GUIDANCE DOCUMENT ON JOINING EXISTING COMMITMENTS OF THE ACTION GROUP A1 ON
PRESCRIPTION AND ADHERENCE TO MEDICAL PLANS
FOREWORD
Stakeholders who wish to be involved in the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy
Ageing (EIP on AHA), with a view to contribute to the implementation of its Strategic Plan, have an
opportunity to do so through the following means:

by submitting a commitment to join one of the six existing Action Groups of the Innovation
Partnership;
 by becoming a Reference Site;
 by getting involved in the Marketplace for innovative ideas.
The aim of this document is to clarify how to become a member of the Action Group A1, which is
committed to implementing innovative solutions to improve older people adherence to prescription and
medical plans, along the lines described in its specific Action Plan.
JOINING ACTION GROUP A1
The ‘standard’ way for joining one of the existing Action Groups established under the EIP on AHA is by
responding to an invitation for commitment1 launched by the European Commission.
In response to the Strategic Implementation Plan of the EIP on AHA2, the Commission launched its first
invitation for commitments on 4 February 2012, and a second round on 14 January 2013.
As no new invitation for commitments is foreseen in 2014, potential interested stakeholders
have the opportunity to become part of an Action Group by joining an existing commitment led
by an A1 Action Group member.
This possibility is open to both single organisations and groups of organisations joining the same
commitment together. Prospective applicants need to fill-in the application form (see annex).
Each new organisation that commits to support and contribute to an existing commitment has to fulfil the
same general criteria and EIP principles which were requested to stakeholders applying to the 1 st and
2nd invitation for commitments, and to prove their capacity to give a concrete added value to the existing
commitment (no position of “observer” can be admitted).
APPLICATION PROCESS
1- Interested stakeholder(s) are encouraged to contact an A1 Action Group member leading a
commitment in view of joining and extending its commitment.
A commitment is a set of measurable and concrete activities at local, regional or national level performed by those
stakeholders who have joined the Partnership.
2 The Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) was adopted by the high level Steering Group of the EIP at its meeting of 7
November 2011; it outlines a common vision and a set of operational priority actions to address the challenge of ageing
through innovation.
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2- After agreement of the commitment leader to join its existing commitment, the applicant(s) can
fill-in the membership application template (see annex) which needs to be discussed with the
commitment leader. The commitment leader is also entitled at this stage to ask for additional
clarifications.
3- After receiving a positive feedback from the commitment leader, the applicant will send the final
draft to the Commission, which will assess, in consultation with the Coordination team, whether
the general criteria and EIP principles are met or whether some additional clarifications are still
needed within a two weeks period. Stakeholders, whose applications do not meet all of the
conditions listed above, will be invited to develop their applications further.
4- Once the application is favourably assessed, the stakeholder(s) will be invited to join Action
Group A1, and to consider joining one of the existing groups working collaboratively on specific
themes3.
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The Action Group A1 has four collaborative working areas: adherence to medical plans, user/patients empowerment,
polypharmacy, and research and methodology.
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ANNEX: TEMPLATE FOR JOINING AN EXISTING COMMITMENT OF THE ACTION GROUP A1
Invitation for commitments
A1-InvitationCommit
ment.doc
Invitation for commitments-annex
A1-InvitationCommit
ment-Annex.doc
EIPonAHA Principles
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