Sciana: The Health Leaders Network An initiative bringing together outstanding health leaders in Europe to problem-solve future challenges for health and wellbeing.
- We are looking for mid-to-senior level leaders from the UK, Germany and Switzerland to join the sixth cohort ofth Sciana: The Health Leaders Network.
- Sciana Network offers a two-year systems leadership programme for health and wellbeing and supports cross-country and interdisciplinary connections, innovation and collaboration.
- Each cohort will comprise of up to 18 outstanding health leaders, six each from Germany, Switzerland and the UK.
- The progamme is now closed for applications.
About the programme
Sciana: The Health Leaders Network is an initiative bringing together outstanding leaders in Europe, which is dedicated to the joint exploration and collective problem-solving of future challenges for health and wellbeing.
The Sciana Network offers its fellows a systems leadership programme for health and wellbeing, including health care.
It is a network supporting cross-country and interdisciplinary connections, innovation and collaboration. It inspires fellows to grow through experimenting with new approaches, exploring ways of pushing boundaries and building strong alliances.
The Sciana Network offers time for reflection and collective support to think ahead on the big issues facing our health systems and their leaders today, as well as in the future.
The programme brings fellows together to question their understanding of leadership to foster systems change. It advocates asking uncomfortable questions and gives courage to deliver change where needed.
The Sciana Network is supported by a partnership between the Health Foundation (UK), Careum Stiftung (Switzerland) and the Robert Bosch Stiftung (Germany) in collaboration with Salzburg Global Seminar.
Aligned with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Agenda (SDG), the network actively contributes to the challenge set out in SDG 3 to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages and SDG 17 to create partnership for the SDG goals.
The Sciana Network consists of a two-year residential and online programme focused on systems leadership for health, cross-health systems exchange and future health challenges. Further network activities are offered to all fellows to allow for continued active engagement beyond the initial programme.
The programme seeks to prepare fellows in three domains of systems change leadership through the following ways:
- System insights on future challenges for health systems: Encouraging reflection, analysis and experiences of complex systems change; supporting opportunities for cross-boundary collaboration strategies; and developing a collective vision.
- Collaborative leadership competencies: Exploring value-based forms of leadership that support quality improvement in health services and promote health, wellbeing, equity and inclusion; developing mindsets and skills for horizontal leadership in uncertain times.
- Cross-boundary community building: Fostering a trusting and collaborative community within Sciana; supporting networking and collaboration across its fellowship and influential health system organisations; and a culture of peer support across all fellows of the network.
The network is for leaders who are primarily living and working in one of the three countries of the founding partners. It has up to 18 members in each cohort, with six members selected by each foundation from the UK, Switzerland and Germany.
Each cohort attends four five-day gatherings over a two-year period at Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria.
The leadership programme is a peer-learning experience centred around the Sciana challenge-based curriculum, where collaborating with health leaders and tackling real issues is a key focus of learning and networking.
The network activities are organised and coordinated by Salzburg Global Seminar.
Applying to the Sciana Network
The programme is now closed for applications. The next cohort will be open for applications in summer 2024.
If you have any questions about the Sciana Network, please contact Sciana Programme Manager, Charlotte Müer, cmueer@salzburgglobal.org
If you have any questions about the UK application process, please contact ruth.thorlby@health.org.uk
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