Regional strategies for economic development
AER is committed to bring support to the Regions in their economic development strategies, via the organisation of all kinds of activities in a wide range of topics.
The aim of the AER is notably to :
- Develop the role of the regions in giving Europe a competitive advantage in the global economy,
- Foster and disseminate innovative approaches to regional economic development and job creation
- Promote sustainable labour force mobility throughout Europe
- Ensure that the European Union provides adequate framework conditions and support programmes for regional innovation, research and competitiveness
The main AER projects in this field are:
- Innovation award: for the third consecutive year, AER is looking to reward and recognise the European region which have developped particularly innovative projects or policies. For more information, please click here
- Peer reviews: One-week visits by multinational teams of regional officers and politicians to a host region which is interested in improving its economic development policies. Based on the findings made during the visit, the review team prepares a report with a series of policy recommendations for the host region. Further information about the pilot projects and the toolkit can be requested to Celine DAWANS, Junior Policy Coordinator (+32 (0) 2 421 83 89)
- BAK Basel: Pilot study on decentralisation indicators. The objective is to collect data and retrieve information and to convert it into indicators that reflect the autonomy of regions across European countries and their ability to shape their own economic development policies. Download the project outline here.
- 1st June 2007: Eco-innovation: the way ahead for competitive regions in Europe (Stuttgart, Baden Würtenberg-D). For more details on the outcomes of this meeting, please refer to the webpage of the event.
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Innovation award 2007
Lower Austria (A) was awarded the Prize this year, Valencia (E) and Upper Austria (A) coming next. The awarding ceremony took place on 9 November 2007 in Udine, Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia (I), during the General Assembly of the Assembly of European Regions.
- Interreg IVC Project Partnership The Region Castilla y Leon looks for partners for its Interreg IVC project, sub-theme Entrepreneurship and SMEs. The aim of the project is to impulse interregional development through the setting up of an online portal to promote technological, commercial and socio-cultural exchange based on good practices in the sectors of tourism, construction, agro-alimentation, subcontracting and logistics. For more information, please contact: Sophie AHMAD, INDOR SAL C/ Marqués de Montortal, 2 entlo.A 46019 Valencia Spain Tlf: (+34) 963 689 050 Fax: (+34) 963 689 153 export@indor.net
Proceedings of the Conference on Eco-innovation: The way ahead for competitive Regions1st June 2007, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg (D)
Proceedings of the Seminar and Partnership Fair on Regional Economic Development18-19 May 2006, 's Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant-NL
Biographical notes on the speakers
The next meeting of the working group on economic development will take place on 19 January in Brussels (AER Office) from 14:30 to 18:30
The objective of this meeting will be to decide on priority issues that our Committee should deal with in the coming months in the field of economic development and build a work plan for 2007. We will also consider the perspective of a follow-up seminar to the Conference and Partnership fair that took place in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant in May 2006. This will be the kick-off meeting of a long-term and structured work on regional economic development within Committee 1.
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