1. EPSO Update Integrated Care Working Group Copenhagen – April 2018
Andrew Terris

2. International Foundation for Integrated Care
IFIC is a non-profit Membership-based organisation seeking to advance the science, knowledge and adoption of integrated care in policy and practice around the world IFIC has global reach and supports the sector through knowledge transfer, education and training, research and development, and implementation Support and advice IFIC has been actively involved with a number of national and regional governments – for example in Australia, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, New Zealand, and the UK IFIC has also provide support to supranational agencies including: the European Commission (e.g. Health Systems Performance Assessment with CHAFEA, and the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Health Ageing); the World Health Organisation (e.g. The Global Framework for Person Centred Integrated Health Services); the Inter-American Development Bank (e.g. intermediate / older persons care in Brazil); the World Bank; and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Website:

3. EPSO – Integrated Care Update April 2018
Establishment of a new IFIC - Special Interest Group (SIG) –
Accreditation and inspection of Integrated Care
Inaugural meeting – at ICIC Conference May, Utrecht
Broad international group of countries including (invited) UK, Netherlands, Canada, Singapore, New Zealand, EPSO (representative)
Coordinator at IFIC – Dr Viktoria Stein, Director Education and Training
Objectives, deliverables and timeframes to be decided at the first SIG meeting
SIG will have a nominal cost for administration and setup
FROM EPSO
Suggested: bilateral relationship between EPSO and the SIG
Useful to have an overview of what is going on in the different countries and what you would like from the SIG
Contact:

4. IFIC Special Interest Group
International Conference on Integrated Care
23-25 May 2018 Utrecht, Netherlands
Thursday 24 May 10:00-12:00
3.E Workshop: Regulating and inspecting integrated care – creating an international platform for change
Kickoff of the Special Interest Group
Chaired by Dutch Directorate
Governance and performance measurement in integrated care. An Evidence Based Integrated Care Approach Dennis Richard van Kerkvoorden, HU University of Applied Sciences, NL