NEW: Explainer on how EU-CiP will work

A cartoon person putting an oversized puzzle piece into a heart-shaped puzzle missing the centre piece.

This article is 184 words and a one-and-a-half-minute read.

Creating a central hub – the cancer information portal – to house scientifically sound, accessible and reliable content and then working with member states to pilot national portals is not a simple process.

The coordination team have broken down the stages of the project for you to explore in more depth.

Puzzle pieces

On the new dedicated page, you can see how the pieces of the EU-CiP puzzle fit together including:

  • An introduction to the partners
  • How the content creation group and board will curate accurate information on all stages of a cancer patient’s journey
  • Explanation on how technology will be used to create an information portal serving diverse needs with reliable, evidence-based information in lay-term language across Europe
  • Development and launch of the pilot portals
  • How social sciences and humanities (SSH) play a central role to address challenges of health literacy promotion, patient empowerment, and information accessibility
  • Exploration of a transparent governance structure
  • Information on EU-CiP as foundation layer to the European Cancer Patient Digital Center
  • Links between sister projects (CANDLE, UNCAN-Connect) as part of EU Mission: Cancer and Europe’s Beating Cancer plan.