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Health & Cohesion Policy Agenda Item 3 - Docs 3, 3.1, 3.2 for information AER Social Policy & Public Health Committee Plenary Session 3 June 2008, Umeå (Västerbotten-S). Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu.
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Health & Cohesion Policy Agenda Item 3 - Docs 3, 3.1, 3.2 for information AER Social Policy & Public Health Committee Plenary Session 3 June 2008, Umeå (Västerbotten-S) Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu
What is Cohesion Policy • Europe’s regional policy to: Reduce social & economic disparities Support competitiveness Encourage regional solidarity • 350 billion euro (‘07-’13) = 44.2% EU Budget Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu
Priorities • Objective 1- Convergence • Objective 2 - Competitiveness • Objective 3 - Territorial Cooperation Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu
Funding Instruments • European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) • European Social Fund (ESF) • Cohesion Fund Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu
HEALTH under Cohesion Policy • Health infrastructure = 5 billion euro (1.5%total budget) • Indirect investment (ICT applications, public health promotion) Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu
What can regions spend the money on? health infrastructure human capacity (training & education etc) healthy ageing (promoting public health) knowledge & information (e.g. eHealth) innovation & research cross-border cooperation Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu
Project Proposal Health & Structural Funds Agenda Item 4 - Doc 4 for information AER Social Policy & Public Health Committee Plenary Session 3 June 2008, Umeå (Västerbotten-S) Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu
Why this project? money allocated to health not entirely spent money invested in unrealistic activities need to gather expertise available and bring it to the regions Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu
What will the project do? Identify problems: why are regions not spending the money available? Identify good practice: what are the best ways to spend the money available? Give regions the knowledge & tools to spend the money in the best possible way Create a sustainable mechanism for cooperation among European-level organisations Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu
Who are the partners? • Lead Partner: Maastricht University, School for Public Health & Primary Care - NL • AER- Social Policy & Public Health Committee (2) • European Health Management Association (EHMA) • European Health Property Network (EuHPN) • Faculty of Public Health, Medical University, Sofia-B • Gesundheitsmanagement Bürger- Wieland OG -A • Health Clusternet (HCN) • Institute for Public Health & Employment, Nordrhein-Westfalen-D • Veneto Region-I Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu
AER role in the project AER not a work package leader AER Secretariat participates to Steering Committee AER members can participate to conferences & training sessions AER members have access to knowledge gained (database, publications etc) Assembly of European Regions, 6 rue Oberlin, F-67000 Strasbourg, Tel. +33.3.88.22.07.07, www.aer.eu