Projects to support activities on non-discrimination and Roma integration – JUST/2014/RDIS/AG/DISC The deadline for this call for proposals is 7/7/2015 12:00 (noon) CET. Documents for applicants Call for proposals – Action grants 2014(367 kB) Guide for Action Grants 2014(1.49 Mb) Grant Agreement Multiple Beneficiaries template(1.37 Mb) Grant Agreement … [Read more...]
This category is for projects requiring funding.
Funding opportunities for better healthcare
The topics under the 3rd health programme include: - Gathering knowledge and exchanging best practices on measures reducing availability of alcoholic beverages - Early diagnosis and treatment of viral hepatitis - Early diagnosis of tuberculosis - Support for the implementation and scaling up of good practices in the areas of integrated care, frailty prevention, adherence to … [Read more...]
Get a grasp of European Structural & Investment Funds (ESIF)
The European Commission published 3 guides on the use of European Structural & Investment Funds (ESIF): - Guide for investments in health - Toolbox on financing innovation in the public sector - Guidance for Beneficiaries of European Structural and Investment Funds and related EU instruments (available in 22 languages) … [Read more...]
Lets prepare for INTERREG Europe
The interregional cooperation programme for 2014-2020, Interreg Europe, is going to open the first call for proposals soon. They invite everyone ready for interregional cooperation with a project idea to come to one of the lead applicant workshops in June 2015. - 2-3 June in Prague, Czech Republic - 10-11 June in Brussels, Belgium The day and a half practical workshops will … [Read more...]
Europe, let’s cooperate!
Bologna, Italy – 2-3 December 2014: This two-day event will offer participants the opportunity to learn more about the benefits of interregional cooperation and ways to implement projects, as well as meeting experts in the field of interregional cooperation. This event will be a chance to network and meet future partners ahead of the launch of call for proposals in February … [Read more...]
A Breakfast Briefing to discover COSME
The Brussels representation of Mid-Sweden (SE) and AER organised a joint Breakfast Briefing on 11 April featuring COSME, the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2014-2020. Key issue addressed was how regional authorities can make use of the COSME programme to support their own regional and local SMEs. Guest speaker at … [Read more...]
AER continues its information cycle on European funding
Which funding sources for which topics from 2014 onwards? The question is at the heart of the AER information cycle on European funding, which kicked-off in September, and was pursued at the occasion of two sessions, held on 29 October in Strasbourg and on 5 November in Brussels. Information session on funding opportunities for youth-related projects The objective was to … [Read more...]
Black Sea: How to finance interregional cooperation projects?
This question was at the heart of the Training Academy, which took place on 3 October in Rize (TR), on the eve of the 4th AER Black Sea Regions Summit. The training focused on the EU programme for the Black Sea but also on other funding sources, such as the Black Sea Trust for regional cooperation. Thanks to the input of the joint Managing Authority and through the advice of … [Read more...]
EU Executive Training Programme: final call for 2013 applications
European SMEs still depend largely on their domestic markets despite the opportunities brought by the enlarged single market and by globalization at large. In order to step up the internationalisation capacity of SMEs, the European Commission has set up training programmes for European business leaders and managers, to gear up their knowledge of foreign markets, cultures, … [Read more...]
AER regions join forces to pursue the Eastern Partnership Initiative beyond 2014
The Assembly of European Regions (AER), together with the Ukrainian Region of Dnipropetrovsk, organised last 26 April 2013 a conference which gathered 150 European, national and regional political representatives. The purpose of this gathering was to discuss how interregional cooperation can be boosted in the context of the ‘Eastern Partnership’, the Eastern dimension of the … [Read more...]
Funds for interregional cooperation: Conclusions of info session by AER
INTERREG is not the only instrument for regions to finance interregional cooperation in the EU. Regional Operational Programmes can also allow for interregional cooperation via Article 37.6.b of the current General regulation. As this funding opportunity is often ill-known by regional authorities, the AER joined forces with INTERACT to organise an information session on 26 … [Read more...]
Committee of the Regions on Regional State Aid
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) has just adopted an own-initiative opinion on the revision of Regional State Aid guidelines. Jean-Paul Denanot, President of the Regional Council of Limousin (F) and member of the Committee of the Region was the rapporteur on this issue. The paper is calling for a regional state aid policy that matches better cohesion policy 2014. All regions … [Read more...]
European Commission call for proposal for TEMPUS
Reform of higher education through international university cooperation. More information … [Read more...]
Final Conference of ECREIN+ : Recommendations on eco-innovation
Lyon, Rhône-Alpes (F), 29 November 2012 “The ECREIN+ project was born only three years ago, and yet so much work has already been done, and so many prospects are in place for the months and years to come! ECREIN+ is a strong partnership, made up of regions that are as geographically diverse as they are close when it comes to their objectives. Placing eco-innovation at the … [Read more...]
Local and regional authorities urge member States to maintain Cohesion Budget
The four main European associations of local and regional government* are deeply concerned about the impact a reduction in the European Union budget would have on the future of cohesion policy. They therefore call on national governments to maintain the cohesion budget at €339 billion, as proposed by the European Commission in July 2012. This call comes ahead of the … [Read more...]