No single organisation can build good patient education on its own. Clinicians know what patients ask; patients and their families know what they actually need; technology teams know how to make the answers easy to find; and palliative care specialists know how to say difficult things gently. OncoEd was designed so that all of these are in the room at once.
The project brings together five partners from Türkiye, Estonia, Albania and Serbia. Each has a clearly defined role, and each has a stake in the result.
İstinye University, Türkiye-coordinator
İstinye University (İSÜ) in İstanbul was founded in 2015 and grew out of the MLP Care Group, one of Türkiye’s largest healthcare providers. It is a research-focused university with more than 14,000 students, over 70 laboratories and 29 R&D centres, and a track record in Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ projects.
In OncoEd, İSÜ coordinates the project as a whole and leads the production of the educational materials themselves: the video lessons, infographics and interactive content that patients will see.
Dokuz Eylül University, Türkiye
Dokuz Eylül University (DEÜ) in İzmir is one of Türkiye’s largest universities and holds the national ‘Research University’ title. Its Oncology Institute takes part in OncoEd through a multidisciplinary team that covers medical, paediatric and radiation oncology, oncology nutrition, psychiatry, physiotherapy and public health, and has long experience in building patient education programmes.
DEÜ carried out the needs analysis that shaped the project, and will lead the evaluation of its impact and the plan for keeping the results in use after the project ends. Its clinical team also writes and reviews much of the treatment-related content.
Technovias OÜ, Estonia
Technovias is a technology company based in Tallinn, working in mobile and web development, artificial intelligence and data analytics. It is a spin-off of TIGA, a health IT company whose systems handle national-scale health data, which gives Technovias a practical grounding in security and data protection – both essential when the users are patients.
Technovias is OncoEd’s technology partner. It is building the digital learning platform, the mobile application and the AI-supported chatbot, and is responsible for making them accessible and compliant with GDPR.
Mother Teresa University Hospital Center, Albania
Mother Teresa University Hospital Center (MTUHC) in Tirana is Albania’s largest hospital and its only tertiary-level academic medical centre. Its Radiotherapy Department is the national referral centre for radiation oncology, delivering more than 40,000 treatment sessions to over 2,000 patients each year, and is the country’s only academic training centre in the field.
MTUHC leads the pilot study. This is where the OncoEd tools meet real patients, carers and healthcare professionals in a working hospital, and where the consortium learns what needs to change before wider release. MTUHC also contributes content on radiotherapy.
BELhospice, Serbia
BELhospice, the Centre for Palliative Care and Palliative Medicine, was founded in Belgrade in 2004 as the first specialised palliative care organisation in Serbia. Its team of doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists and a spiritual coordinator cares for adults with cancer and children with life-limiting conditions, and has run more than a hundred training courses for professionals, carers and volunteers.
In OncoEd, BELhospice leads the multilingual adaptation of the educational content, making sure it is written in plain language and is culturally appropriate in every partner country. It also leads dissemination and patient advocacy, and contributes the content on psychosocial support, pain and symptom management, caregiving and advanced illness.
Associated partner
MLP Care, a hospital group operating in several countries, supports the project as an associated partner. It contributes clinical expertise and patient care insights, takes part in pilot testing, and offers a route for the results to be adopted across its hospital network.
One mission
Different countries, different healthcare systems, different specialisms – but the same starting point. Cancer patients and their families should be able to find reliable, understandable information about their illness and their treatment when they need it, in a language they read comfortably, and in a format they can use. That is what the five partners have agreed to build together over the next two years.
All OncoEd materials are educational. They do not replace advice from a patient’s own medical team.
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Website: oncoed.org
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Funded by the European Union, Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership in Adult Education. KA220-ADU-BF389AFE OncoED: Digital Health Literacy for Cancer Patients Across Europe · 2025–2027
