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...]
Digital Transformation
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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...]
Cultural heritage for jobs: incredible stories at AER Summer Academy
On the occasion of the 2018 Summer Academy in Maramures, which will be about cultural heritage for regional attractiveness, Flevoland (NL) will facilitate a workshop on "Turning cultural heritage into jobs". The workshop will revolve around the idea that stakeholder engagement is key to strengthening a region's outreach. Storytelling to empower stakeholders The workshop … [Read more...]
Regions wanted to uptake a new co-creational model for the health sector
Health is key for everyone and AER is glad to share with its member regions and network an enriching training opportunity linked to inDemand model on the eHealth co-creation. InDemand is a project funded by the Horizon 2020 programme. It offers digital health solutions, meaning a model where healthcare and companies co-create eHealth solutions, with the economic support of … [Read more...]
Silver Economy Awards Ceremony – and the winners are… !
Over the past few months, we have been happy to share with you the development of the SEED project. SEED, which stands for ‘Supporting the recognition of the Silver Economy in Europe in the Digital era’, was designed to launch the first European-level award scheme rewarding innovative solutions for better quality of life of the elderly : the SEED European Silver Economy … [Read more...]
Committee 1 Annual Report June 2017 – May 2018
The General Assembly is the highest authority of AER and convenes representatives of all its full members at least once a year. The General Assembly adopts among other things, the annual reports of the Thematic Committees. This report is the compilation of actions developped and implemented within Committee 1 between the 2017 General Assembly in Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria … [Read more...]
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