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Optimum healthcare for every child

27 June, 2018 By Editor

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. Right from the start AER therefore set up a Focus Group on Child Health Care under the leadership of Dr Marta Tatar which aimed at following the project closely and channel findings to AER members in a continuous way. In this context the Focus Group met on the occasion of the 2016 Spring plenaries in Timis (RO) to hear about the ambitions of the MOCHA project and how the consortium would be operating to evaluate the different models of child health care in Europe.

As a result of its engagement in the project, AER was able to provide feedback on findings from the consortium and develop its network of potential project partners. AER Coordinator for Policy & Knowledge Transfer Johanna Pacevicius participated in the MOCHA annual general meeting and the advisory board meeting in Riga on 23-26 October 2017 to contribute to the project’s work and gather content for the work of the AER Committees.

The participation in MOCHA prove instrumental in the AER work on health innovation ecosystems. MOCHA researchers have contributed to several AER events and activities, in particular:

  • A workshop on stakeholder mapping for the developement of health innovation ecosystems was conducted during the AER autumn plenaries in Izmir (TR), together with Prof. Mitch Blair, project coordinator, from the Imperial College of London ;
  • Prof Michael Rigby spoke about “The Informal and Formal Virtual Care Team – Consent, Trust and Enablement in a Digital World” during the 2017 Artic Light E-health Conference  in Nordbotten (S).
  • AER organised a workshop on harnessing the potential of social capital for integrated care systems together with Prof Michael Rigby at the ALEC 2017 conference.
  • AER members exchanged with Dr Paul Kocken and Dr Maria Brenner on youth mental health in the framework of the development of an interregionnal project on this topic.

In 2017 AER published an update on the progress of the MOCHA project, one year later it is time to look at achievements.

Gathering & analysing data on child healthcare

During its second year of research, the MOCHA consortium started to gather and analyse their initial results on a variety of topics such as:

  • E-Health Policy for Children
  • Integration of health and social care for children with complex health conditions
  • Harmonisation of child health care in Europe
  • Child Migrant Health Policy
  • Measurement of the Strength of Children’s Primary Care
  • Equity in primary care health systems for children
  • Innovative measures of quality of care and outcomes of child primary care models

This was a particularly busy, fascinating and complex time, as they began to disseminate their initial findings, in numerous conferences and events and test theories with a number of different stakeholder groups. Primary care services for children are multidisciplinary, ever changing and very much based in the communities they serve. The project’s work packages are therefore working in multidisciplinary ways in order to really understand the different health systems in the European Union and EEA countries. At the same time, the MOCHA team have been discussing how these results are shaping the project’s ultimate aim of appraising the models of primary care to children.

Now in the final months of the project, the focus is on organising and analysing the results, not least the vast amount of data received from the MOCHA country agents. The consortium is also working on identifying health outcome measures to compare with the project results, and wrestling with the inevitable data challenges that anyone working on children’s public health will be familiar with.

The MOCHA team is already busy developing conclusions and disseminating results as well as forming productive relationships with other EU projects and the World Health Organisation, to spread the knowledge learnt in MOCHA to benefit primary care for children, and ultimately improve children’s health.

The newsletter from March 2018 presents in particular an E-Book showcasing conditions for implementation of examples of best practices in primary child health care in European countries.

Final conference

The final MOCHA conference will take place in the Hague (NL) on 15-16 November 2018. This concluding event will share the headline results, introduce the formal reports, and enable stakeholder discussion on next steps after the project’s conclusion. This will include presentations on key MOCHA findings:

  • Invisibility of Children in Data and Policy Systems
  • Measurement Challenges
  • Listening to Young People
  • Vulnerable Children and Equity
  • Delivering Complex Care
  • Patients and Primary Care Interfaces
  • School and Adolescent Health Services
  • Health Workforce in Child Health
  • Education of the Child Health Workforce
  • E-Health as the Enabler
  • Optimal Service Models

The way forward for primary child healthcare Health in Europe will require understanding child-centricity, as well as bringing MOCHA results to local services and contextualising into European and Professional Initiatives

For more information about this project, visit the MOCHA webpage on the AER website or the official MOCHA  project website. It is also possible to subscribe to the MOCHA newsletter or consult previous newsletters. The project’s publications also provide invaluable insights on the different topics researched and the consortium’s findings.

