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UdZ 2-2021 / 57 services can actually be implemented with an impact on success. 15 GALA Fields of Action Innovative tools and concepts are being developed, tested and implemented for the four key topics in the two fields of action of work design and competence management, and in this way the regional development of the structurally weak Aachen region is being sustainably promoted. In line with these guiding themes and fields of action, the GALA project is looking into questions such as how the interaction between humans and machines can be optimized for the benefit of employees, how the stresses and strains of work in the healthcare industry can be reduced, for example, through supportivedigital assistance and corresponding work organization measures, how digital collaboration can lead to an increase in efficiency and create synergies, and which concrete measures can be used to promote agility and innovation. In this context, the GALA project is taking an innovative approach: Against the background of the shortage of skilled workers, it is intended to develop and test guidelines and qualification modules for international resource management in the healthcare industry in the Aachen region. For example, the Federal Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, already courted Mexican nursing staff in September 2019 and paved the bureaucratic way with a declaration of intent, according to which their entry into Germany will be facilitated, among other things, by accelerating the recognition and visa procedures. Its international recruitment concept calls for Mexican trainees to learn about the German health care system and promote working as nurses in Germany upon their return to Mexico. 16 Procedure and Utilization of Results In addition to document analyses of sector reports, occupational statistics, Literatur and technical innovations on the four GALA guiding themes, an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the Aachen health region will be carried out at the beginning of the collaborative project against the background of current developments surrounding the Corona crisis. From this, conclusions can be drawn for the risk management of the region against future crises. Furthermore, concrete needs analyses will be carried out in the participating companies and design measures will be derived. Based on this, a toolbox “work design” will be developed for the Aachen health region. The experiences will be compiled in prototypical case studies and implemented in pilot projects. In addition, based on the findings, future-oriented differentiated qualification contents with reference to the four GALA guiding themes will be conceptualized, developed and tested in a toolbox qualification. If the project is successfully implemented, proven solutions for the future of work in the health economy of the Aachen region will act as a beacon for work design and competence management on companies and thus trigger a sustainable transformation of learning and work. The “Aachen Region Living Lab Initiative” is intended to support this as an ongoing initiative. National as well as international facets beyond the Aachen region in the form of conferences, the internationalization of educational products, the relief of the health care system or the development and testing of guidelines and qualification modules for an international resourcemanagement in the health care industry of the Aachen region are further synergy effects of GALA. Kick-off Event and 1st Meeting already Successfully Completed On April 27, 2021, the digital kick-off meeting of the project took place with all partners via the platform Zoom. In mid-June 2021, the GALA team successfully passed its first milestone. In mid- June 2021, the GALA teamsuccessfully passed its firstmilestone, this time in an innovative environment: In the 3D learning and working environment of TriCAT spaces , all partners and the PTKA Karlsruhe came together to inform about the work done so far, to deepen the exchange and to gain new ideas for the further project activities. 16 15 s. Weibler and Endres 2020