hub which provides descriptive and support materials on all existing platforms, the organisation of several stakeholder events, as well as a Massive Open Online Course for promoting synergies, knowledge exchange and a common understanding among all stakeholders in the Active and Healthy Ageing market.

Duration

29 Months

Financial Institution

Unione Europea

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