Erik Gløersen

Bio

Erik has more than 20 years of experience in regional development policies and holds a PhD in human geography and planning. His work has focused on sustainable development in areas with geographic specificities such as sparsely populated areas, mountain regions, cross-border regions and outermost regions. He has also worked on the design, implementation and evaluation of Cohesion Policy programmes. He is a Thematic Expert for a more social Europe at the Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform.

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Policy briefs (1)

Editorials (2)

Policy brief

The social dimension of culture

Explore the social dimension of culture and learn how cultural initiatives and CCIs can impact social policies on the ground in this policy brief.

29 February 2024 | By Platform

News

City filled with high buildings and cranes building new buildings

Unaffordable housing: call for new strategies

On 5th March 2024, European Union Ministers in charge of Housing adopted the Liège declaration. They jointly identify the lack of affordable housing as a challenge with major implications on social exclusion, individual health, economic inequality, work-related mobility, access to employment and education.

02 April 2024 | By Platform

News

Aligning skill shortage strategies and Cohesion Policy objectives

While flows of labour are a solution to acute skill shortages in some regions, they generate obstacles to economic development,

23 October 2023 | By Platform

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Past events (2)

Event

29 May 2024

In person

Entrepreneurship in rural areas with population decline

On 29 May 2024, the Policy Learning Platform is pleased to invite you to a workshop on entrepreneurship in rural areas with population decline in Burgos, Spain!

By Platform

Event

20 - 21 Mar 2024

In person

Antwerp

Europe, let's cooperate! 2024

The 10th edition of Europe, let's cooperate interregional cooperation forum (#europecooperates) took place on 20-21 March 2024 in Antwerp, Belgium. People joined us in Antwerp to celebrate cooperation, launch a new call for project proposals and welcome new countries in the Interreg Europe programme

By Joint secretariat

Event

08 Nov 2023

Online

Policy Learning Platform meet-up with projects

On 8 November (10:00-12:00 CET), we brought together the experts of our Policy Learning Platform team and our projects for an online meet-up . This online event was an opportunity to discover what the Policy Learning Platform is all about, how project partners can benefit from its services, and how

By Joint secretariat