European Regional Framework for Cooperation

Description

ERFC, taking stock from a host of EU networks of excellence, in which its founders participated or initiated,  is established in a converge region  (Western Greece), with an ever expanding network of offices in other Greek & EU Regions.

ERFC, aims at serving as a best example of bottom up Institution Building effort towards EU Integration and regional competitiveness, playing a key role in contributing in the implementation of EU Regulations and Directives through its participation in EU funded networks & projects, at interregional level. Mainstreaming EU project recommendations into National & Regional policies is its ultimate goal.

Territorial Co-operation is enhanced as ERFC’s members and associates are key EU Integration executive persons, Public Bodies, Academic Institutions and Civil Societies, primarily from EU but also from the rest of the world, securing the creation of economies of scale.

E.R.F.C. recognizes that:

•  The protection of the environment is the corner stone for sustainable development.
• Human resources encouraged to participate in decision making, entrepreneurship and sharing local development concerns, is vital for sustainable private and public prosperity.
• Integration of New technologies is crucial for economic development and improvement of quality of life.
• The efficient & rational use of Natural Resources forms a basic parameter for local economic development.
• International co-operation, supported by EU programmes may form the basis for the creation of economies of scale that foster competitiveness.

Under these pre-conditions E.R.F.C. sets as its targets:

• The protection of the environment
• The empowerment of the Civil Society
• The attraction of Human resources into bottom up EU Integration efforts
• The integration of New Technologies
• The enhancement of International Co-operation
• The Economic Development