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EEA and Norway Grant: an all new fund for interregional cooperation

20 February, 2018 By Luca Magri

AER has been looking closely to the EEA and Norway Grant since a long time ago. This grant proposes fundings on topics of interest for AER members, such as civic ... Read More

AER: Working to Improve European Transportation Systems

20 February, 2018 By Editor

AER is excited to announce it will be attending the ACI Europe’s 11th Annual Regional Airports’ Conference and Exhibition in Naples, Italy. Mr. Roger Esterfors, the expert on regional airports ... Read More

Interreg NWE Project Ideas Lab: call for registration

8 February, 2018 By Agnese Pantaloni

The Interreg North West Europe organises a transnational Project Ideas Lab on the 28th of February in London! This event is specifically aimed at prospective applicants and will be structured around giving ... Read More

Study Visit in Gelderland on the Energy Transition

5 February, 2018 By Editor

Last spring on the occasion of the London Spring Plenaries, Committee 1 agreed to organise a study visit on the energy transition in Gelderland (NL) to share and learn from ... Read More

AER members share knowledge to improve situation for refugees in their regions

5 February, 2018 By Editor

On 24 and 25 January 2018, AER co-organised several events focusing on local and regional responses to the Syrian refugee crisis in Brussels. AER would like to thank its honorary ... Read More

Governance, a new topic for the Horizon 2020 programme

31 January, 2018 By Luca Magri

Funding Opportunity The Horizon 2020 Programme is the main source of funding to implement front running and innovative ideas. Several calls for projects pointing out governance as main topic have been published ... Read More

Work-Life balance the focus of the new EaSI call for projects

31 January, 2018 By Editor

Funding Opportunity The European Commission has made available some funds to implement the Europe 2020 strategy. The European programme for Employment and Social Innovation “EaSI” addresses social challenges tackling key ... Read More

Call for nominations: AER General Assembly and Committees 2018

26 January, 2018 By Editor

Per AER Statute and Procedures, the AER Election Committee will inventory and prepare for the elections at the General Assembly and the Committees. The time-table is as follows: AER Spring Committe ... Read More

Technology for healthy ageing in rural communities

12 January, 2018 By Johanna Pacevicius

Livestream will be available from 9:10 for the RemoAge event on innovative health and care services on Tuesday 16 January. Ageing in place in remote areas The RemoAge project addresses ... Read More

How to Write a Project Proposal: the Experts’ Top Tips

14 December, 2017 By Editor

On 20 November, during the ERRIN Projects Development Week, professor Nikolaos Floratos gave an inspiring presentation “How to Write a Successful Proposal”. Despite the presentation being focused on Horizon 2020, ... Read More

Youth and citizens, European programmes to support good ideas

14 December, 2017 By Luca Magri

The end of the year is a time for good resolutions. The AER Bureau gathered its brilliant representatives to adopt AER’s new political priorities for 2018-2019. Youth and citizenships were very ... Read More

Health and Horizon2020: a Good Match.

14 December, 2017 By Editor

On 21 November CORAL members, hosted by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region in Brussels, discussed Horizon 2020 and many project ideas. The meeting opened with a presentation of EuroScience Open ... Read More

Tailored Help for Facilitating the Digital Transformation

13 December, 2017 By Editor

With digitalisation well underway, companies are seeking to adapt themselves to the digital age giving rise to the term digital transformation. Digital transformation impacts every aspect of an organisation from ... Read More

Tackling the Ethics of AI

12 December, 2017 By Editor

During AER’s event on artificial intelligence (AI) attendees broke into five roundtable discussion groups, each addressing an area of AI important to stakeholders. The group called “AI: Towards a Soulless ... Read More

The Future of Work: Skills and Competences

11 December, 2017 By Editor