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Health ClusterNET (HCN) is a non-profit European interregional organisation owned by its member regions. The aim of HCN is to inform the contribution of health sector investment (from national and EU funds) in achieving sustainable regional development and  ensuring quality of life by sharing practical “how-to” knowledge and innovative solutions between members and stakeholders.

As a knowledge hub HCN seeks to facilitate the expertise and understanding that makes it possible for members and stakeholders to explore and solve common problems through insight, innovation and creating shared value. Three insights are important:

•  Regional and cross-border clusters combining public and private sectors in successful partnership will be significant part of the twenty-first century’s social and economic  structure.

• Publicly funded health systems are or can be a net generator of GDP, but nobody has worked out how to release and maximize this hidden capacity effectively. No one has yet shown that they know the rules of this new game

• This is a ‘know-how’ capacity gap. While that gap exists we will not be effective in maximizing the benefits of public and pivate sector-based investment.

To achieve its objectives, HCN does not compete for contracts. Its non-profit income come from two main sources (i) membership fees that are at levels relevant to four categories of affordability (ii) successful applications for grant funding that are led by HCN, a member region or another partner organization. These grants are received primarily from the EC (Health Programme, Interreg IVC interregional operations, FP7) or from EU regions. To this end, HCN is already accepted in the directory of European Health NGOs published by the European Commission.