CICUS - Clúster Iberoamericano de Cooperación en Salud
Area: Health Sciences
PI: Saigí Rubió, Francesc
Research group: eHealthLab - Laboratori d'eSalut
Project status: Closed
Funding institution: Agencia Española de Cooperación Iberoamericana (AECI)
Dates: 2011-2012
Objectius: The project aims to establish the mechanisms to create the Clúster Iberoamericano de Cooperación Universitaria en Salud (Ibero-American Cluster for Inter-University Collaboration in Health, CICUS), whose mission will be to establish itself as a leading forum that facilitates online cooperation for the generation and sharing of state-of-the-art knowledge in the sphere of Health Sciences and determine how the integration of ICTs can meet the challenges presented by the socio-economic changes of the 21st century. Specifically, it aims to create a stable network of scientific, academic and research cooperation among member universities in order to promote and develop academic, technology, research and innovation programmes in health through the use of ICTs and in accordance with the specific needs of each participating country.