 

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Join the new webinar of SEED project and discover the best solutions on silver economy from the public authorities

22 June, 2018 By Editor

The SEED project – Supporting the recognition of the Silver Economy in Europe in the Digital era – is coming to an end. The First Silver Economy Awards Ceremony successfully took place in Brussels on 3rd May and awarded 3 winners while participants could get inspired by their ideas and solutions.

Yet, SEED project is not over and it still has a lot to offer.

A new webinar

We are thus happy to share with you the 6th SEED webinar: “Discover the best solutions of Silver Economy Awards 2018- Public Authorities Category“.

On 28 June 2018, starting at 11:00 am until 12:00 pm CET, the three finalists of the Public Authorities Category will present their ideas. For those of you who did not have the chance to attend the awards ceremony nor the web stream session, this webinar will give you the opportunity to discover all three finalists. And for those of you who were there, it will be the perfect moment to learn more about them and their innovative ideas.

To register, follow this link.

Do you want to know more about SEED project?

If you want to learn more about SEED project,  you will find useful facts and data on its website.

AER Secretariat stays anyway at disposal if you wish to get in touch with us for additional information on forthcoming activities.

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Greek partner wanted for a cultural heritage project (Interreg Adrion)

13 June, 2018 By Agnese Pantaloni

The Central Europe Initiative is leading a proposal within the current call of the Interreg Adrion programme and they are looking for an additional partner from Greece to complete the consortium.

The proposal is addressed to the Specific Objective 2.1 “Promote the sustainable valorization and preservation of natural and cultural heritage as growth assets in the ADRION area”, Topic 1 “Preserve, Capitalise and Innovate cultural and Natural Heritage”, and it aims to launch the start up phase of an European Cultural Route focused on history.

The consortium is currently composed by museums, municipalities, chambers of commerce, cultural associations from Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Erzegovina, Montenegro.  A Greek partner is now searched in order to finalise the consortium.

If you are interested on this opportunity, please come back to us by 18th June (being the deadline of this call on 26th June).

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

12 June, 2018 By Editor

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 AER, having had the opportunity to closely cooperate together as on occasion of the Brokerage Event: going Green in Seventeen!

What is Blue Growth?

Blue growth is a long term strategy to support sustainable growth in the marine and maritime sector. As emphasised by one of the speakers, Claus Schultze from DG of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE), it is a broad and challenging field. It concerns every activity linked to the sea, from fishery to ocean energy.

Representing more than 5 millions jobs in the European Union, it can be an economic asset for European regions, especially in emerging sectors, such as marine renewable energy.

What is going on?

During the event, we had the opportunity to discover 5 projects.

  • The University of Cantabria (ES) is designing a project within the Horizon 2020 call Multi-use of marine space, offshore and near-shore: pilot demonstrators, which aims at developing a pilot test of a multi-use marin space scheme where aquaculture and marine energy are co-located. You can find more information on their presentation;
  • The second pitch was about energy efficient small boats. The Advanced Aerodynamic Vessels enterprise creates boats for 20-60 passengers which needs half the fuel of a small boat. Furthermore, they are looking for partners to develop cleaner motorisations and maritime drones;
  • Blue Ocean World Cruises and Eco Sail the World presented us the blue ocean project, which is a catamaran made out of ecological materials, which are recyclables. Thus the boat is eco-friendly;
  • Okahina wave introduced the first artificial and eco-friendly ecological surf wave during their presentation;
  • Last but not least, ERRIN Blue Growth Working Group gave an overview of projects to tackle the poor situation small harbours are facing nowadays, because of the competition with bigger harbour. One of this project will be submitted under INTERREG Sudoe and aims at developing an innovation network on regional and local business. It would focus on advance tech products and services while generating the hybridisation with the traditional coastal industries.

