All closed international projects

Many of our international projects take place at European level – some at worldwide level – and are part of EU funded health programmes. Take a look at our summary of funders and partners of our current projects. Below you will find all closed projects, arranged chronologically (descending).

SAFEST: Improving quality and patient SAFEty in surgical care through STandardisation and harmonisation of perioperative care in Europe
Completed
2026
Project partners
The SAFEST Consortium consists of 10 international partners throughout Europe, including Nivel.

Researchers:

Profile picture for user c.wagner@nivel.nl
Profile picture for user L.vanTuyl@nivel.nl
BeWell: Blueprint alliance for a future health workforce strategy on digital and green skills
Completed
2026
Project partners
European Health Management Association (EHMA), consisting of 24 partners in 11 European countries

Researchers:

Profile picture for user Ronald Batenburg
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DESIGN: Designing One Health Governance for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Completed
2026
Project partners
York University, Canada; French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD); University of Szeged, Hungary; University of the Philippines; Senegalese Agricultural Research Institute (ISRA)
Joint Action ‘HEROES’ (HEalth woRkfOrce to meet health challEngeS)
Completed
2026
Project partners
The Consortium JA HEROES consists of 20 European partners.

Researchers:

Profile picture for user Ronald Batenburg
Profile picture for user l.flinterman@nivel.nl
OECD PaRIS: development of a survey for patients with chronic conditions, 2020-2025
Completed
2025
Project partners
The PARiS Consortium consists of: Nivel (leading partner); Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Ipsos MORI - Global Market Research and Public Opinion Specialist, United Kingdom; University of Exeter, United Kingdom; Avedis Donabedian Institute, Barcelona, Spain; OptiMedis AG - health management company, Hamburg, Germany

Researchers:

Profile picture for user m.rijken@nivel.nl
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EUHealthSupport Consortium: supporting EU and DG SANTE, 2019-2023
Completed
2025
Project partners
Infeurope, Luxembourg; Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands; Association of Medical Schools in Europe (AMSE), Germany; Leginda, Germany

Researchers:

Profile picture for user c.wagner@nivel.nl
+ 3
FluCov: Influenza-COVID-19, understanding and communicating the co-circulation of influenza and COVID-19
Completed
2025
Project partners
Global Influenza Initiative (GII); Middle East, Eurasia and Africa Influenza Stakeholders Network (MENA); Raise Awareness of Influenza Strategies in Europe (RAISE); Pan-European Committee on Influenza.

Researchers:

Profile picture for user c.laarman@nivel.nl
Profile picture for user A.Halley@nivel.nl
Disease burden of RSV infections among older adults in primary care in the Netherlands
Completed
2025
Project partners
RIVM

Researchers:

Profile picture for user j.vanhommerig@nivel.nl
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GERi: Global Epidemiology of RSV in primary and secondary care, monitoring 2019
Completed
2024
Project partners
Global Influenza and RSV Initiative (GIRI); Sanofi Pasteur Global Epidemiology Department, France; participating partners of 16 countries around the world providing their RSV surveillance data

Researcher:

Profile picture for user j.vansummeren@nivel.nl
Norce: Politics of a changing institutional ecology: coordination, prioritization and labour in Norwegian health, care and welfare services 2019-2024
Completed
2024
Project partners
National Centre for Care Research (CCR) of East-, South-, Mid-, North- and West-Norway; NORCE Society, Norway; University of California, San Francisco, USA; Aarhus University, Sweden
National project manager OECD PaRIS: coordinating the development of a new generation indicators for the outcomes and experiences of healthcare, 2020-2024
Completed
2024
Project partners
The international PARiS Consortium consists of 6 organisations

Researcher:

Profile picture for user j.dejong@nivel.nl
TaSHI: empowering EU health policies on task shifting
Completed
2024
Project partners
The international TasSHI Consortium, consisting of 7 organisations

Researchers:

Profile picture for user Ronald Batenburg
Profile picture for user L.vanTuyl@nivel.nl
Route-HWF: a roadmap out of medical deserts into supportive Health WorkForce initiatives and policies
Completed
2024
Project partners
The international Route-HWF Consortium consists of 5 organisations

Researchers:

Profile picture for user Ronald Batenburg
Profile picture for user l.flinterman@nivel.nl
PROMISE: preparing for RSV immunisation and surveillance in Europe
Completed
2024
Project partners
The PROMISE Consortium consists of a total of 22 international organisations in the field of RSV research

Researcher:

Profile picture for user j.vansummeren@nivel.nl
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan II: supporting the monitoring of the implementation 2022-2023
Completed
2024
Project partners
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Netherlands; Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Ireland; Infeurope, Luxembourg

Researchers:

Profile picture for user j.hansen@nivel.nl
+ 2