In the EU, every year more than 2.5 million people are diagnosed with a form of cancer. This large number can be attributed to the ageing of the population, unhealthy lifestyles and unfavourable environmental conditions.
Alongside the EU Beating Cancer Plan, the EU Mission on Cancer will be addressing cancer in all aspects, all parts of society and in all its forms. It will be supporting research, improving prevention and treatment but also taking into regard the physical and mental impacts on the quality of life of patients and survivors and their relatives and carers at all stages. Factors that limit effective policy and support actions will be examined.
The concrete goal formulated in the Mission objective is to improve the lives of 3 million people by 2030, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives ad promote well-being at all ages.
To know more about this Mission, visit the EU Mission: Cancer Portal.
“Conquering Cancer – Publications Office of the EU,” Publications Office of the EU, 2020, https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/b389aad3-fd56-11ea-b44f-01aa75ed71a1/.
The following practical examples serve to demonstrate, what role social innovation plays in the EU-Mission on Cancer, part of Horizon Europe (2021-2027) – that aims to improve the lives of over 3 million people by 2030 through enhanced prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life for patients and families.
Our goal with these examples is to make seemingly abstract social innovation (SI) concepts tangible through real-world cases. We aim to illustrate how social innovation (such as changes in practices and behaviours, the introduction of new ways of working and collaborating, and the reshaping of social and institutional relationships) can meaningfully contribute to achieving the EU Missions.
➡️ Social Innovations for Cancer
The SI-Mission-Facility is funded by the European
Commission (EC) through the Horizon Europe Programme
with Grant Agreement 101216478.
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