Funding opportunities

Given the high number of sectors blue growth covers, a lot of funding opportunities can be found. Here are few examples that can be interesting for you:

  • Within Horizon 2020 Food Security Work Programme, we can mention the call on Sustainable European aquaculture 4.0: nutrition and breeding but also the call for proposal Coordination of marine and maritime research and innovation in the Black Sea
  • Within the Transport programme, there is a call on Moving freight by Water: Sustainable Infrastructure and Innovative Vessels
  • Currently DG MARE has one call for proposals opens, entitled “Preparatory actions – Common curriculum for skippers of small commercial vessels“

If you want to learn more about blue growth, we invite you to have a look at the various presentations delivered that you can find here.

If you would like to design a project within this area or if you have stakeholders in your region who could be interested by this opportunity, please do not hesitate to contact AER Secretariat.

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Partners wanted to exchange on supporting SMEs to benefit from digital innovation

11 June, 2018 By Editor

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 to enhance internationalisation”, aims to improve response from public entities in the face on new electronic documents and digital processes related to import-export operations and intra-community goods transport.

Managing authorities and intermediate bodies that manage structural funds usually implement programmes and services that support SMEs internationalization. The project’s objective is to establish an exchange of knowledge between partners and relevant stakeholders which usually implement programmes and services that support SMEs’ internationalisation. In particular, the project aims at understanding how support programmes could be improved with new actions with regard to three digital innovation in order to reduce the administrative burden or simplify freight and transport information exchange and on the other side how managing authorities and intermediate bodes can also benefit from the new digital technologies.

The three selected digital innovations that will be targeted within the project are:

  • e-invoicing
  • open data and open sources of knowledge
  • blockchain

If you are a public authority or a private organisation interested to develop a project which will help SMEs to better benefit from and use digital innovation through cooperation between public and private sector, please come back to us before 15 June 2018 as the deadline to submit the project is 22 June 2018.

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Interested in collaborating with Castilla y León, Spain on innovative financing for social services?

1 June, 2018 By Agnese Pantaloni

Gerencia de Servicios Sociales de Castilla y León, which is the Public Body competent on Social Services in the region of Castilla y León (Spain), is searching an additional partner for the project proposal they are developing within the IV Call of the Interreg Europe Programme.

The project aims at helping regional and local governments across Europe to develop and deliver better societal impact policies. It is set to drive societal impact by accelerating Social Impact Investments (SII) and it focuses especially on Social Impact Bonds (SIB). By learning from the most advanced/experienced regions that have already implemented SIBs in their territories, other regions in Europe can start testing the validity of this novel instrument and, if successful, induce a policy change to improve regional policy instruments.

Is it the area of inter-regional cooperation on innovative financing for social services something that you are interested to work on? Do you wish to focus on SIBs to finance societal? If so, you can canditate to join this project!

The ideal partner should be public administrations (preferable regional ones) with great interest in Social Impact Bonds (SIBs), mainly in social services or healthcare areas, able to influence their Structural Funds programmes (ERDF/ESF), especially those under the Investment for Growth and Jobs goal, on the topic of innovation.

If this is you and this proposal raises your attention, please get in contact with us by 7th June at the latest.

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Regions wanted to uptake a new co-creational model for the health sector

28 May, 2018 By Editor

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 regional funds. It is aimed to increase the capacity of health entities to identify and solve their needs, while creating opportunities for private companies.

Why is this interesting for regions?

Within this project, a inDemand community is to be created and the project partners (Murcia – ES, Paris – FR and Oulu – FI) are looking for 12 regions who are interested to uptake the created and validated co-creational inDemand model for the health sector.

