25. Calls on all regional and national actors in charge of devising and implementing the RIS3 strategy, the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) road map, the ESIFs and Horizon 2020 to cooperate more closely as regards planning and coordination, and, where necessary, to develop appropriate structures to integrate the various tiers of government action; invites the Member States to exchange best practises on such structures;

66. Welcomes the Commission’s approach in regard to funding instruments, standardisation processes, repository development, synergies and cooperation facilitation and the sharing of best practices among Member States; emphasises, however, that it is a prerequisite to link these objectives to actual needs and demands (i.e. to ensure that policies, programmes and services are evidence-based and are thus backed up by representative assessment and regular monitoring, so as to facilitate and speed ...[+++] up the creation of an age-friendly EU); invites the Commission, therefore, to initiate the development of standardised assessment and monitoring tools to provide the necessary data with regard to evidence-based policy recommendations, programme development and (health/care) service provision;

More than two-thirds of the programme's budget would support individual learning mobility of this kind, with the remainder allocated to projects focused on cooperation for innovation, policy reform and sharing good practices.

The sharing of good practice between regions and cities on urban strategic planning, innovation on age-friendly architecture and design.

10. Underlines that structural cooperation between national regulatory bodies is essential; urges, therefore, that such cooperation be expanded, with the involvement of the Commission, so as to develop common standards and take joint action against online gambling companies operating in one or more Member States without the requisite national licence(s) for all the games they offer; points to the discussions in Council as to whether, and in what way, the Internal Market Information System could contribute to more effective cooperation between national regulatory bodies; states that, in ...[+++]particular when it comes to combating money laundering, betting fraud and other – often organised – crime, national stand-alone solutions are not successful; takes the view that cooperation between national supervisory authorities and the pooling of best practices should be promoted, and that such authorities should exchange information with the responsible authorities of other Member States in order to prevent abuses and money laundering;

putting in place, as of April 2012, a "marketplace for innovative ideas", helping stakeholders find partners, share good practices and disseminate evidence;