CIP Updates

Project Launch ZiBeKo: Kick-off of Community Innovative Care in Cologne

We are officially up and running – the kick-off for the ZiBeKo (Target Group-Specific Needs Assessment and Communication) project has taken place and the project is now underway. As a sub-project of Community Innovative Care (CIP), we are working within the DATIpilot programme of the German Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) to build a sustainable innovation community for the care sector.

At the joint kick-off meeting, all sub-projects of the CIP community came together for the first time. For the ZiBeKo consortium, this meant that practice partner Simon & Goetz Design GmbH & Co. KG from Frankfurt and research partner IU International University of Applied Sciences at the Cologne campus aligned on collaboration structures, responsibilities and the milestone plan for the months ahead.

At the core of the Community Sprint is the question of whether and how diverse stakeholder groups from inpatient and outpatient long-term care can collaborate on digital innovations – and how they need to be reached and engaged to form a functioning innovation community.

Our next steps by 30 April 2026:

• 📋 Feedback survey on the selection and application phase (deadline: 10 April 2026)
• ✍️ Code of Conduct – sign and submit the shared principles of collaboration
• 📄 Project fact sheet – review, finalise and submit together with visual materials, logo and slogan
• 📅 Quarterly check-in – schedule a 30-minute regular exchange for all project members
• 👥 Responsibilities – define and communicate roles and contact persons within the team

All working documents – including the kick-off presentation, Code of Conduct and the official communications kit with DATIpilot and BMFTR logos – are available to the project team via Nextcloud. A central networking platform for all CIP sub-projects is currently being prepared.

For more information about the Community Innovative Care initiative: www.innovativepflege.de