At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Vojvodina (RS) was recognised in the #ShineBright session in recognition of its active participation on the topic of Equal Opportunities. Vojvodina has organised 2 forums on Equal Opportunities, in Timis on women in emergency situations and in Vienna on the implementation of human rights at regional level. They … [Read more...]
Updates on MOCHA project: events, newsletters and outcomes
Time flies. The MOCHA project (Models of Child Health Appraised) team have already carried out many tasks and initiatives. Updates on the recent work has been published in March and AER wish to share it with member regions and partners. Moreover, in April the project reached its mid-point and initial results of the analysis carried out were presented at the 64th Working Group … [Read more...]
Decisions from the Executive Board in London
The AER Executive Board (EB) met at the occasion of the Spring Committees Plenaries in London on 21 March for their first meeting in 2017. High on the agenda was the preparation for the General Assembly as well as following topics of strategic importance in various fields. Here are some of the key decisions that were taken. Revising the planning strategy The recent changes in … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Østfold
At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Østfold (NO) was recognised in the #ShineBright session in recognition of its leading role in the AER Summer Academy. Østfold holds the presidency of the Summer Academy Organising Committee and hosted the 2016 Summer Academy, which focused on youth entrepreneurship. The Summer academy was developed not only with the … [Read more...]
AER supports the Balkan Trafik Festival
On the occasion of Balkan Trafik! Festival, a creative breath of fresh air from South East Europe is once again invading Brussels. While our countries have been looking inwards, the festival remains an essential space for dialogue and new discoveries. For 11th years now, Balkan Trafik! brings to light cultural richness and diversity of the Balkan region and, more broadly, … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Gelderland
At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Gelderland (NL) was recognised in the #ShineBright session in recognition of its particularly active participation in Committee 2 with the organisation of a study visit and project development meeting last year on patient centered care. This was an opportunity for many members to discover ParkinsonNet, an initiative … [Read more...]
Together with Stockholm
It is with great sadness that we learnt about the attack in Stockholm today. The AER President Hande Özsan Bozatli immediately reacted: “AER is deeply moved and strongly condemns this new act of violence Europe faces today. We stand together, united and in solidarity, with the families of the victims, with the public authorities, and with the Swedish people.“ The Assembly of … [Read more...]
INTERREG North West Europe: looking for an innovative project?
The University of Greenwich (UK) as lead partner, in collaboration with the Royal Borough of Greenwhich and Lille Metropole are developing a project within for the fifth call of INTERREG North West Europe Programme. Activities like exchanges of good practices, especially operational projects including pilot and innovative projects, will be supported within this programme. They … [Read more...]
New call for proposals on social inclusion through education, training and youth
We are pleased to share with you that the new call for proposals in Erasmus+ Key Action 3 is available for applicants with projects aiming at stimulating innovative policy development, policy dialogue and implementation as well as the exchange of knowledge in education, training and youth. The following three main instruments are managed through specific calls call for … [Read more...]
World sustainable energy days: Experience sharing & business
At the AER Spring Plenaries, regional policy makers reiterated their interest in the World Sustainable Energy Days, one of Europe’s largest annual conferences on sustainable energy. The WSED17 event, which took place from 1 to 3 March 2017 in Upper Austria (AT) gathered around 700 participants from 59 countries achieving resounding success. What was WSED17 all about? 8 … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Västernorrland
At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Västernorrland was recognised in the #ShineBright session for its particularly active participation in Committee 3 in the field of education and more specifically in combatting early school leaving. Early school leaving is a major threat in Europe and Västernorrland have managed to bring together a whole group of … [Read more...]
Noord-Brabant encourages bio-based economy – #ShineBright
On the Occasion of the Regional Innovation Award on Circular Economy, ShineBright on the region of Noord-Brabant, in Netherlands that presented its project Green Chemistry Campus: Waste2Aromatics project by Biorizon. The Green Chemistry Campus is a business accelerator for developing biobased chemical building blocks for the chemical industry. The Campus thus … [Read more...]
AER series on investments: Episode 2
Episode 2 of the AER series on investments focuses on the EFSI technical and advisory services available to regions for a sound and smooth implementation of the Juncker Plan. Reaching the real economy At the Opening Conference of AER Committees' Plenaries in London, Florentine Hopmeier, Team Leader for the Investment Plan for Europe, European Commission, presented the … [Read more...]
Outermost regions’ work in AER and worry about Guyana
It is with great worry that the Assembly of European Regions follows the situation in its French outermost member region, Guyana. After two weeks of unrest and the region’s activity put to a standstill, we look upon the start of the negotiations with the French government with trust and confidence. AER President Hande Özsan Bozatli : « I want to address to the President … [Read more...]
What Brexit means for local government – insight from British Member of Parliament
For our very first cocktail debate, we were honoured to welcome Mr Jim Mc Mahon, British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, MP for Oldham West and Royton, who spoke of the challenges and opportunities that local governments face in the wake of Brexit. As our moderator Mr Jonathan Carr-West, Chief Executive of LGIU put it, it is difficult to ignore the elephant in the … [Read more...]
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