After four year smartly spent at raising awareness on the topics of equal opportunities, Monica Carlsson (Norrbotten-SE) passed on the baton to Ana Tomanova Makanova (Vojvodina-SR) who was unanimously elected by the General Assembly on 1 December as the new AER Vice-President for Equal Opportunities and Inclusion: Equal opportunities and inclusion has been an important … [Read more...]
First 2016 high level meeting with the European Commission
In the framework of the structured dialogue’s first meeting of the year, AER Secretary General Mathieu Mori met on Friday 22 January the Secretaries General of the European Commission Alexander Italianer, of the Committee of the Regions Jiří Buriánek and a few selected other networks of cities and regions. This meeting prefigures the annual meeting of President Hande Özsan … [Read more...]
International forum of sporting events
CITY EVENTS is the international forum that lays the foundations for sporting events of the future, bringing stakeholders together to dream up and develop new growth drivers for this truly dynamic market. On March 14th and 15th, the sporting event market actors get together in Paris (sport federations, cities, suppliers, sponsors, media, private organizers…) to discuss … [Read more...]
Dutch EU Presidency focuses on four of AER’s main policies
An agenda in line with AER's The Netherlands Presidency of the European Union (from January to June 2016) aims to promote prosperity, freedom and security in the EU during the next half year, by focusing on Migration, Innovation, Economy and Energy Policies. The Assembly of European Regions can provide a wealth of knowledge and experience from the regions about these themes, … [Read more...]
Welcome to Østfold (NO)
The President of the AER Summer Academy Organising Committee, Mr Rune Fredriksen (Østfold-NO) is pleased to invite you to Østfold for the 2016 Summer Academy from 16-20 August 2016. Østfold is situated in the South-Eastern part of Norway, on the border to Sweden. Even though Østfold is the second smallest county in Norway, we like to call our region “compact and … [Read more...]
The Regional Innovation Award is back !
The run up for the 8th Regional Innovation Award has started! The Regional Innovation Award (RIA) is one of AER's many tools to highlight and share good practices of regions to the whole network. Over the years, numerous regions have been recognised for their efforts in different fields. In 2016, the Innovation Award is back and aims to identify regional actions in favour of … [Read more...]
AER New Year’s Resolution: 2016 – a year for democracy
“Democracy, human rights and civic participation are entwined. One is not possible without the others.” AER President, Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, explains the reasoning behind the 2016 theme, Revitalizing democracy. 2015 has been a challenging year for Europe. Rising unemployment in many countries, divisions on the attitude towards a historic influx of refugees, economic growth … [Read more...]
Moscopole was the cultural center of the Aromanians
Moscopole (Voskopojë) is a magical tourist green village that combines with its rich culture, traditions and landscape harmoniously unified to give a permanent tourist value. It is located at a distance of 21 km from Korçë, in the mountains of southeastern Albania, at an altitude of 1160 meters. The village is known for its centuries-old civilization since 1330, stunning … [Read more...]
Welcome to Bodø (Nordland-NO)
AER Committee 3 President and Mayor of Nordland, Ms Sonja Steen, welcomes AER members and stakeholders to Bodø (Nordland-NO) for the 2016 AER General Assembly (GA) form 22-24 June. It will be the first GA ever to take place in Norway. