Managing health inequalities:
How to tackle the demographic
challenges?
MSc Lilijana Madjar
Directress of the Regional Development Agency of
Ljubljana Urban Region (RRA LUR)
OPEN DAYS, Brussels, 7 October 2014
The region and RRA LUR
Ljubljana Urban Region:
- centre of culture, business,
creativity, education and science
- 26 municipalities
- 542.447 inhabitants
Regional Development Agency of
Ljubljana Urban Region:
- promoter of sustainable regional
development (health a crucial
element)
- international spillovers
Health-related
projects
I don’t Bend to Anyone
- awareness raising about arthritis
- self-help forum for patients with
arthritis
A Set of Games for Senior Citizens
with Dementia
- enhancing memory
- (re)connecting with loved ones
Research, creative thinking, interdisciplinary
teams  innovating with ECONOMIC and
SOCIAL IMPACT
Horizontal theme
Regional development programme
2014–2020:
- prevention and awareness raising (A
to B: LJ, P+R network)
- integrated healthcare
- health efficiency
- better connectedness of healthcare
and social services operators
- better connectedness of science,
business and public administration
- accessibility of health
Slovenia Innovation
Hub
An innovation ecosystem
- local, regional and national
administration, educational and
research institutions, business
- preventive and corrective measures
Turning research findings into marketable
products/services accessible to end-user.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Regional Development Agency
of Ljubljana Urban Region
Lilijana Madjar MSc, directress
Tehnološki park 19
1000 Ljubljana
Iris Koleša MA, sectoral adviser III
phone: +386 1 306 19 20
e-mail: iris.kolesa@ljubljana.si