Regions who join the community will have the opportunity to learn how to develop the innovation they need and use public fund. They will receive a free training to learn how to use the inDemand model. Plus accommodation and transport cost are covered.

How to benefit of this training?

To be one of the selected regions, a regional consortium has to be established. This consortium should be composed by the following actors:

  • challenger:  which can be public entities, health care providers that identify the unmet needs and then co-create the solution with the solvers; 
  • funder public: fund management organisation,s managing authorities, usually managing Structural Funds at regional level. They launch the competitive call to identify the solvers; 
  • supporter: business intermediary organisations, clusters that provide assistance to optimise the business model, access to funding and the commercialisation.

The deadline to fill and submit the application form is 31 August 2018.

You can find more information regarding the inDemand community and the application procedures here.

A webinar is taking place on 11 June 2018 to know more about the application form and the inDemand community. For all of you who are interested by this opportunity, we strongly advice you to register to it.

If you are interested by this opportunity, please do not hesitate to contact AER Secretariat.

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Culture & Transports, what else?

24 May, 2018 By Editor

Because of the challenges they represent, but also thanks to the opportunities they can bring, culture and transport are two high topics on AER’s agenda and for many European regions.

This is why we would like to update you on what has been done and to provide you some inputs on the opportunities that can arise and on what can be done.

What has been done so far?

*Culture

In Nancy Committees plenaries, culture was a hot topic. A breakfast briefing on the role regions can play for the development of culture as well as the influence of culture for regional development was conducted. The regions shared also their experiences on this topic. Furthermore, a debate was held on culture and digitalisation, with a key question: what effects, either positive or negative, digitalisation can have on culture?  Funding opportunities were also displayed.

The region of Gävleborg (SE) has shared with other regions the Virtual Reality Project, which aims at using its exceptional cultural heritage, as well as enhancing its recognition by citizens to promote an inclusive society. Cultural heritage will be displayed to citizens through tasting, hearing of musing. Within this project, cultural heritage is made accessible to the greatest number, and awareness is raised thanks to seminars.

*Transport

Regarding transport, the AER Working Group on Transport & Mobility  is particularly active and has joined the New Mobility Service Initiatives of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities. It supports the cooperation of cities and private organisms on urban transport to foster the creation of an open and collaborative marketplace for new mobility services in Europe. At the Spring Plenaries in London, a briefing breakfast on Urban Mobility has been conducted, which gives insight on urban transport policy in some cities, and the challenges they face regarding multi-modality, new transport services, among others.

Let’s keep going with these topics

2018 is the Year of Cultural Heritage, so in the following months, culture will continue to be resolutely linked with heritage. AER is already really committed. Thus, the theme of 2018 Summer Academy, which will take place in Maramures (RO), is Cultural Heritage for Regional Attractiveness.

Transport is an on-going topic and the Working Group on Transport continues to be active. It is involved in the REFIT project, which has recently been submitted. This project will led to the creation of a user-friendly governance tool facilitating regulatory processes to support the deployment of innovative transport technologies and services in the EU while carefully considering concerns and expectations of citizens and users.

We invite you to look at funding opportunities to design projects on those fields if they are of interest for you regions. Here are examples we have selected for you:

  • The Interreg Adrion has launched its second call for proposal, and offers opportunities on the topic of cultural heritage. The deadline to submit project is 26 June 2018.
  • Interreg Europe has launched its fourth call for proposals. The priorities include culture, especially the protection and promotion of natural and cultural heritage and transport, for example through the promotion of sustainable multi-modal urban mobility. The deadline to submit project is 22 June 2018.
  • Likewise, the Urban Innovative Action (UIA) will launch its 4th call on October 2018. One of the topic is “digital transition” and it takes into consideration sustainable urban mobility.

If you want to know more on culture and transport or would like to develop project on these topics, please do not hesitate to contact the AER Secretariat.

