The European College of local self-government and territorial innovation is organizing from 5 to 11 July 2017 a Summer Workshop on "What's going on with democracy in your corner of the world?". The organisers are looking for a few more youth people to be involved. The European College of Cluny The European College of Cluny is a training facility for students, locally elected … [Read more...]
#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Regions in the UK
Relative to most other European countries, the governance of the United Kingdom has tended to be characterised by a high degree of centralisation. Some areas of policy-making social security, defence have typically been managed largely or exclusively from London, with a limited degree of administrative decentralisation to regional outposts. However, this general pattern of … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Timis
At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Timis (RO) was recognised in the #ShineBright session in recognition of its leading role in Committee 3 on the topic of youth mobility. Two years ago, Timis applied for the presidency of the Eurodyssey youth mobility programme and has been involved in reforming the programme to ensure its sustainability. This past … [Read more...]
MYFER Award ceremony
The Most Youth Friendly European Region Award ceremony took place yesterday in Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria on the occasion of the 2017 AER General Assembly. This ceremony, chaired by Sonja Steen, outgoing President of the AER Committee for Culture, Youth and Education, highlighted the efforts region make to become more youth-friendly territories. Youth participation and … [Read more...]
AER elects a new Executive Board!
Monday (31 May), during AER's General Assembly, a new Executive Board was elected. It has a mandate of 2 years, as stated in the AER statute. Below you can find the list of the new elected members: President Magnus Berntsson (Västra Götaland - SE) Treasurer Christian Debève (Grand Est - FR) Vice-Presidents Nina Björby (Västerbotten - SE) Albert Castellanos … [Read more...]
#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Regions in Austria
The failure of the structural reform of the federal state in 1994 has led to a standstill in reforms in Austria’s federal system. Since Austria's accession to the EU in 1994 and its loss of competencies towards the EU, various other competencies have been transferred to the federal level, but in turn the Länder have not been compensated. The Länder have only … [Read more...]
AER launches its report on Regionalisation
Today, during AER's General Assembly, our outgoing President launched AER's Report on the state of Regionalisation in Europe. The story behind the report Early 2014, as the new programming period started, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) decided to look into the role regional authorities play in European politics and in Europe in general. To what extent is the … [Read more...]
AER starts its General Assembly in Sankt Pölten (AT)
We are halfway into today's General Assembly and all reports have been given. The next step is the election of our new Presidium. After "Ode to Joy" opened the floor for today's event, the different committee members gave their presentations. For more information on the day's proceedings, visit the event page. To follow the event on Twitter or Facebook go to #AER2017GA … [Read more...]
Study visit on the Energy transition: you’re invited!
On the occasion of the London Committee 1 plenary meeting, members agreed to organise a study visit on the energy transition in Gelderland (NL) to share and learn from each other's experiences. Multistakeholder collaboration The main focus of the study visit, which will be organised in cooperation with other interregional networks, will be the Gelders’ Energy agreement (GEA). … [Read more...]
AER President welcomes new member: Kryvyi Rih (UA)
AER President, Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, was in Ukraine from 18-21 May. From Kiev to new AER member Kryvyi Rih, the President was delighted to see the changes in this fast evolving country which has always shown, despite the difficulties, a significant interest in the Assembly of European Regions. Guided by Mr Oleksandr Vilkul, AER envoy to Ukraine and the country’s former … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Lower Austria
At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Lower Austria (AT) was recognised in the #ShineBright session in acknowledgement of its active participation on the topic of Cohesion Policy. Under the leadership of Lower Austria and the Assembly of European Regions, 337 political representatives of regions from 22 member states (71,5% % of EU population) and 5 … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Östergötland
At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Östergötland (SE) was recognised in the #ShineBright session in acknowledgement of its leading role in Committee 1 on the topic of mobility and transport. The engagement of Östergötland as chair of the working group on Transport and Mobility has been instrumental to move towards new topics such as connectivity, data … [Read more...]
Interreg Europe for cultural heritage: do you want to join ProCHESS?
Cultural heritage continues to be a key topic for many AER member regions. To this extent, we would like to inform you about an interesting project proposal that Umbria region (IT) is preparing on this topic in the framework of the Interreg Europe programme, priority axis 4 "Environment and resource efficiency (Investment priority 6c “Conserving, protecting, promoting and … [Read more...]
Gender Budgeting: the example of Vojvodina
In AER, the topic of Equal Opportunities is mainstreamed across the thematic work in the Committees.This is an opportunity to engage in mutual learning, share challenges and celebrate good practice. One of the topics, which was addressed on the occasion of the AER events on Equal Opportunities was gender budgeting, a practice which has been successfully implemented in … [Read more...]
MYFER Award jury meeting
Today, Tuesday 16 May early in the morning the jury of the Most Youth Friendly European Region Award met in Brussels, Belgium. Together, they evaluated the 10 shortlisted applications. After passionate debates, the jury selected MYFER 2017's grand winner. The winner will be publicly announced on 31 of May at the AER General Assembly in Austria. A special prize will also be … [Read more...]
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