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Flevoland (NL) champion in EU projects with AER

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Following on the AER Open Doors week, the King’s Commissioner, Leen Verbeek and the Executive Board of the Province of Flevoland (NL) came to discuss the next steps of their engagement in AER. AER has been very present in disseminating information from Flevoland’s European projects, including Smart Europe, More4NRG and Regions4GreenGrowth. In addition to dissemination, AER also shared its own “peer review” methodology for the implementation of the projects. Finally, Flevoland will look into increasing their political involvement in the organisation as they are already very active in the hands on exchange of experience.

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Spotlight on young researchers to boost energy efficiency and biomass

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Dedicated to the next generation of professionals and experts, the two conference tracks present the work and achievements of young researchers in the fields of biomass and energy efficiency. The Young Researchers Conference is held on 24-25 February 2016 in the context of the World Sustainable Energy Days 2016 in Wels/Austria. With more than 750 participants from over 50 countries each year, the World Sustainable Energy Days are one of Europe’s largest annual conferences on sustainable energy.

Check out the programme, video & pictures of the 2015 edition to get an impression of the event.

Call for Papers – deadline 9 October 2015

We invite young researchers (born after 1980) to submit contributions by 9 October 2015 at www.wsed.at/call. Submissions are welcome from all scientific fields. A high-level scientific committee selects papers for oral and poster presentation. Visit our website for detailed information.

Awards “Best Young Researcher: Energy Efficiency” and “Best Young Researcher: Biomass”

The best contributions will be honoured with the awards “Best Young Researcher: Biomass” and the “Best Young Researcher: Energy Efficiency”. The researchers will each receive 1,000 Euro as prize money. The winners will be selected from the oral presenters.

Further information:
www.young-researchers.eu
 T: +43-732-7720-14386
[email protected]

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Partner search: regional planning and project development centre

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The region of Usak (TR) and its regional development agency ZDA are looking for an EU partner region to establish a Regional Planning and Development Center.

The region is looking for EU co-applicants to establish a high level cooperation within the Project. All the costs of the project will be covered by EU and ZDA. Several activities will be carried out to share our experiences in the fields of;

–  Developing and implementing regional policies and strategic projects
–  Ensuring cooperation and coordination among regional stakeholders
–  Establishing new networks and getting involved in networks
–  EU policies and funding
–  Regional databases for networking and information dissemination.

 

Contact information:

Zafer Development Agency
Cumhuriyet Mah. Öncü Sok. No:39 Merkez – Kütahya – TURKEY
Tel: +(90) 274 271 77 61
Fax: +(90) 274 271 77 63
http://www.zafer.org.tr
[email protected]

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Regions on their way to integrated e-care

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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, a second group of regions is using the tools and experiences developped in the project to prepare for future deployment. This second group is open for any AER member region and is therefore constantly growing. Aimed at providing partners with concrete added value, the SmartCare General Assembly on 17-18th June in Belgrade (RS) featured a series of workshops on cost-benefits analysis, legal and etical aspects, the collaboration with suppliers, enrolment, skills education and training, and stakeholders and management support.

About SmartCare
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Promote your inclusive education and/or ICT projects

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Zero Project launches call for nominations on Inclusive education and/or ICTs

Education is the fundamental process by which societies transmit their accumulated information and knowledge, in which Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play an increasingly important role.

Hence, the Zero Project 2016 is focusing on Inclusive education and/or ICTs, and our call for nominating innovative practices and policies has just been launched!

Any type of inclusive education project or policy can be nominated, from any field of education (formal, non-formal and informal) and any level of education (early childhood care and education; primary, secondary and tertiary education; vocational training; adult education and lifelong learning), including those innovations that facilitate the transition from segregation and integration to inclusion.

As well, any possible type of ICT can be nominated, such as: apps, software, websites and the internet in general, computers, telephony, ATMs, maps, television, voting machines, electronic kiosks, public displays, or consumer devices with digital interfaces.

You know about an outstanding practice or policy? Nominate it!

Submitting a nomination is easy: Read the instructions, complete the nomination form (available in other languages by June 26th) and then send the nomination form to: [email protected] by July 27, 2015 (23:59 CET).

Submit your application here

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Mutual learning, innovation and co-creation

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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 of the project. The visible outputs are a series of roadmaps, which set out milestones and a calendar to support the uptake of innovative solutions for active and healthy ageing in Europe. But beyond that, the project managed to bring together worlds which rarely meet. The mutual learning and co-creation process which followed is bound to last and this is the real legacy of ENGAGED.

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Second Multiplier event on preventing school dropout

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16-17 April 2015, Ostfold (NO) – partners of the Joint Efforts to Combat School Dropout (JET CD) project met in Norway for their second myltiplyer event. 30 participants from the partner organisations and from different organisations from the region attended the event.

They shared their second intellectual outputs; joint methodologies to prevent dropout by cross sectorial cooperation with the invited local and regional stakeholders from Ostfold County. They also discussed the results of the partnership with the participants from the view of local and regional context in Ostfold in order to exchange and increase knowledge and experiences between five different European counties. The dissemination event continued the next day when the partnership visited an upper secondary school and discussed the subject with invited researchers from the university in the field of early school leaving.