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

23 May, 2018 By Agnese Pantaloni

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 policy makers in the optimal planning and more effective and sustainable deployment of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) at regional level by taking account of relevant bio-geophysical data, socio-economic aspects and legal information. This tool will be based on a detailed information of the territory (downscaled climate and weather data, geomorphological data, land use, etc.), and it will be also able to predict the peak in the power generation and consumption from the (1-5 day) weather forecast data. The tool will be tested in three very different EU pilot areas.

The lead partner aims at composing a wide EU and extra-EU partnership (academia, business and institutional bodies) in order to cover all the type of energy sources (geothermic, hydropower, biomass, solar photovoltaic, etc.) and he is looking for an additional region to join the consortium. This region will have the opportunity to be one of the three pilot areas of the project (specifically on off-shore energy) besides Marche Region (Italy) and Hungary , having the possibility to involve the relevant regional actors.

 If you are interested to join this project or to ask additional information, please come back to us by 30th May.

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Internship on EU projects & funding at AER Brussels Office (CLOSED)

23 May, 2018 By Editor

Are you willing to learn and to be part of the team working on EU projects for the largest independent political network of regions in Europe?

We are looking for an intern to join the Project Unit at our Brussels Office, supervised by the European Projects & Private Partnerships coordinator.

Your main tasks will be:

  • Mapping calls for proposals and collecting information on funding (both based on desk research and by participating to relevant events as Info Days on funding programmes)
  • Writing articles on the results of your mapping as well as on running projects and activities
  • Supporting AER’s projects team in its partner searches and follow-ups with its members
  • Contributing to the implementation of ongoing projects for all concerning activities and finances
  • Providing inputs in terms of drafting documents to join new project proposals

Finally, the intern will assist the team in general office management tasks.

This is who we are

Here are some things that make great working with us:

  • We are a team where everybody is treated equally
  • We are a very great team, with awesome people on board
  • What we do is super cool: who could be against helping people across Europe to work together?
  • It is a place for personal growth. As you get to work with so many very different people with different backgrounds your horizon widens and you change
  • We use cloud-based team collaboration tools, which allow us to keep in close contact despite frequent travels and different locations. Such tools are also super useful for community building.

 This is the best place for you if…

  • You have any knowledge or previous experience in European project management and funding.
  • You have excellent knowledge of both oral and written English. Knowledge of any other European languages is considered as a useful asset of your work here.
  • You are self-motivated and have interest in helping people to work together on tackling challenges.
  • You are able to perform tasks autonomously and take responsibilities as well as to coordinate your work with the rest of the team.
  • You are a creative and problem-solving oriented person.

AER is happy to offer you the opportunity to:

  • Gain a practical experience in the field of projects funded by European programmes.
  • Be in contact with high ranking politicians, project officers and partners across Europe and get inspired by them.
  • Learn about regions and get a deeper insight into current European political issues
  • Work in a dynamic, multinational and multicultural environment
  • Develop personal responsibility and initiative
  • Gain invaluable experience in an international professional environment

The internship period will be of 6 months, starting at the end of August/beginning of September.

From your arrival onward, you will be considered as full team member.

Before applying, please keep in mind…

A contract for internship must be signed by AER, the trainee and the sending University/School/Institute.

You will receive a monthly financial contribution of EUR 150 during your internship period. Travel and living costs must be covered by the intern.

If you are a citizen of a non-EU country, you will have to make sure that you meet all the legal requirements (visa, residence permit, etc) to stay in Brussels as specified by the Belgian Law for foreigners. Health insurance must be ensured during your stay.

How to apply?

If you are interested in joining us and making AER your next professional experience, please send your CV and cover letter to Marie Daviet at her email address [email protected] by 20 June h 12:00 CET, with email subject “AER European Projects Intern”.

Interviews will take place between end of June/beginning of July.

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Policy responses to EU tourism’s challenges

8 May, 2018 By Editor

Tourism is an important economic sector for most of our member regions, and the call for partners of the Municipality of Pescocostanzo in Abruzzo (IT) is a good example.

