Sharing European Educational Experience in Public Health for Israel: harmonization, employability, leadership and outreach Erasmus Project

Project Title

Sharing European Educational Experience in Public Health for Israel: harmonization, employability, leadership and outreach

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The aim for the proposal has been defined as ENHACEMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE (PHW) IN ISRAEL THROUGH SHARING EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING: HARMONIZATION, EMPLOYABILITY, LEADERSHIP and OUTREACH. The Israel Council for Higher Education (CHE) recent evaluation of Public Health (PH) Programmes calls for changes in approach to training PH students. Europe HEIs have made strides to modernize PH training while the EU PH community has developed tools to professionalize its PHW. Bringing together a consortium of EU Partners to share expertise with Israel offers a unique opportunity at this time. The project objectives are to:1. Analyze PH field qualifications as assessed by employers – with adaption of the WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for the Public Health Workforce in the European Region (CFPHW) tool. 2. Map the matching competencies provided by HEIs using ASPHER’s European List of Core Comptences for the Public Health Professional (ECCPHP) providing a pathway to HARMONIZE programmes between HEIs at all education levels and with employer needs. 3. Increase EMPLOYABILITY of graduates with the creation of an online platform for practical placement, employment and career development modeled on the European Public Health Reference Framework (EPHRF). 4. Empower student capacities by training of Faculty on LEADERSHIP and problem based learning methodologies at a PH leadership academy modeled on Leaders for European Public Health (LEPHIE).5. Valorize and professionalize the PHW through OUTREACH activities to PH system stakeholders and related health professions with awareness campaigns such as “I am PH”. Work will primarily be in English with local resources produced in Hebrew and other languages as needed. The consortium believes this to be an innovative proposal to share European PHW professionalization experience desired in Israel, which will have lasting impact on the PHW and may serve as a model for similar efforts elsewhere.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 886907,77 Eur

Project Coordinator

THE ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF PUBLIIC HEALTH IN THE EUROPEAN REGION & Country: BE

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT
• UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA
• UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI
• ISRAEL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
• BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV
• UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK – NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK
• ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE