BeWell
At a glance:
Project description
The BeWell project formed an alliance, called a Partnership. The partnership built a movement of all healthcare stakeholders that support, and are committed to, the development, implementation, and upscaling of the future health workforce strategy on the upskilling and reskilling of the European health workforce.
BeWell’s ultimate goal was to develop a green and digital skills strategy for the health ecosystem. The strategy was implemented at various levels – such as local, regional, national, and European levels – through the European Pact for Skills.
BeWell addressed existing skill mismatches and strengthened workforce competencies. It enabled Europe’s health workforce to be better prepared to face future challenges and adapt to evolving societal contexts. The project lasted for 48 months from 1 July 2022 onwards.
Actors: Europe’s overall pact for skills was the first to be set up under Europe’s skills agenda that started in 2020. Launched in 2020, the pact for skills continues to encourage people and organisations to contribute through their key roles in upskilling/reskilling the European health workforce. Among organisations and people that can get involved in the pact are companies; workers; national, regional and local authorities; social partners; cross-industry and sectoral organisations; education and training providers; chambers of commerce; and employment services. Today, this pact is wrapped up in the European Union (EU) of Skills which invests in people for a competitive EU.
Co-creation of training: BeWell built comprehensive curricula and training programmes that targeted all types of professionals in the health workforce (including health students, health professionals e.g., nurses, doctors, operators, and managers, and professionals in emerging occupations). The training programmes were co-created by universities, vocational educational and training (VET) providers, and companies. They reached target populations through both initial education and continuing professional development.
Underpinning principles: BeWell was developed based on 10 principles that supported respect for and unification of the diversity of Europe's health ecosystem. Among the principles were: digital skills for skills-mix innovations in care integration; patient-centredness; collaboration and co-creation; inclusiveness and diversity.
Consortium: The project consortium had 24 beneficiaries and 5 associated partners from 11 countries. The partnership brought together a substantial and diverse pool of leaders who represent stakeholders in the health sector at regional, national, and European levels. A wide range of educational institutions; professional associations; and trade-related bodies were involved.
EHTEL’s role
BeWell’s early initiatives were around mapping and anticipation of the digital (and “green”) future skills sets needed by the health systems/services workforce(s).
EHTEL welcomed its members’ ideas on the best practices they could offer to BeWell. They filled in the Skills Monitor. Almost 90 digital skills training courses have been promoted.
EHTEL's contributions added value to:
- Skills intelligence:
- Identifying what are the priorities among the training skills needed in members of the health workforce.
- Validating skills strategies.
- Evidence awareness, by adding info on:
- Workforce skills
- Training methodologies.
- The digital transformation in health and care; use of digital tools and methods, by drawing on EHTEL members’ knowledge.
- Communication:
- Facilitating communication among consortium partners including EHTEL’s own community, other projects and pilots, the BeWell Partnership.
Learn more about the project on the official website.
What’s in it for EHTEL members
By the end of 2024, EHTEL had organised a dedicated in-person workshop on building digital skills for scale, complete with a report, PowerPoints, and short videos. Look at it now.
On 24 April 2025, EHTEL held a webinar on digitally-confident workforces. You can now access its videos and presentations.
Throughout the project duration, EHTEL continued to encourage contributions to BeWell’s policy brief, skills monitor, future skills strategy including through responding to an open public consultation, testing and piloting of digital skills courses and programmes, and involvement in the BeWell Partnership.
Now you’re encouraged to access the many useful materials that the BeWell project has produced.
Useful materials
By May 2026, BeWell had succeeded – among many other materials and resources – in producing:
- A detailed skills strategy.
- 12 digital skills courses, available in 9 languages including English and which provides certificates to trainees.
- 9 next generation skills courses, including on digital care, digital patient education, and AI for general practitioners.
- A skills monitor that covers 180 digital skills courses available for health and care professionals around Europe.
- A EuroHealth issue dedicated to the current and future work of BeWell.
- Two policy briefs, one on digital skills and another on green skills.
For more information
Visit the project’s official website and social media channels: LinkedIn and X.
Contact BeWell here.
For more EHTEL's work under Change Management, including capacity-building pillar see here.
