This is the tag for all posts relating to Innovation.

A down to earth conference on the use of Space for economic growth

28 May, 2015 By Editor

NEREUS Space4growth and Jobs Conference In 2014, the European space systems Galileo and Copernicus (the European Earth Observation program) entered the stage of operability, providing free access to space-based data ... 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

Regions are leaders of change and innovation

27 April, 2015 By Editor

Nicolas Bouzou is a French economist born in 1976. He founded Asterès, a consultancy firm, in 2006. He is Director of Studies in the MBA Law & Management program at the University ... Read More

The potential of young SMEs for economic growth

28 December, 2014 By Editor

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Making Public Sector Innovation a Reality

17 December, 2014 By Editor

The political discussion at the heart of the fall Bureau in Ankara from 15-17 December focussed on public sector innovation. At a time when governments are faced with tightened public ... Read More

Smart Europe project: final video

28 November, 2014 By Editor

SMART EUROPE was a project based on the concept that smart and targeted regional policies and interventions can be designed to boost the employment directly in the regional innovation-based sectors. ... Read More

What would Facebook do if they were responsible for the elderly care in your area?

26 November, 2014 By Editor

The Engaged network organised a multi-centered workshop during the annual symposium of the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL). The event convened various experts linked through video conferencing in Brussels (BE), ... Read More

Be smart, be innovative, and you will create sustainable jobs!

3 November, 2014 By Editor

Almere, Flevoland (NL), 4 November 2014 Today, the partners of the SMART EUROPE and GreenInfranet projects – INTERREG IVC – met for a joint final conference gathering over 160 participants, where ... Read More

Helping SMEs to survive: a Belgian initiative

2 November, 2014 By Editor

The Assembly of European Regions, together with finance.Brussels, the Region of Brussels-Capital and Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), will organise a seminar in Brussels on 20 November about “Investing in SMEs – How to meet ... Read More

Seminar on integrated care systems

22 October, 2014 By Johanna Pacevicius

During the seminar we aimed to explore the topics of independence and inclusion specifically. The event was an opportunity to attain significant information on the implementation of Ehealth practices, share ... Read More

World Health and Design Forum

22 October, 2014 By Editor

On 22 October in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant (NL), at the occasion of the World Health and Design Forum, AER organised an event focusing on regional politicians’ involvement in the implementation of ... Read More

Ambient Assisted Living: all regions are needed on board!

1 October, 2014 By Johanna Pacevicius

Bucharest (RO), 11 September 2014 On the occasion of the AAL Forum in Bucharest, the Assembly of European Regions (AER), the Community of Regions for Assisted Living (CORAL) and the ... Read More

Diversity to fuel peace and growth

22 August, 2014 By Editor

AER Summer Academy 2014 Novi Sad, AP Vojvodina (RS), 22 August 2014 What a better place than the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (RS) to hold the Assembly of European Regions’ ... Read More

Innovation in integrated care: start now!

19 June, 2014 By Editor

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 ... Read More