News

The EVOSST Horizon Europe project was successfully presented at the 34th European Social Services Conference (ESSC) 2026, held from 17-20 May 2026 in Valletta, Malta. The conference brought together social services leaders, policy-makers, public authorities, researchers, practitioners, third-sector organisations, service-user representatives, and technology innovators from across Europe, providing a unique platform for dialogue on the…

The EVOSST project organised an interactive policy workshop on March 31st, 2026, in Kozani, Greece, hosted by the Regional Development Fund of Western Macedonia. The event brought together around 40 participants, both in person and online, representing social services, local authorities, academia, civil society organisations, and frontline support structures. The workshop aimed to validate the…

The 3rd Plenary Meeting of the EVOSST project was successfully held in hybrid format on 21–22 April 2026 in Limassol, Cyprus, hosted by project partner UBITECH. The two-day meeting brought together all partner organisations to review the achievements and completed milestones of the first year of project implementation and to define the next steps toward…

The first issue of the EVOSST Newsletter has just been released! Dive into this inaugural edition here to explore key highlights from the 2nd Plenary Meeting of the EVOSST project, held on 11–12 September in Bologna, Italy. This issue also features insights from the project’s Kick-Off Meeting and the first stakeholder event, both held in…

The EVOSST Horizon Europe project reached an important milestone with its Second Plenary Meeting, held on 11–12 September 2025 at the Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna (UNIBO). This two-day gathering brought together all partner organizations to reflect on the achievements of the first seven months and to chart the next steps toward advancing…

On July 17th, 2025, the University of Picardie Jules Vern (UPJV), organised and hosted an interactive workshop on their premises that focused on exploring how social services can better support health, autonomy, and inclusion, especially for vulnerable populations. Participants discussed the multidimensional nature of well-being, highlighting psychological, social, and physical health, access to education and…

The interactive workshop of the Regional Development Fund (RDF), that took place on July 8th, 2025, in Western Macedonia, Greece with 50 participants was focused on mapping well-being in social services through structured conversations with a wide range of stakeholders. Through a panel-based format, participants talked about important topics such as health and mental health,…

Z-PLUS is a core partner of the EVOSST Horizon Europe project that focuses on proactively supporting patients through timely insights and interventions. On June 28th, 2025, Z-PLUS organized and hosted an interactive workshop with 10 key stakeholders in Belgium towards identifying emerging problems early, improving care coordination, and support patient autonomy by using lifestyle monitoring,…

The Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre (E-ARC) held a stakeholder workshop in Bucharest on June 16, 2025, focused on redefining well-being in community services through dialogue with experts in health, education, inclusion, and service accessibility. Participants learnt about the hidden barriers and emotional effects of health and mental health services, the problems that arise when people don’t…