
Slovenia (National level) (Sl)
Regional Innovation Performance (2019) Moderate
Total population (2019) 2,080,908
Population per km² (2017) 103
Proportion population older 65 year % 19,85%
Background
Slovenia located in central and Southeastern Europe has a population of 2 million. The Slovenian government have recognised health and medicine as key strategic areas for development within the country, in order to lead the way towards economic and social transformation.
Priority areas of focus will include translational medicine and active and healthy aging. Slovenia are involved in a number of personalised health initiatives including ERA-NET on Personalised Medicine, EuroBioBank and ELIXIR.
Healthprofile according to the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD):
Average life expectancy in Slovenia has increased rapidly in the last decade, but morbidity and mortality due to behavioural risk factors are on the rise. Social Health Insurance is compulsory with a single payer system and covers virtually all permanent residents. Slovenia is taking steps to prepare its health system to address the needs of a fast-ageing population and growing numbers of people with chronic conditions by improving health promotion and care coordination. Creating a strong primary care system has been a major focus for health policy reforms.
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/419474/Country-Health-Profile-2019-Slovenia.pdf
https://www.hspm.org/countries/slovenia25062012/countrypage.aspx
Is the region looking for international/European/interregional collaboration opportunities? Yes
Membership status
Member ICPerMed? obser
Mountain ? majority of Slovenia is hilly or mountainous
Member Euregha? no
Adriatic-Ionian MacroRegion? yes
InnoStars Region? yes
Northern Sparsely Populated Area (NSPA)? no
PM region according EC? no
Baltic Sea MacroRegion? no
S3MedTech region? yes
Danube MacroRegion? yes
S3P4PM region? yes
Alpine MacroRegion? yes
Regions4PM region? no
ERAPerMed? yes
Central Europe? yes
MedTech4Europe? no
Council of European BioRegions (CEBR)? no
1M+Genome initiative? member
European Regions Research & Innovation Network (ERRIN)? yes
Vanguard Initiative? yes
S3ClusSport member? no
Policy documents
National level: Slovenia’s Smart Specialisation Strategy
National level: Slovenian SRIPs in details
NACE Personalised Medicine/Personalised Health related to Research and Innovation objectives:
C - Manufacturing; C.21 - Basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations; Q.86 - Human health activities; M - Professional, scientific and technical activities; M.72 - Scientific research and development
Scientific domain NABS Personalised Medicine/Personalised Health related to Research and Innovation: NABS07 - Health; NABS121 - R&D related to Natural Sciences - financed from GUF; NABS131 - R&D related to Natural Sciences - financed from other sources than GUF
Policy objective Personalised Medicine/Personalised Health related related to Research and Innovation objectives: D - Digital transformation; D.19 - Artificial intelligence, cognitive systems, augmented and virtual reality, visualisation, simulation, gamification & interaction technologies; D.27 - e-Health (e.g. healthy ageing); E.37 - Advanced manufacturing systems; E.38 - Advanced materials; E.40 - Micro/Nano-electronics; E.41 - Nanotechnology; E.42 - Photonics; I.59 - Social innovation with regard to health, well-being & elder care.
Funding programmes or other support measures: Reimbursement of prenatal molecular screening tests; Health data populations study; Genomics population study.
Policy document (RIS3): Yes - Slovenia's Smart Specialisation Strategy
Policy document PM@RIS3: Yes - Translational Medicine Vertical as a part of the SRIP Health-Medicine
Major initiatives
EATRIS European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine
ELIXIR The European Life - Science Infrastructure for Biological Information
BBMRI Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure
Slovene Genome Project
Development of algorythm for determining genetic risk factors on the primary level of health care
SIGN
Center for Mendelian Genomics NGS Center for medical applications
International Roundtable on Chronic disease management - Opportunities and perspectives of personalized medicine Nov 14 2019 in Ljubljana
Life quality improvement of people with dementia in the cross-border area
Digital Innovation Hubs :
Digital Innovation Hub of Eastern Slovenia (DIGITECH SI -East)
DIH AGRIFOOD - Digital Innovation Hub for Agriculture and Food production
Healthday.si - Digital Innoation Hub in Healthcare and Biotech
HPC5 - High Performance and Cloud Computing Cross-border Competence Consortium
Is the region represented in: Horizon2020; Regional Smart Specialisation Strategy Platforms/Partnerships (RIS3); EIT Health/InnoStars/Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS); other?
EIT Health Hub, Slovenia
Self evaluation
General perception of the implementation level of PM in the region -Medium
Rate of the need for developing and implementing PM in the region -High
Rate of the need for increasing support/funding for PM activities in the region- Very High
Rate of the need for increasing the capacity of PM skills in the region- Medium
Rate of the genomics literacy of the citizens in the region -Medium
Rate of the need for increasing interregional collaboration in PM - High
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