“Get Finland Moving” (Suomi liikkeelle) is a Finnish national government programme aiming to increase physical activity through coordinated action across policy sectors. The key innovation is its pooled phenomenon-based budgeting approach, which can be used flexibly across sectors, allowing different actors to finance initiatives that contribute to the shared goal.
Het Beweeghuis (“The Movement House”) is a locally implemented integrated care initiative in Maastricht that aims to make prevention the default pathway for people with musculoskeletal complaints by shifting care from hospitals to community-based support. Financing is largely based on existing reimbursement streams within the Dutch healthcare system, and it is estimated that every €1 invested generates at least €3.92 in societal value.
To support sustainable employment and reduce work-related health exits, Germany’s TErrA project promotes preventive career planning to help employees remain in the workforce through job transitions aligned with their health, skills, and motivation. This approach aims to strengthen inter-company job rotation while revealing gaps in financial support for preventive employment measures.
Aiming to improve the allocation of public health resources, Wales implemented a Programme Budgeting and Marginal Analysis (PBMA) exercise to guide decisions on prevention and health improvement spending. This exercise aims to identify opportunities for disinvestment and reinvestment, reallocating £15.1 million across priority areas and life stages to improve population health and equity.
Designed to improve the allocation of limited public health budgets, Public Health England developed the Prioritisation Framework to support local authorities in making more effective and transparent investment decisions. This framework uses multi-criteria decision analysis to compare programmes across different criteria, guiding resource allocation under constrained budgets.
