UsIng guidelines and beNchmarking to Trigger social entrepreneurship solutions towards better patient-centred cancer care in cENTral Europe
Cancer is a leading cause of death in the EU. But how we experience cancer is changing because survival rates are improving. This shift in ‘what cancer is’ requires a more patient-centered approach to care. To help achieve this, INTENT will: “Put in place know-how, competencies & capacity to capitalise on benchmarking & social entrepreneurship in harmonising & improving patient centered cancer care in Central Europe”.  This will result in: better understanding of what patient-centered care means; new tools and methods to implement this approach; relevant policy recommendations & local stakeholders working together to identify what needs improving & generating innovative solutions.
INTENT outputs that will benefit cancer care providers, patients & policy makers taking part in 5 pilot actions include:
-    A patient-centered cancer care model with implementation guidelines
-    Policy recommendation(s) for adopting the patient-centered model 
-    An online benchmarking tool to show what needs doing better to deliver patient-centered care
-    Performance Improvement Plans that identify local improvement priorities & prospects for social entrepreneurial actions
-    A virtual ‘know how’ centre that will host good practices, benchmarking results & innovative ideas.
The project uses a unique online benchmarking method to leverage improvements in patient-centered cancer care & social entrepreneurial solutions to improve performance. Transnational cooperation matters because the need for better patient-centered care is a shared challenge in Central Europe & making this happen is highly dependent on comparable benchmarking results, good practices & innovative solutions. 
Looking to the future, INTENT will provide the basis for crossover collaboration with industry in unlocking the innovation potential of public services as part of RIS3 and ESIF Operational Programme implementation & next period planning in pilot & partner regions.