Friday was Chiara's last day in Strasbourg. This is an opportunity to look back on what has been achieved in the past 6 months! Chiara, who holds a Masters degree in Political Economy did an Erasmus+ internship at our Strasbourg office and supported the organisation of the Autumn plenaries in Izmir, the "E-health: let's find a common language" event in Brussels and the … [Read more...]
Cultural heritage: from Veneto to Flanders via… Nordland
How a storm, which in 1431 dramatically changed the route of Pietro Querini, a Venetian merchant, now is a motive for experience sharing on innovation and entrepreneurship! Cultural heritage a basis for exchange On the occasion of the AER Spring plenaries, delegates interested in cultural heritage had the opportunity to participate in a workshop on cultural heritage. The … [Read more...]
Youth mental health: pressing needs across Europe
On the occasion of the AER Spring plenaries, regional policy makers from wider Europe made a point on working together on the topic of youth mental health and improve regional policies in the field. Health, youth and the future of Europe The difficulty for young people to relate to others is a growing severe problem across Europe as was identified by AER members on the … [Read more...]
AER series on investments: Episode 1
The Prodi High Level Task Force As a follow-up on the AER conference on sustainable financing for the regions, AER will be publishing a series of articles on investments. These will provide deeper insight on the different financing tools available for regions, which were presented on the occasion of this conference. Maximising public value AER is participating in the work … [Read more...]
Develop a project on cultural heritage
The workshop on cultural heritage organised at the AER Spring plenary meetings in London will provide participants with information on funding opportunities and support the definition of one or more project ideas. European Year of Cultural Heritage On 9 February 2017 Council and European Parliament representatives reached a provisional agreement on a decision establishing … [Read more...]
Not your usual plenary meetings
The AER Committees are the R&D lab of AER where experiences are shared, discussed, transferred to other regions, transformed, brought back in the network and adopted by yet other regions. However, the plenary meetings don't always do justice to the wealth of ideas and initiatives regions are implementing or want to implement. Just do it! Spring is coming, and at AER, … [Read more...]
What can the Investment Plan for Europe do for health?
Today, in Brussels, Member States and regional representatives, healthcare service providers, public and private investors, economists, and practice innovators, participate in a Seminar on strategic investments for the future of healthcare, organised by the European Commission. A vital economic sector Health is a vital economic sector representing 10% of the EU's GDP and … [Read more...]
Urban Mobility: join the AER Breakfast Briefing in London!
On 23 March AER and LGIU are hosting a Breakfast Briefing with the presence of Philipp Rode, Executive Director of LSE Cities and joint Research Director of the "Towards New Urban Mobility" paper. Urban mobility On the occasion of the AER Spring plenary meetings in London on 21-23 March 2017, policy makers will have the opportunity to exchange views on the topic of urban … [Read more...]
ALEC: a success story
The fifth edition of the Artic Light E-health Conference in Norrbotten is an opportunity to look back on one of the major achievements of the AER e-health network. The event brought together 300 participants from 16 countries in the world this year around the themes of digital transformation & health equity. Scale e-health awareness The AER e-health network was created back … [Read more...]
Integrated care: tapping into social capital
Consent, Trust and Enablement in a Digital World In the framework of the ALEC 2017 AER organised a mutual learning workshop on social capital for integrated care. Dr. Michael Rigby, Emeritus Professor of Health Information Strategy at Keele University (UK) and Deputy Principal Investigator for the MOCHA H2020 project led by the Imperial College of London on "The Informal and … [Read more...]
Quality networking starts here
The AER Committees are a lab for innovation in the public sector. They enable vivid interregional cooperation, sustainable partnerships and mutual learning between regions in Europe. In short: quality networking. Sustained networking In order to make this true in the longer run, continuous and targeted exchanges need to be facilitated for AER members between plenary … [Read more...]
Long term Investments, the EU and you
Are you the regional expert we need? AER has been invited to name one or two experts for the work currently being carried out at European level on long term investments. Does your region want to be involved? A High-Level Task Force on financing social infrastructure and maximising public value is being set up by the European Association of Long Term Investors and the Think … [Read more...]
A stronger regional policy means a stronger Europe
Last week European Commissioner Corina Cretu published an article on the need for Europe to build on territorial cohesion: "Cohesion Policy alone won't heal Europe, but Europe won't heal without Cohesion Policy". This idea which is very dear to AER, is particularly relevant in the current geopolitical context and is the foundation of the new AER political priority: A Strong … [Read more...]
AER answer to EC consultation on State aid to airports
The AER working group on mobility & transports has long been involved in the defense of regional airports as they constitute often one of the only sustained connection with other territories for remote regions. They have therefore a crucial economic development role which justifies the support they get from governments. While regions are nowadays also working on developping … [Read more...]
A recognition of excellence
The 2016 European Summit on Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing was an opportunity to highlight the excellent initiatives from regions across Europe. The Summit brought together diverse stakeholders to boost Europe's competitive advantage in the Silver Economy The Silver what? Europe is growing older and while this is a challenge because society has to adapt its … [Read more...]
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