This is the tag for all posts relating to Health.

AER members shine in the RegioStars 2015

26 June, 2015 By Editor

The European Commission announced the finalists for the RegioStars 2015 awards which honour Europe’s most inspirational and innovative regional projects supported by EU Cohesion Policy Funds. Of the 17 finalist projects, ... Read More

Putting people at the heart of the health-care experience

24 June, 2015 By Editor

The WHO global strategy on people-centred and integrated health services represents a call for a fundamental shift in the way health services are funded, managed and delivered. Take part in ... Read More

Funding opportunities for better healthcare

23 June, 2015 By Editor

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 ... Read More

Regions on their way to integrated e-care

23 June, 2015 By Editor

The dynamic of the SmartCare project is quite unique in that it brings together regions with very different profiles: while a first group of regions is deploying integrated e-care services, ... Read More

AER Political Priorities

6 June, 2015 By Editor

Ratified by AER General Assembly 2015 In these troubled times of crisis, when confidence in public institutions is decreasing and there is a tendency for everyone to focus efforts on ... Read More

Mutual learning, innovation and co-creation

3 June, 2015 By Editor

After 2 years of a multistakeholders project gathering a very diverse consortium, what remains? The final conference of ENGAGED in Eindhoven (Noord Brabant, NL) aimed at looking into the legacy ... Read More

Get a grasp of European Structural & Investment Funds (ESIF)

21 May, 2015 By Editor

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 ... Read More

AER handbook on Culture & Health

9 March, 2015 By Editor

This handbook is a recollection of good practice developed in the regions of Europe. It is by far not exhaustive. If you wish to publish your regional examples of good ... Read More

Event Report: Regional Development Strategies FOR and WITH citizens

9 March, 2015 By Editor

Report from the Committees 2 and 3 plenary meetings in Nordjlland (Dk) in March 2015. The AER Committee 2 “Social Policy and Public Health” and Committee 3 “Culture, Education, Youth and ... Read More

Did you say participatory?

6 March, 2015 By Editor

Aalborg, North Denmark (DK), 6 March 2015 Citizen participation is on all lips, whether to improve social and territorial cohesion, to reduce democratic deficit or to boost growth. But what ... Read More

Participatory approaches for policy making

6 March, 2015 By Mathieu Mori

The series of events organised by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) on 4-6 March in Aalborg under the title “Regional Development Strategies with and for the citizens” highlighted examples of regions having ... Read More

Training Academy on Silver Economy

5 March, 2015 By Mathieu Mori

More than 30 regional delegates met on Thursday 5 March 2015 in Aalborg for the Training Academy on the Silver Economy. The ageing population does not only represent a challenge ... Read More

Culture & Health Handbook

4 March, 2015 By Editor

4 March 2015, Nordjylland (NO) – Based on the experience of previous events and meetings that were organised in the field of Culture & Health, members were invited to come prepared ... Read More

New regions in Sweden

23 January, 2015 By Editor

Dr. Malin Stegmann McCallion is currently a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Karlstad University. She has just published an article on the State of Regionalisation in Sweden: 1 January ... Read More

Alsace region takes action to reduce dropout

20 January, 2015 By Editor

Alsace region is organising a regional conference to exchange best practice in Alsace, France and Europe, on compensation measures (2nd chance), in Strasbourg, 20 January 2015. It will be the final ... Read More