Sustain EU is carried out by a multidisciplinary consortium of 13 partners from eight European countries: Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and United Kingdom.
Project coordination and management
Sustain EU is coordinated by VU University Medical Centre (VUmc) and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM).
Project coordinators: Prof. Giel Nijpels, PhD (VUmc) and Prof. Caroline Baan, PhD (RIVM)
Project manager: Simone de Bruin, PhD, MSc (RIVM)
Collaborating partners
The Sustain EU consortium includes researchers, policy-advisors, and other stakeholders in the fields of health systems and healthcare services for older people in Europe. Consortium members have collaborated in several national and international research projects in the area of integrated care and older people’s care before.