During the AER Bureau Meeting which took place in Brussels on 5 December 2019, the AER Taskforce on Digitalisation hosted a panel debate on Regions in the Digital Era at the BIP – the House of the Capital Region. The event was organised under the leadership of the Taskforce Chair, the Region of Lower Austria. The shift towards an information society has profoundly … [Read more...]
Digital Transformation
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Partner Search: Food 2030 – Empowering cities as agents of food system transformation
There is no shade of doubt attached to the fact that our everyday lives are changing with the trends brought about by a rapidly globalising world. What most of us are witnessing and maybe even experiencing is a behavioural change towards a life on fast forward. Our desires are constructed around desirabilities for fast internet, fast transportation, fast urbanisation and fast … [Read more...]
AER discusses Digitalisation and Health with European Commissioners
On 20 March, AER had not one but two meetings at the Berlaymont, the European Commission headquarters, in Brussels. Meeting Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel On Wednesday morning, President Magnus Berntsson met with Commissioner Gabriel to discuss the Digital Europe programme for 2021-2022. Accompanied by Martin Svensson and … [Read more...]
AER Spring Committee Plenaries
The spring plenaries of the three AER committees took place in Örebro (Sweden) from 26 till 28 March 2019. Work programmes During the statutory plenary meetings of the Committee on Economy & Regional Development, the Committee on Social Policy and Public Health and the Committee on Culture, Education and Youth, AER members developped jointly the Committees' 2019-2020 work … [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...]
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...]
Norrbotten and Scotland’s NHS24 help regions to deploy integrated care systems
To innovate healthcare and improve the patient's journey the AER Committee on Social Policy and Public Health has constantly offered a place for experiences exchange and knowledge sharing on integrated e-care systems since the first AER Conference on Integrated Care in 2013. This topic gained new momentum with the intervention of EHTEL's Diane Whitehouse at the workshop of the … [Read more...]
Public open data in the spotlight at Vojvodina plenaries
On the occasion of the Autumn plenaries in Vojvodina, AER members will discuss how opening public data supports the emergence of startups in regions. The panel will bring together speakers from startups, regional policymakers, experts on design and data to discuss why, how and for what regions should open their data and look at challenges and opportunities. Open Data... … [Read more...]
Optimum healthcare for every child
Launched in 2015, the Models of Child Health Appraised (MOCHA) is appraising the differing models of child healthcare that are used across Europe. This project, which aims to advise policy making and help every child benefiting from optimum healthcare, will be finalised end of 2018. AER & the MOCHA project Within this project, AER belongs to the External Advisory Board. … [Read more...]
Open call for projects on Public Open Data
The European Commission has published a call which can be of interest to regional stakeholders. This call for projects is organised in the context of the Connecting Europe Facility and focuses on public open data. Why public sector open data? Public sector information within countries, across borders, and between sectors can be used for all sorts of applications. Real world … [Read more...]
Do you want to know how to better use ESIF funds for health?
Health is a topic of high importance for AER's members, having one Thematic Committee dedicated to follow its developments. To this extent the AER eHealth network has been established since 2006 and AER often conducts workshops and events on topics related to health. Knowing the interest of our members in this area of work, we are happy to share with you some informations that … [Read more...]
Partners wanted to exchange on supporting SMEs to benefit from digital innovation
AER is happy to share with you an interesting project proposal that comes by one of our member regions, Catalonia (ES). The proposal, that will be submitted within the Interreg Europe 4th call, is led by the Spanish company Mesadvocats which is looking for partners to complete the consortium. The project titled "Supporting SMEs to take advantage of new IT breakthroughs … [Read more...]
Wider competencies for three Italian Regions
by Enrico Martial On 28th of February 2018, Roberto Maroni, President of the Region of Lombardy, Luca Zaia, President of Veneto and Stefano Bonaccini, President of Emilia Romagna have signed three separate “Preliminary Agreements” with Gianclaudio Bressa, Secretary of State for Regional Affairs and Autonomies, on behalf of the Italian national Government. The three … [Read more...]
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