Yet current trends, either economic, social or ecological, impact touristic development’s possibilities and represent a challenge for European regions especially those who depend heavily on this sector.

The European Parliament has issued a briefing on Major Challenges for EU tourism and policy responses. It provides useful information regarding these challenges, their impact on tourism in Europe through numerous data and policies implemented to help tourist sector. Furthermore, funding opportunities and their possible use for tourism-related activities are listed in this briefing.

It brings new information and perspective and thus complete the Guide on EU funding for the tourism sector

Here is the briefing from the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS):

Major challenges for EU tourism and policy response

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Good practices on refugees and disability inspired AMiD project

2 May, 2018 By Luca Magri

Refugees and asylum seekers with disabilities is the main target of AMiD project. Started on January 2018, the project team is working on the development of the main project output, the Need Assessment Tool – NAT. The lack of tool and procedures to support refugees and asylum seekers with disabilities with the right actions and services is the challenge that AMiD wants to face. The second project meeting was focused on the preparation of the Need Assessment Tool – NAT. The meeting was also the opportunity to present good practices among the project partners, as way to pave a useful, sustainable and successful Need Assessment Tool – NAT.

AER already shared successful programmes to improve the refugees situation. During the meeting two good practices became particularly important. The first one is a web platform by ARCI, Italian association, where services offered to asylum seekers and international and humanitarian protection holders are reported on a country map. The second is a set of questions developed by the Washington Group of Disability Statistics to help to detect disabilities.

The JUMA Refugees Map Services: more that a web tool

The JUMA web tool answered to the gap of putting together all the players involved in the refugees work, from the refugees themselves to the volunteers organisations passing by NGOs and public institutions. The project was developed by ARCI in collaboration with UNHCR. The web tool was launched at the beginning of 2018. As disclaimed on the website, JUMA objective is to gather in a national map of the country all the information to services that already exists.

Services are clustered on seven groups of fundamental needs expressed by refugees and international and humanitarian protection holders: where to sleep, where to find legal assistance, where to find health care, where to find psycho-social assistance, where to find a language school. All those services are showed on a map of the country, with single boxes for each office to provide more information on the single service like contacts or a description of what is offered.

JUMA is not only a web platform. ARCI provides a telephone line dedicated to both: those who are looking for services and those that are offering ones. This is a way to be closer to refugees and a strategy to increase the number of organisations registered on the map. Refugees received the information on JUMA at their arrival on the hot spots, while organisations were informed of the project via a national campaign. The telephone line and the website are proposed in the several languages.

The Washington Group Set of Questions on Disability

The Washington Short Set was originally set to identify and record in statistics figures of people with disabilities. The set of questions  does not identify particular health conditions or diagnostic categories but rather captures the possible impact of these conditions on functional abilities. The human right approach of the set based on the UN CRPD, Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is in line with AMiD values. Even the set was developed for a statistic purpose, the set of questions can fit different uses.

The questions ask whether people have difficulty performing six basic universal activities: walking, seeing, hearing, cognition, self-care and communication. The questions were not designed to measure all aspects of difficulty experienced by people, but rather those domains of functioning that are likely to identify a majority of people at risk of participation restrictions.

There are more set of questions available. There is a short set and other tailored for children (different sets for different ages). Where more information about disability is required, the Extended Set on Functioning is available to address in more detail the case.

A final word

JUMA is not an acronym neither a fancy project name. Juma is a name in urdu, the name of a young Afghan refugee, who travelled and staid in Greek and Italian camps. Once in Italy, he obtained the refugee status and the reunification with his family thanks the collaboration of different organisations. Inspired by this story, the platform linking those involved in the field made a tribute to this successful case choosing his name.

 

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Interreg Europe launches its 4th call for proposals: useful information & tips!

