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Projects
The Four Motors for Europe provides an ideal context for fostering joint projects initiated by institutional decision-makers and local stakeholders (firms, associations, etc.).
These projects rely on European Union funding, focussing on the economy and innovation, research, training and interregional cooperation.
Regions committed to achieving a forward-looking and sustainable Europe
The main initiatives and projects undertaken by the Four Motors for Europe:
> The Economy and Employment
- Creation of a "Clusters" workshop on the topic of good practices in regional policies to promote innovation and networking among European clusters.
- Organization of a series of talks on employment, the last of which was hosted by Stuttgart in 2008. These encounters bring together labour representatives from the four regions to explore and discuss the changing face of employment.
> The Environnment and sustainable Developpment
- Participation in the ECREIN+ project. Its purpose is to promote eco-innovation on a European scale by pooling techniques, financial resources and good practices to support SMEs and clusters active in the field of eco-innovation.
> Training
- Participation in the Regio LLL scheme designed to promote the exchange of experiences and the implementation of joint projects on professional training and lifelong career guidance in conjunction with FREREF - the Foundation of European Regions for Research in Education and Training.
- Conclusion of agreements to simplify exchange programs between apprentices from the four regions.
> Youth
- Allocation of grants to help A-level and university students gain experience in the four partner regions.
- Organization of consciousness-raising workshops for young citizens from the regions of the Four Motors for Europe.
> Culture
- Cooperation in the sphere of film-making, drama, music and artist-in-residence programmes.
> Sport
- Organisation of annual sports meetings for promising young athletes from the Four Motors for Europe in the following disciplines: gymnastics, judo, athletics, table tennis, canoeing and kayaking.
Outward-looking regions
> The Four Motors for Europe is cooperating closely with the Four Motors for Mercosur network composed of the State of Paraná in Brazil, the Department of Alto Paraná in Paraguay, the Province of Córdoba in Argentina and the Department of Rivera in Uruguay.
The two networks hope to collaborate on joint economic, environmental and research and development projects.
> The Four Motors for Europe is actively involved in the global District of Creativity network in which 12 of the world's most creative regions have joined forces to share know-how and best practices in creativity and innovation.
> Every year, the Four Motors for Europe sends a technical and economic mission to an event outside Europe:
- 2006: Economic Mission to Morocco on sustainable development and green technologies
- 2006: Participation in the Bio-Forum in Shanghai (China),
- 2007: Participation in the "FICCI Environment Conclave" (National Congress of Indian Chambers of Commerce on the environment) in New Delhi (India),
- 2008: Participation in the Euro-Russian Forum on agri-food technologies at Yekaterinburg (Russia),
- 2010: Agri-food trade mission in the States of Paraná and Minas Gerais (Brazil).
