Joint Action TEHDAS I (2021-2023)

The Joint Action Towards the European Health Data Space (TEHDAS) ran between 1 February 2021 and July 2023. It was based on the European Commission’s Health Programme 2020.

TEHDAS in a nutshell:

• Project coordinator: The Finish Innovation Fund Sitra

• Duration: 30 Months

• Participants: 25 EU countries

• Co-funding: 4.16 million euros (EU 2.5 M + MS 1.66 M)

• Website: www.tehdas.eu

The Joint Action aimed at supporting Member States and the European Commisison in developing and promoting concepts for sharing of data in secondary use purposes for citizens' health, public health as well as health research and innovation in Europe. In the future, citizens, communities and companies should benefit from a protected and secure access to health data, regardless of where it is stored.

The work was structured in eight Work Packages:

• WP1: Coordination

• WP2: Dissemination

• WP3: Evaluation

• WP4: Outreach, engagement and sustainability

• WP5: Sharing data for health

• WP6: Excellence in data quality

• WP7: Connecting the dots

• WP8: Citizens

CPME participated in Work Packages 5 and 8 as members of the Permanent Advisory Group, in Work Package 4 Policy Forum and as a member of the stakeholder forum of the joint action.