20 April, 2018 By Editor

We are happy to share with you that the Interreg Europe has launched its 4th call for proposals. A webinar took place on the 13 April and various national info days will be conducted. For those of you who are interested but cannot attend the info days, here are some useful information and tips.

What is it about?

The 4th call for proposals concerns the 4 issues tackled by the programme, namely:

  • Research and innovation
  • SME competitiveness
  • Low-carbon economy
  • Environment and resource efficiency

This is the 4th call, which means that already a lot of projects have been approved and are implemented or are to be implemented. In order to maximise your chances to have your project selected, look at what has been done and distinguish yourself.

Plus, some areas have not been well covered so far and could be interesting to take into consideration : water quality, waste management and renewable energy. From the networking session following the webinar, there is an interest for these topics, as well as for heritage, both cultural and industrial. Here you can look for ideas and partners.

Useful information

The call opens on the 7 May 2018 and the deadline to submit project proposal is 22 June 2018, noon.

The application pack has been published as well as instructions on the procedures, please refer to them in order to well prepare and submit your project proposal.

The project implementation has to take place in two distinct phases. The first phase must focus on the interregional learning process, through exchange of experience, communication and dissemination and management and coordination. The second phase must monitor the action plan implementation, that is to say checking the extent to which the measures described in the action plans are implemented or gathering evidence of success for example.

More useful information for those who are ready to apply

In March 2023 all projects have to be closed. As a result, phase 2 will last only one year.

A proper geographic coverage is necessary. Regions have been divided in 4 zones. Each partnership needs to consist of partners from at leat 3 zones. Moreover, regions who have not taken part in projects so far are more than welcomed. A list of these regions is available on the Interreg Europe website.

For further information, please check the call for proposals.

If you are interested by the call and want to get engaged in projects, do not hesitate to contact the AER Secretariat.

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New call for proposals on social inclusion through education

11 April, 2018 By Editor

Aware of the interesting funding opportunities the Erasmus+ programme offers to regions, AER is always happy to share new calls. And here it is a new call under Key Action 3 Support for policy reform.

What is it about?

“Social Inclusion and Common Values: the Contribution in the Field of Education, Training and Youth” is the new call for proposals under the KA3. Two general objectives are targeted and one of them has to be addressed by the project:

  • the dissemination and/or the scaling up of good practices and/or the promotion of common values
  • the development and implementation of innovative methods and practices to foster inclusive education/youth environments and promote common values in specific contexts.

Practical information

Project must be submitted before 22 May 2018 13:00 (CET, Brussels time).

An Information Day is organised on the 16 April 2018. It is web streamed. We strongly advice those of you who are interested by this call to register; you will gain valuable information regarding the call and the submission process.

For further information, please check the call for proposals.

If you are interested by the call and want to get engaged in projects, do not hesitate to contact the AER Secretariat.

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Interreg Adrion: 2nd call for proposals is open

10 April, 2018 By Editor

AER continues its effort in looking for opportunities within the Adriatic Ionian area having many regions that belong to this territory. After providing information on the first call for proposals of the Interreg Adrion, we are now happy to share with you that the Interreg Adrion has launched its new call for proposals.

What is it about?

The second call for proposals will focus on the second priority axis, namely “Sustainable regions“, which encompasses:

  • the promotion of the sustainable valorisation and preservation of natural and cultural heritage as growth assets in the Adrion area
  • the enhancement of the capacity in transnationally tackling vulnerability, fragmentation and safe-guarding of ecosystems services in the Adrion area.

Practical information

The second call is open from 26 March 2018 to 26 June 2018.

A launch event will take place in Zagreb (HR) on 24 April 2018. We strongly advice all of you who are interesting to submit a project proposal to take part in it. Registration is open until 19 April 2018. The event will give you valuable information about the call and the submission process. On top of that there will be national info days organised by the programme.

The eligible areas are regions belonging to Croatia, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia.

For further information, please check the call for proposal.

If you are interested by the call and want to get engaged in projects, do not hesitate to contact the AER Secretariat.

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