Photos are available on the AER Facebook page

Conference documents:

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Output documents:

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JET-CD project page and outputs

Erasmus+ website

 

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Joint methodology to prevent dropout by cross sectoral cooperation

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In the framework of the Joint Effort To Combat Dropout  (Erasmus+) project, partners have published their second intellectual output.

You can find below the reports of the partner regions (Hampshire-UK, Tulcea-RO, Catalunya-ES and Ostfold-NO) to get a grasp of the regional perspective:

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JET-CD project page and outputs

Erasmus+ website

 

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First Multiplier event on preventing school dropout

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16-17 December 2014, Barcelona (ES) – Following the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ project JET CD in Västernorrland in September 2014, the first multiplier event was organised by the region of Catalunya in December last year. 37 participants from the partner organisations and from different organisations from the region attended this event. The project partners had an opportunity to discuss with the stakeholders the activities and good practices that developed in the region. In addition to the theoretical aspects, the project members visited the “El Llindar” premises, an educational foundation which works in close collaboration with the regional authorities to develop practical solutions for combating dropouts.

The first intellectual outputs, the analysis report of each region, including the national and regional policy context, the overview of the compulsory educational system and some concrete actions to combat dropouts were presented and discussed during the meeting.

The JET CD project is carried out in simultaneously with the existing AER working group on ‘School Drop-Out’ which started its work in 2013. Both will benefit from and feed into each other’s expertise.

Photos are available on the AER Facebook page

Conference documents:

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Output documents:

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JET-CD project page and outputs

Erasmus+ website

 

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Analysis reports on dropout in the regional context

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In the framework of the Joint Effort To Combat Dropout  (Erasmus+) project, partners (Hampshire-UK, Tulcea-RO, Västernorrland-SE, Ostfold-NO, Catalunya-ES) have published their first intellectual output.

You can find below the reports of the partner regions to get a grasp of the regional perspective:

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JET-CD project page and outputs

Erasmus+ website

 

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Kick-off meeting of the “Joint Efforts to Combat Dropout” project

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11-12 September 2014, Västernorrland (SE) – The project “Joint Efforts to Combat Dropout” (JET CD), co-financed by the Erasmus+ programme, was launched in September 2014. 15 partner representatives from the partnership attended this event.

The meeting aimed to confirm the project application, set up the management, agree on the communication and dissemination strategy and discuss the means and tools of implementation. The aim of the Kick off meeting was also to learn about each other’s organization and confirm its role and responsibility to achieve the project objectives.

Agenda 

11 September

13:30-15:00 Presentation of each partner organisation by its participant focused on its role and contribution to the project (10 minutes per organisation)

15:00-18:00 Confirm the project

a) Aim and objectives of the project
b) Implementation: activities and outputs
c) Time schedule of the implementation
d) The management of the project

19:00 Dinner

12 September

08:30-12:00 Means and tools of implementation

a) The project budget and the eligibility rules of the Erasmus+ program
b) Communication and dissemination strategies
c) Partner agreement

Photos of the event are available on the AER Facebook page

Meeting documents:

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Links

JET-CD project page and outputs

Erasmus+ website

 

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Innovation in integrated care: start now!

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Some 80 people met in Kent (GB) for an ENGAGED workshop on 3 June 2014 on innovation in integrated care around the world. Two topics of the day: the integrated care approach and the impact that innovation hubs can have.

Members of the audience discussed assessment procedures, the patient experience and how people may need to be supported in learning to use technologies. Many issues highlighted are organisational, but – whatever the challenges – speakers were keen to advocate “start now!”. This is also why AER is engaged in both the SmartCare and the Engaged projects, which provide regional stakeholders with tools and more importantly, concrete support, to start the journey.

Learn more about the ENGAGED network !

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SmartCare General Assembly & CRB workshop: AER supports regions on the path of integrated e-care

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At the 2014 eHealth Forum event, representatives from 22 European regions gathered in Athens (GR) for the Annual General Assembly of SmartCare, a CIP ICT-PSP project, with the objective of defining and deploying ICT-based integrated care pathways to facilitate the delivery of more efficient care to older European citizens.

As both project partner and manager of the SmartCare Committed Regions Board (CRB), AER organized within this framework a mutual-learning workshop to support regions in implementing of ICT-based integrated care services. Based on a peer review approach, the workshop encouraged participating regions to analyse their current care system characteristics and weaknesses, identify common obstacles and discuss potential solutions to improve the integration of care.

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For a Smarter Europe

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From 19 to 21 April, the SMART EUROPE INTERREG IVC project partners gathered in Manchester (UK) in order to exchange and discuss on how to build dynamic business environments and nourish open innovation. Led by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), good practices from Avila (ES), Flevoland (NL) and Manchester (UK) were presented: the creation of clusters, the benefits of interregional cooperation, and the need for an integrated strategy on innovation were all put forward as ways to push for the creation of jobs in the innovation sector. Regions were also invited to use the MMU Action Learning technique to tackle issues related to the implementation of the recommendations of the Regional Peer Reviews hosted last year, in order to effectively improve policies in the employment sector.

Finally, the date of the project’s final conference was announced: join the Smart Europe Team in Flevoland (NL) on 3-4 November on the path to a Smarter Europe!

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