On 19 August, the Institute for Positive Health (iPH) and Positive Health International (PHi) took an important step in the international expansion of Positive Health philosophy. PHi has been collaborating with iPH since the start, with the signing of the Partner Agreement (iPH vignette), this cooperation and future expansion have now been formalised.
This agreement ensures that the quality and core principles of Positive Health are upheld, both in the Netherlands and internationally.
‘We are delighted with this cross-border collaboration. It is valuable that Positive Health is now also applied in several European countries, Iceland and Japan. Thanks to this cooperation, we can further shape our international expansion. As an expertise centre, we are happy about that, because sharing and multiplying knowledge in the right way, even across borders, is what we believe in.’ – Karen van Ruiten, director of iPH, is enthusiastic about the collaboration.
Strengthening joint ambitions
With this agreement, PHi, in close cooperation with iPH, will further develop the Positive Health movement outside the Netherlands. Agreements on translations, trainings, digital tools, research, publications and implementation are part of this partnership. The aim is to strengthen joint ambitions in the Netherlands and abroad. The focus of PHi is to firmly implement Positive Health in 3-5 countries in the upcoming years, where we started with the countries Germany and Belgium.
Meanwhile, Positive Health’s dialogue tools are available in six languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Icelandic and Japanese. The international movement is growing steadily, with ongoing research and implementation projects such as a feasibility study in Germany and the Resilient Communities project in Belgium, in collaboration with GP practices in Leuven, Antwerp and Turnhout.
