Swiss federalism is the result of a long historical process that different actors, institutions and interests have shaped for centuries. One can identify three major factors: the presence of territorial units differing in terms of culture, language, religion, and democratic perception but forced to cooperate for economic and political reasons; a constitution establishing the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2018
New project on connecting local governments & research communities: do you wish to join it?
AER Secretariat wish to share with the entire network an interesting project proposal that HESAM University in cooperation with the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region is developing within the 4th call for proposals of the Interreg Europe, one of the main funding programme that European regions can access. Lear more about the project proposal This project proposal, entitled … [Read more...]
Interreg Europe launches its 4th call for proposals: useful information & tips!
We are happy to share with you that the Interreg Europe has launched its 4th call for proposals. A webinar took place on the 13 April and various national info days will be conducted. For those of you who are interested but cannot attend the info days, here are some useful information and tips. What is it about? The 4th call for proposals concerns the 4 issues tackled by the … [Read more...]
Regionalisation in Russia: persistent asymmetric federalism #RoR2017
Little history of Regional Russia Russia is a country covering a large part of eastern Europe and northern Asia. It became an independent country in December 1991, after the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, commonly known as the Soviet Union). The sate-centred hierarchical approach has always been part of the Russian national historical tradition. … [Read more...]
New call for proposals on social inclusion through education
Aware of the interesting funding opportunities the Erasmus+ programme offers to regions, AER is always happy to share new calls. And here it is a new call under Key Action 3 Support for policy reform. What is it about? "Social Inclusion and Common Values: the Contribution in the Field of Education, Training and Youth" is the new call for proposals under the KA3. Two general … [Read more...]
Interreg Adrion: 2nd call for proposals is open
AER continues its effort in looking for opportunities within the Adriatic Ionian area having many regions that belong to this territory. After providing information on the first call for proposals of the Interreg Adrion, we are now happy to share with you that the Interreg Adrion has launched its new call for proposals. What is it about? The second call for proposals will … [Read more...]
Celebrating the Heritage of Astrid Lindgren
At AER's 2018 Summer Academy in Maramures, Ms. Anna Mellergård from Jönköping County will conduct a seminar on the heritage of Astrid Lindgren, the renowned author of children's book series featuring beloved characters such as Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, and the six Bullerby children. Originally proposed at AER's 2018 Spring Plenaries in Arad, Ms. Mellergård will … [Read more...]
Street Art Will Take Centre Stage at AER’s Summer Academy
At AER's 2018 Summer Academy in Maramures, attendees will partake in a series of exciting, cutting-edge workshops planned by Brussels International. In the first workshop focused on graffiti, delegates will investigate 'how regions can develop city-marketing tools through street art'. During a related workshop, participants will be able to observe and explore a wall painting … [Read more...]
Forest products as a way to move to a low carbon economy… if you agree, look at this project and join it!
Forest Science Center Catalonia - a regional stakeholder of Catalonia, AER member region - is working on the submission of a project under the Interreg Europe programme, within the category "Low-carbon economy", objective 3.1 "Improving low‐carbon economy policies. In order to complete the partnership, they are looking for European partners interested to join forces with … [Read more...]
AER applauds Korca’s commitment to AER mission and objectives. #ShineBright
Korca has been recently praised for their dedicated work as part of AER’s Monitoring and Evaluation Group. This group assesses the outcomes of AER activities and actions, and ensures that AER mission and objectives are implemented in compliance with the Statute and the Procedures. On the occasion of the AER Spring Plenaries in Arad (Romania), Committee 1 President Jean-Luc … [Read more...]
Do you want to exchange on tourism practices?
The Municipality of Pescocostanzo (IT) - which is located in our member region Abruzzo - is working on the development on a new project regarding tourism and is looking for other actors interested in cooperating with them on this topic. The overall objective of the project is to increase the tourism development of the region thanks to the comparison of tourist methods used … [Read more...]
Regionalisation in Spain: a “nation of nations”? #RoR2017
Original publishing date - early 2017 Spain is a country of 504,645 square kilometres that shows important variation across regions in terms of economy, socio-political structure, language, culture and traditions. The Constitution of 1978, according to its redaction, was a compromise: it balanced the centralist institutions from the former regime (under Franco) and the … [Read more...]
AER at the 2018 World Sustainable Energy Days
AER was represented at the World Sustainable Energy Days 2018, by a delegation from Gelderland. The World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED), one of Europe’s largest annual events in this field, took place from 28 February - 2 March in Wels/Austria. The event was a great success – over 600 experts from 66 countries attended and took part in the specialised conferences, site … [Read more...]
Call for support for paper on increasing CEF Transport budget
The Commission is currently revising the Connecting Europe Facility for the next funding period as of 2020. Many AER members are involved in CEF projects. As you might know the CEF funding is closely linked to the TEN-T maps. For regions which are on the Comprehensive network, it is currently very difficult to get funding because most of the funding is allocated to the Core … [Read more...]
UIA: new call for proposals to be launched soon
More than half of the European population is living in urban areas. Those areas face numerous challenges but are also places of creativity and change. AER is committed to support urban areas who want to tackle issues and has already taken part in actions or events. Aware of the funding opportunities provided by the European Union, AER continues its work of monitoring calls for … [Read more...]
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