The AER Bureau, in its meeting in Strasbourg (Alsace-FR) on 22 April 2015, took a bold decision to set AER in a new direction. Bureau members acknowledged that AER has played a pivotal role over the past 30 years for regions in Europe and has quite largely met if not exceeded its initial objectives: - Representing the voice of regions on European level and; - Promoting … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
First Human Right’s Education Manual
Launch of first human rights education manual for young people to combat antigypsyism by the Council of Europe. Read the manual … [Read more...]
Equal Opportunities Forum – Roma Inclusion
On 21 April 2015 in Strasbourg, AER organised its first Equal Opportunities Forum of the year, dedicated to the issue of Roma inclusion. Monica Carlsson, the Vice-President of AER, delivered an opening speech. A round-table brought together experts, such as Yaron Matras, who summarised how the Roma issue has been perceived through history. Denis Huber from the European Alliance … [Read more...]
“30 Years, 30 Stories” with Claude Tremouille
On 21 April, Mr Claude Trémouille, vice-president of the French region of Limousin joined us in the New Europe Studios for an interview. For years he led work on agriculture and rurality in AER. He kindly agreed to share his views on the future of regionalism as well as his memories of working with AER in the framework of our 30th Anniversary. Mr Trémouille spoke about the … [Read more...]
European Yearbook of Minority Issues
Study published by the European Center for Minority Issues. Read the study … [Read more...]
“30 Years, 30 Stories” with Lambert van Nistelrooij
In the framework of our 30th Anniversary, Mr Lambert van Nistelrooij, a Dutch politician, an MEP and a former vice-president of AER, joined us in the New Europe Studios on 3 April in order to discuss the regional future of Europe. Mr van Nistelrooij explains the importance of presence of both AER and the Committee of the Regions by looking back to the history of their … [Read more...]
Combating gender stereotyping and sexism in the media
The Council of Europe's Gender Equality Commission held its 7th meeting in Strasbourg from 15-17 April 2015. High on the agenda was the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy 2014-2017 with the 2014 Annual Report. The Commission also discussed: combating gender stereotyping and sexism in the media promoting an education free from gender stereotypes women’s … [Read more...]
Second Multiplier event on preventing school dropout
16-17 April 2015, Ostfold (NO) – partners of the Joint Efforts to Combat School Dropout (JET CD) project met in Norway for their second myltiplyer event. 30 participants from the partner organisations and from different organisations from the region attended the event. They shared their second intellectual outputs; joint methodologies to prevent dropout by cross sectorial … [Read more...]
Interview of Olivier Védrine on Ukraine-Russia conflict
Olivier Védrine is the President of the Continental University business school in Kiev (Ukraine) and member of the AER Academic Centre On April 16th, he was interviewed by UKRINFORM, the Ukrainian national press agency, on the french position towards the conflict in Ukraine and the relations with Russia. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCKDZPCvHS0 … [Read more...]
Dubrovnik welcomes Brussels Airlines!
Brussels Airlines, a member of the AER Business Community is offering a new route to the AER member region of Dubrovnik from this summer! This route will be connecting Brussels and Dubrovnik in an under 2,5 hour flight. Dubrovnik, located in the south of Croatia, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. This is a great occasion to discover a beautiful region and the … [Read more...]
Raising citizens’ awareness on sustainable energy
The project Cleaner Energy Saving Mediterranean Cities (CES-MED) has released a handbook, aiming at helping Southern Mediterranean municipalities develop a plan to raise citizens' awareness on energy saving and energy efficiency. The manual will guide you step-by-step on how to create an Citizens’ Awareness Promotion Plan that aims to tackle wasteful behaviour and secure … [Read more...]
Joint methodology to prevent dropout by cross sectoral cooperation
In the framework of the Joint Effort To Combat Dropout (Erasmus+) project, partners have published their second intellectual output. You can find below the reports of the partner regions (Hampshire-UK, Tulcea-RO, Catalunya-ES and Ostfold-NO) to get a grasp of the regional perspective: Links JET-CD project page and outputs Erasmus+ website … [Read more...]
Geothermal Energy Days in Vojvodina
The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in cooperation with the Assembly of European Regions (AER) would like to invite you to the Geothermal Energy Days on the 22 and 23 May in Novi Sad. Through a combination of seminars, panel discussions, training academies with experts and field visits, you will enjoy a full overview of geothermal energy’s potential for Regions in Europe … [Read more...]
How to fight against pro-Putin’s propaganda in the European Union: Olivier Védrine
Olivier Védrine is the President of the Continental University business school in Kiev (Ukraine) and member of the AER Academic Centre Kyiv, 2 April 2015 – «The European Union has to face an important and organized Putin’s propaganda. In this short cold war we have to face a war of communication efficient and strong », stated Olivier Védrine, European expert, co-founder of … [Read more...]
Newsletter n°26 (Apr. 2015)
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