Event
October 20, 2025
09::00 - 17:30
This international conference aims to explore innovative models of collaboration in French-speaking countries, bringing together the perspectives of practitioners, decision-makers, researchers, and future healthcare professionals.
Across the world, innovative models of collaboration between social and health care are emerging, driven by professional, nonprofit, and government initiatives. While some of these practices are recent, such as territorialized care management and the emergence of new coordination roles (e.g., case managers), others have already made their mark on the institutional landscape for several decades, such as Medical Centers in Belgium, Health Centers in France, and Health Centers in Switzerland.
The objective? To foster a comparative analysis of the challenges of these initiatives to inform practices and public policies.
This conference offers an in-depth discussion on collaborations between healthcare and social support stakeholders. The program includes site visits, workshops, and thematic sessions focused on the following four issues:
Issue 1: Anchoring collaboration in the regions
Issue 2: Collaboration tools (including digital tools)
Issue 3: Governance and sustainability of collaboration
Issue 4: Collaboration and professional well-being
Discussion will be in French
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9h00 | Home |
10h00 | Welcome |
10h15 | Introduction: Issues and Models of Collaboration in Social Health for Vulnerable Populations – Céline MAHIEU |
10h45 | History of the Francophone Collective on the Comparative Study of Community Health Centers: Jean-Pierre GIRARD |
11h05 | Coffee Break |
11h30 | Roundtable on Comparing French-Speaking Models – Moderator: Jamie-Lee FOSSION · Switzerland – Hubert MAISONNEUVE · France – Alexandrine LAPOUTTE · Belgium – Céline MAHIEU · Canada – Jean-Pierre GIRARD · Cameroon – Willy TADJUDJE [subject to change] |
12h30 | Lunch |
13h30 | Parallel Sessions
Challenge: Anchoring Collaboration in the Region • Bruno VANKELEGOM: Local Social Health Contract in the Brussels Region • Hubert MAISONNEUVE: Case Study of Health Centers in Geneva • Benjamin COHADON: Emergence of Community Health Centers, an Alternative in the French Healthcare System • Léa DI BIAGI: The Aid and Care Pool in the Brussels-Capital Region: Between the Local and the Regional
Challenge: Collaboration Tools (including Digital) • Julie POISSANT: Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Collaboration Tools in Perinatal and Early Childhood Care in Quebec • Deborah LAUWERS: How are the Social Determinants of Health Taken into Account in Health Promotion Interventions for People with Type 2 Diabetes? A case study in a French-speaking Belgian context • Rachida BENSLIMAN: Challenges in supporting Diogenes syndrome: participatory action research in Brussels • Steve Blondelle MABWA TADJO: Optimizing the management and transmission of medical records of applicants for international protection between Fedasil and primary care: a qualitative study in Brussels |
16h00 | Visit to Community Health Centers and Maisons Médicales |
8h30 | Visit to Community Health Centers and Maisons Médicales |
11h00 | Parallel Sessions
Challenge: Anchoring Collaboration in the Regions · Vincent HUBERLAND Improving Primary Care Access to Care in Situations of Violence: Initial Results of Participatory Research in the Brussels Region · Natalia MASSÉ Mental Health and Intellectual Disability in Women Victims of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation: A Practice-Based Approach · Hervé DEFALVARD Towards a Renewal of Care Partnerships in the Territories? · Peggy BEDON Structured, Intersectoral, and Interconnected Collaboration in Perinatal Services for Families in Economic Disadvantage in Quebec
Challenge: Collaboration and well-being · Marlène CASTILLOUX: Dual Role Model of Clinician-Researcher: What Ethical Issues Should Be Considered? · Dorothée BOUILLON: Careful Work · Blandine LENTHILAC: Analysis of Intersectoral Partnerships in an Intersectoral Obesity Learning Community: Literature Review and Participant Observation Using the Partnership Action Assessment Framework · Gueu Sylvain DELI: Experience of Disqualification and Resilience Factors Among International Medical Graduates in Quebec: A Descriptive Phenomenological Study Challenge: Governance and sustainability of collaboration · Bruno VANKELEGOM: Health in All Policies Approach in the Brussels Region · Géraldine LAYANI: Shared Understanding of the Issues Experienced by People Considered Obese in an Intersectoral Obesity Learning Community: A Qualitative Study Conducted with 25 People from Different Sectors of Society · Alexandrine LAPOUTTE: Economic Model of Community and Participatory Health Centers: What Innovation? · Noémie GRAILET: TOOLINE1: Supporting Access to Care for People with Obesity Through Sustainable Intersectoral Governance |
13h00 | Lunch |
14h00 | Parallel sessions
Challenge: Collaboration tools (including digital) · Mélanie TROTTIER Blind Spots and Areas of Concern for Interprofessional Collaboration When Introducing Artificial Intelligence Applications · Olivier MUGEMA Artificial Intelligence in e-Health: Towards Inclusive Social-Health Collaboration to Reduce Inequalities? The Participatory Approach of the AIM^2 Project · Mathilde VEYS Promoting Health Equity Through a Digital Shared Decision-Making Tool: Application in the Context of Vaccinating the Elderly and Pregnant Women Against RSV · Benjamin FAUQUERT Experience of Interprofessional Collaboration for Greater Equity of Care in the Electronic Health Record of Belgian Medical Centers · Priscille M. PANA & Aïssi FLAUBERT Digital Transformation and Community Health: Case Study of a Community Clinic in Benin
Challenge: Governance and sustainability of collaboration · Marie PISSOORT Somatic Health of International Protection Applicants Not Hosted by Fedasil: A Mapping of Available Data in Brussels · Fabian DEFRAINE Challenges and Issues of Collaborations and Communications Between Nursing Homes and Hospitals in French-speaking Belgium · Yassir ABOUABDELLAH Evaluation of the Tadamone AMO: Contributions to Equity of Access to Care and Analysis of Influencing Factors |
16h00 | Workshops by participant group on the conference’s five key issues: · Students · Decision-makers · Professionals · Researchers |
17h00 | Workshop Summary and Closing |
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