AER proposes a new deal to the European Parliament: further subsidiarity for a better Europe, focused on the citizens and closer to their needs adopted at the AER General Assembly on 28 May 2014 in Dolnoslaskie (PL) (Use Pop out button to Download/Open) … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
Dolnoslaskie Political Statement
AER proposes a new deal to the European Parliament: further subsidiarity for a better Europe, focused on the citizens and closer to their needs Statement adopted at the AER General Assembly in Wroclaw, on 28 May 2014. Rapporteurs: Anna Magyar (Csongrad-HU), Jean-Luc Vanraes (Bruxelles-Capitale-BE), Rodrigo Oliveira ( Açores-PT) and Johan Edstav (Uppsala-SE) Wroclaw, … [Read more...]
Minutes: Bureau, 27 May 2014, Wroclaw (PL)
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Minutes: Extraordinary General Assembly, 27 May 2014, Wroclaw (PL)
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Minutes: General Assembly, 27 May 2014, Wroclaw (PL)
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Interview of Hande Özsan Bozatli – New Europe
AER President visited New Europe Studios to talk to Dan Alexe about what a non-EU President of the Assembly means for the EU as a whole, the need for diversification and many other topics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIfZSpvMoRU For more information: [email protected] … [Read more...]
Marian-Constantin Vasile, President of AER Committee 1, live from EBS 2014
Mr Marian-Constantin Vasile, President of AER Committee on Economy and Regional development, is giving an exclusive interview to Carlo Motta from the European Sting live at the Sing's pavilion at European Business Summit 2014 (14-15 May). Mr Vasile is sharing his insights on the scope of the AER Committee that he is … [Read more...]
AER’s undertaken action with the French Ministry of Decentralisation, State Reform and Public Service
In the framework of the debate that has been relaunched on 8 April by the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls regarding the government’s ambition to restructure the French territorial organisation, AER has undertaken an action with the Ministry of Decentralisation. Having a great experience in regional matters thanks to its Observatory on Regionalism, AER has offered to Mrs … [Read more...]
A Breakfast Briefing to discover COSME
The Brussels representation of Mid-Sweden (SE) and AER organised a joint Breakfast Briefing on 11 April featuring COSME, the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2014-2020. Key issue addressed was how regional authorities can make use of the COSME programme to support their own regional and local SMEs. Guest speaker at … [Read more...]
The reality of European rural areas: an overriding issue for EU competitiveness
At a Press Conference organised in cooperation with the European Countryside Movement (ECM), regions and international organisations called on the future Parliament and Commission highlighting three key messages: Rural areas contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy: Today the EU has a tendency to focus on increasing effectiveness by using factors such as competitiveness, … [Read more...]
TEN-T: A journey to where?
Building on the will over the last 20 years to provide Europe with a fully integrated trans-European transport network (TEN-T), the European Commission issued, in December 2013, the new guidelines for its implementation and its financial instrument Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). While the attainment of an all-integrated European area at the service of the single market … [Read more...]
Regions and business vouch for an effective economic subsidiarity
The Assembly of European Regions, a key partner for the European Business Summit 2014 Brussels (BE), 15 May 2014 Since 2013, the focus of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) has shifted with the ambition of creating stronger links between the business sector and regions throughout Europe. It was therefore a natural progression that AER became an official partner of the … [Read more...]
Minutes: Executive Board, 14 May 2014, Brussels (BE)
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Political report on “The involvement of young people in democratic life at regional level”
"Young people are particularly concerned by the crisis, as youth unemployement sets new records day after day. A whole generation is facing difficulties entering adult life, and feels excluded not only from the labour market, but also from democratic life." Lilla Merabet, Rapporteur Regional Councillor and Chairwoman of the AER Sub-Committee on Youth (Alsace-FR) (Use … [Read more...]
Newsletter n°19 (Jun. 2014)
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