The AER Committee 2 “Social Policy and Public Health” Autumn Plenary Session 2014 gathered more than 100 participants from across Europe, representing 20 European regions and 19 organisations. This variety of events took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Letterkenny. Here is the report of the events that took place from 20-23 October in Donegal (Ireland) (Use Pop Out … [Read more...]
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ENGAGED Mutual Learning Workshop Report
ENGAGED is a network of stakeholders from different backgrounds and across different European countries, who are interested in learning from each other and together support the further deployment of innovative solutions to promote active and healthy ageing. This community will actively shape the active and healthy ageing agenda of the EU and deliver knowledge and guidelines on … [Read more...]
AER report from the European Business Summit 2014
The European Business Summit 2014 gathered around 1700 participants coming from many different backgrounds - think tanks, academics, NGOs, and representatives of civil society. The Assembly of European Regions is the official regional partner of the Summit in 2014. EBS 2014 has opened the debate to focus on broader economic topics that directly affect European citizens. … [Read more...]
Governance and Sustainability: the Black Sea
Publication on good governance in the Black Sea Region edited by Prof. Melanie Sully, in partnership with the Assembly of European Regions. You can find it here. … [Read more...]
AER background note on Social Inclusion
Social inclusion – What is it and what solutions for the regions? An Introduction for Regional Policy-makers Social inclusion is not some new, revolutionary topic or some last-minute challenge that our society and political systems have do deal with. Yet, social inclusion remains a topical issue that has taken growing proportions with the different waves of migration, and … [Read more...]
AER Background note on Blue Growth
In the framework of the Blue Growth Strategy, the EC aims at developing marine and maritime economic activities. Non-coastal regions can also be concerned, for example due to shipbuilding. The 'blue' economy represents 5.4 million jobs and a gross added value of just under €500 billion a year. The development of economic activities in the sea and on the seashores can … [Read more...]
Briefing note: A Resource efficient Europe under the Europe 2020 Strategy
Briefing note published by AER for the Summer Academy in Nyköping, Södermanland (S) (18 - 23 August 2013) Energy, natural resources and environment have been present in a political discourse for a while now and local, national and international authorities have been mobilised to undertake actions addressing sustainability, energy efficiency and environmental challenges. The … [Read more...]
Thematic dossier n°31 on Faced by the crisis, Regions at Europe’s bedside – Summer 2013
Faced by the crisis, Regions at Europe's bedside Table of contents: Editoria: Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, AER President Regions, an important lever out of the crisis Regions lead in eco-innovation First summit in Pescara. Dealing with the crisis Outcomes from Pescara – Roundtables Second summit in Warsaw. EU, national, regional policymakers tackle … [Read more...]
New tools for policy making – the IDeal Index:
The report suggests the use of the IDeal index to improve the lackings of GDP as an indicator of the true progress of a society. This new index takes into account life expectancy, perceived satisfaction over one’s quality of life and socio-economic and environmental parameters. “The enclosed phrase ‘I deal’ also carries the idea of ‘I participate in the sustainable development … [Read more...]
AER background note on integrated care
Integration of care services is emerging as a central challenge of health care delivery, particularly for patients with elderly and complex chronic conditions. In 2003, the World Health Organisation (WHO) already began to identify it as one of the key pathways to improve primary care (World Health Report: 2003); in 2004, the European Commission declared integrated care as vital … [Read more...]
Briefing note on local government in the Ukraine
Table of contents: Ukraine - historical background Attempts of decentralisation in Ukraine Local and regional government in Ukraine - legal basis Local and regional government in Ukraine - overview Current issues for local and regional government in Ukraine International support for decentralisation in Eastern Partnership countries (Use Pop Out button to … [Read more...]
How to transfer good practices?
A guide from the RURACT methodology. The concrete manifestations of interregional cooperation and partnership actions between European territories are not yet sufficiently well known. Nevertheless, European regions have considerable experience in this domain, indicating the interest of such enterprises. And although these joint endeavours represent a daily challenge, often … [Read more...]
Briefing note on the Eastern Partnership
Context Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a special dimension of the European Union’s Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) towards 6 partner countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. This initiative was launched in May 2009 with Poland and Sweden as the originators of the idea. The EaP was strongly inspired by previous enlargements of the European Union (EU): in … [Read more...]
Conference report: Youth as a source and a lever of regional growth in times of crisis
Table of contents: Panel 1: Youth Mobility Programmes: which perspectives and challenges for young European citizens in 2013 and beyond? Panel 2: Developing educational schemes and accompanying measures for young entrepreneurs: What can Regions do? (Use Pop Out button to Download/Open) … [Read more...]
AER Information Campaign Episode 4: Health and Cohesion Policy
Episode 4 – What are the future priorities with an indirect link to Health? (Use Pop Out button to Download/Open) … [Read more...]
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