On the occasion of this year Spring Plenaries in Örebro (SE), AER is organising a workshop on multilevel cooperation for migration policies. What is AMiD about The AMiD-Access to services for Migrants with Disabilities project aims to support an efficient management of the reception and integration of asylum seekers and migrants with disabilities in the EU.AER is an … [Read more...]
Blockchain in logistics to be discussed at AER plenaries in Örebro
Blockchain is still a relatively new type of technology. It is expected to see major growth from 2021 to 2025 and to reach maturity in 2026 and beyond. Excuse-me... blockchain? According to DHL Trend Research, blockchain can be defined as a distributed ledger technology that can record transactions between parties in a secure and permanent way. Blockchain allows … [Read more...]
AER working group on Transports & Mobility to share experiences on Open data
Open data is data that anyone can access, use and share. Governments, businesses and individuals can use open data to bring about social, economic and environmental benefits.There are many areas where open data can be of value: Innovation: access to reusable data inspires innovative services and new business models. For the period 2016-2020, the market size for Open Data is … [Read more...]
AER meets with the Cabinet of EU Commissioner Carlos Moedas
AER President Magnus Berntsson and Secretary-General Mathieu Mori today met with the cabinet of Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, to discuss the future of social innovation in Europe. Magnus Berntsson introduced the AER position on social innovation and exchanged views on some important issues under consideration in the future EU … [Read more...]
Towards a more sustainable Europe by 2030
The AER Working Group on Energy and Climate Change has recently exchanged experiences on the use of the Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for regional policy-making.In this context, the European Commission published on January 30th a Reflection Paper on a Sustainable Europe by 2030.As part of the debate on the future of Europe, the paper reviews challenges and … [Read more...]
Why Food matters for regional development
Providing citizens with affordable, safe and nutritious food is complex. Moreover, the health and wellbeing of citizens and consumers are directly affected by the way cities and regions are shaping a sustainable food environment. The management of food systems and food quality has therefore far-reaching impact for areas as varied as health, climate, jobs and innovation. The … [Read more...]
Meet us in Paris to launch the “I Choose Europe” campaign
For the past few months, AER has been working hard with partners to get the project European Youth Together: Road to the Future on its feet. Consider this your personal invitation to see it take flight. The project will launch the "I Choose Europe" campaign to engage youth ahead of the European elections in Paris on 16 March, as part of a large-scale youth event: … [Read more...]
Apply now for the “I Choose Europe” Youth Exchange
AER, proud partner of the EU funded project Road to the Future, is happy to share with the entire network the launching of the first large scale youth exchange. This mobility activity comes after several initiatives that project partners realised in order to create the framework to engage the youth in the discussions on the future of Europe. AER is strongly contributing to this … [Read more...]
Interreg Central Europe funds experimentation and collaboration in final call
For their Final Call for Project Proposals, the folks at Interreg Central Europe are thinking outside the box. They are looking for experimental projects that will bring together outputs and lessons from several projects previously funded by their programme and other European funding programmes. The call will open 4 March 2019. What can I do? Projects should address one … [Read more...]
What’s new on Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial Intelligence has been discussed in AER events, especially in the 2017 event "Artificial Intelligence: are the regions up to challenge?". The event brought together politicians, civil servants, entrepreneurs, academics and stakeholder groups to exchange about the disruption artificial intelligence brings for regional policymaking. The European Commission's … [Read more...]
Learn how one project has put the “We” into eGovernment
Digital innovation and new technologies have become a potential game changer in the relationship between citizens and government. AER and its member regions have long been active in coming to grips with the challenges and opportunities digital tools present to public authorities. 2016’s AER General Assembly and Spring Bureau, for example, saw representatives of our member … [Read more...]
Join Marche Region’s (IT) Interreg Med project on Acquaculture
Marche Region (IT) and the University of Camerino (UNICAM) are looking for partners to express interest in a proposal for a project to push forward Blue Growth. They are applying under Interreg Med’s Third Call for Multi-Modular Projects (M2 Testing + M3 Capitalization). Their proposal focuses on Acquaculture, aiming to contribute to the transnational development, transfer and … [Read more...]
Erasmus+: drive innovation in education and training, launch transnational sport projects
New calls for projects under the Erasmus+ programme are now open. Applicants are invited to propose projects under the calls Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects 2019 EACEA/36/2018 and Erasmus+: Sport 2019. Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects (FLCPs) One of the ways that the EU seeks to stimulate policy progress is by funding bottom-up innovation efforts. Under Key … [Read more...]
Public Authority wanted for a project on Skills Alliance
The European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD), partner of AER in the AMiD project, is looking for a public authority to join as a partner in their project within the Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliance program. Who is EASPD? EASPD is an organisation that dedicates itself to persons with disabilities. Their objective is to deliver … [Read more...]
Activate European citizenship through projects on remembrance, town twinning and networks of towns
In the first days of the New Year, many of us are doubtless wondering what 2019 will bring for Europe and its citizens. Will voters heed the lessons of the continent’s authoritarian past? Will European citizens be brought closer together or riven further apart by cynical exploiters of xenophobia? Here at AER, we act everyday to promote European values and bring citizens … [Read more...]
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