This tag is for all posts relating to Research & development.

A peer review service tailor-made for regions

22 March, 2021 By Johanna Pacevicius

The Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform offers a free on-demand peer review service, where a two-day knowledge-exchange experience can be designed to advise on a region’s policy frameworks. This service ... Read More

Call for Proposals: Research & Innovation Projects in response to COVID-19

23 April, 2020 By Aurelien Godin

If you are an organisations interested in submitting research and innovation proposals in response to short to medium-term COVID-19 specific needs in Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Spain and ... Read More

New project on connecting local governments & research communities: do you wish to join it?

20 April, 2018 By Agnese Pantaloni

AER Secretariat wish to share with the entire network an interesting project proposal that HESAM University in cooperation with the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region is developing within the 4th call for proposals of ... Read More

Policy learning event on research and innovation and SME competitiveness

18 September, 2017 By Editor

Don’t miss the #policylearning event in Milan organised by the Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform. The two day networking conference will be a unique opportunity to learn about the latest developments ... Read More

Committee 1 debates artificial intelligence

11 September, 2017 By Editor

On the occasion of AER 2017 Autumn Plenaries, Committee 1 will host a debate on Artificial Intelligence. Proposed by Jean-Luc Vanraes, President of the AER Committee on Regional Developpement and ... Read More

JPICH Digital Heritage: Looking for a research lab?

9 June, 2017 By Editor

As we approach the European Year of Cultural Heritage, AER and its members have been active and creative in engaging culture-focused projects. Mesarch, a research laboratory dealing with the history and ... Read More

Call for expressions of interest for third call of Interreg Europe

28 February, 2017 By Editor

We are pleased to share with you that the next edition of the interregional cooperation forum, Europe, let’s cooperate, will be held on 22-23 March 2017 in Malta by Interreg Europe. ... Read More

A recognition of excellence

15 December, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

The 2016 European Summit on Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing was an opportunity to highlight the excellent initiatives from regions across Europe. The Summit brought together diverse stakeholders to ... Read More

E-health: the future of healthcare!

28 November, 2016 By Editor

The new era of technology has opened a way to build an innovative system of healthcare, the so called e-health. It’s not only about technological improvements, the way of thinking ... Read More

Time to Make the EU’s Single Market Fit for the Digital Age

25 April, 2016 By Editor

Digitalization Transforms Our world On 21 of April, Press Club Europe Brussels hosted the European Confederation of Directors Associations – ecoDa 2016 Annual Conference. The theme of the conference was ... Read More

Mutual learning can solve the geek gap and much more

21 October, 2014 By Johanna Pacevicius

Solutions for an age-friendly society require the collaboration of stakeholders, which are often not used to work together. IT developers and businesses may have very different ways of looking at ... Read More

What has become of them? Former winners of AER Innovation Award!

6 November, 2013 By Johanna Pacevicius

Health care in Noord-Brabant (NL), cluster policy in Lower-Austria (A), youth entrepreneurship in Wielkopolska (PL), Industrial policy in Västra Götaland (S), open innovation in Tampere (FIN), public sector modernisation in ... Read More

European Clusters and Regions for Eco-Innovation Network Plus

9 November, 2011 By Editor

In Krakow, eco-tourism goes hand in hand with eco-innovation Krakow, Malopolska (PL), 9 November 2011 How can eco-tourism contribute to an innovative regional development strategy? This question was at ... Read More

From “Subsidiarity is a word” to Cyber-subsidiarity

26 August, 2011 By Editor

Almere, Flevoland (NL), 26 August 2011 [Subsidiarity]: “Principle according to which decisions should be taken as closely to citizens as possible.” For the Assembly of European Regions (AER), the defence ... Read More

A huge “Yes” to electric vehicles! The AER evaluates the framework and conditions for their roll out

30 June, 2011 By Editor

Brussels (B), 30 June 2011. The ‘Energy and Climate Change’ working group of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) met today to discuss both the opportunities and the challenges presented ... Read More