[...] Below the European, sub-national level might be more appropriate to deal with ageing. By sub-national we mean equally regional and local as in some of the countries the local level is much stronger. It could increase efficiency in some cases if regions were invited to initiatives, programmes where usually the Member States should participate. Intergovernmental joint programmes could accept regions as full and legitimate members of the programme if the regions are more front runners than the national government.
Be more concrete. Germany is almost 100 million. It has states and they work independently. France, Italy and Spain are also "too large" in that respect. Ireland is way below 10 million, so the level below is their CHOs. Scotland, Austria and the Nordic countries are similar. So we have to be careful when we speak "inter", and "intra", across and within countries.
Patrik Eklund, 25/10/2016 11:42
- I agree with a step by step approach. Not sure if the one described in the document is the best. My guess is that there is a lot we still don't know about how IC operates and/or is being implmented in Europe's regions/countires. Perhaps, first, we should come up with a mapping of IC in Europe's regions/countries (in line with what is intended by the B3MM and and the EUREGHA sprint), and then proceed to the design of a solution or strategy that is inclusive and goes beyond the "one size fits all" approach (which, I'm sure, is not what is intended with the proposal/approach in the document)
Filomena Parada, 31/10/2016 15:54
Is the issue how we will enable the EIP on AHA ecosystem to become more productive of innovation that is adopted by other systems? In that case we need to have a range of scales of system represented and some element of subsidiarity in terms of responsibility for particular elements in the creation of innovation. For example, national scale is important when it comes to professional training - local level might be the right place to recognise innovative processes depending on levels of dependency to parts of the system that are planned and implemented at regional or national level.
Stuart Anderson, 31/10/2016 17:50
Stuart, very good point. I have inserted he distinction between the issues.
ERRIN Network, 04/11/2016 09:03
