INSHAPE European Network of Innovation Hubs

The INSHAPE European Network of Innovation Hubs, helps SMEs and stakeholders to innovate and scale up the EU market to provide services which can contribute to beat inactivity among the European population, foster economic growth and strengthen the European dimension by interregional collaboration **From healthcare to care for health** **The INSHAPE European Network of Innovation Hubs** for sports and healthy active lifestyle is an important initiative taken by the **European interregional S3 (Smart Specialisation Strategy) platform ClusSport** in which regions that participate focus on innovation in the field of Sports & Vitality. It aims to make the European society vital by reducing inactivity among the population and shifting the mindset **from healthcare to care for health.** This is pursued by organizing and stimulating **collaborations** between regional Innovation Hubs and service providers. **What about the future?** The INSHAPE European Network of Innovation Hubs, in which the I3-INSHAPE project plays a substantial role, stands at the forefront of a totally new approach to the sport & vitality sector in the European ecosystem. Through this initiative, not only we aim to assist stakeholders and SMEs in innovating and expanding the EU market to offer services that can help combat inactivity, but we want also to fortify the European dimension of interregional collaboration around the sports ecosystem by making sports & vitality becoming one of the strategic priorities of the European Commission in the upcoming years.