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Multilevel and Open Innovation Ecosystems discussed during Spring Committee Plenaries in Arad

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On the occasion of the AER Spring plenaries in Arad, the main topic was, multilevel and open innovation ecosystems. This interesting and complex subject was moderated by Dr Sandra Evans, University of Tübingen, DE.   Dr Evans highlighted the paradigm shift we are facing today, from closed innovation, linear subcontracts, to open innovation, clusters to the world of ... Read More

Committees develop their 2018-2019 work programme

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On the occasion of the Committees’ plenaries in Arad, AER members identified the topics which matter most for them and on which they want to develop joint ations on with fellow regions. The developement of the Action Plan was a collective process to enable all participants to specify needs and decide to initiate activities which ... Read More

AER at the 2018 World Sustainable Energy Days

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AER was represented at the World Sustainable Energy Days 2018, by a delegation from Gelderland. The World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED), one of Europe’s largest annual events in this field, took place from 28 February – 2 March in Wels/Austria. The event was a great success – over 600 experts from 66 countries attended and took part ... Read More

Forest products as a way to move to a low carbon economy… if you agree, look at this project and join it!

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Forest Science Center Catalonia – a regional stakeholder of Catalonia, AER member region – is working on the submission of a project under the Interreg Europe programme, within the category “Low-carbon economy”, objective 3.1 “Improving low‐carbon economy policies. In order to complete the partnership, they are looking for European partners interested to join forces with ... Read More

Committee 2 Annual Report June 2017 – May 2018

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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 2 between the 2017 General Assembly in ... Read More

Committee 1 Annual Report June 2017 – May 2018

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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 ... Read More

Regional Design and Management of Renewable Energy Sources: interested to join this project?

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The Industrial and International Liaison Office (IILO) of the University of Camerino (UNICAM) in the centre of Italy is drafting a project proposal titled REGRES – Regional Design and Management of Renewable Energy Sources that will be submitted under the framework of the Horizon 2020 Topic LC-SC3-RES-28-2019. This project aims to develop a software tool to support the decision and ... Read More

Are you a maritime region? Then blue growth is for you!

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On 16 May, the project team of the AER Secretariat took part in an event organised in Brussels by ERRIN’s Working Group on Blue Growth: the Blue Growth Project Development meeting. European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN) is a Brussels-based platform aiming at strengthening regional research and innovation capacities. ERRIN is a partner network of ... Read More

Open call for projects on Public Open Data

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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 ... Read More

Environmental policies: more activities for regions

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AER encourages its members to take advantage of existing programmes which offer support on policies which matter for regions. This is why the TAIEX-EIR programme of the European Commission seems of particular relevance. The diversity in services offered make the TAIEX-EIR a well suited tool to complement ongoing activities within the AER Working Group on Energy and ... Read More

Public open data in the spotlight at Vojvodina plenaries

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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 ... Read More

EU funding programmes post-2020: what is foreseen?

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The European Commission is currently working on the next Framework Programme for the period 2021-2028 which will have an impact on various funding programmes. AER had the opportunity to learn about the changes envisaged on two European programmes, Horizon 2020 and COSME, on occasion of a dedicated event organised by the Flanders-Europe Liaison Agency (VLEVA) and the ... Read More

Östergötland (SE) leading the way in AER’s engagement on new mobility services

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Through the leadership of Östergötland in the AER Working Group on Transports and Mobility, AER is involved in the New Mobility Services Initiative, of the European Commission. This initiative was set up within the Sustainable Urban Mobility Action Cluster of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC). Bringing stakeholders together for smarter mobility The European ... Read More

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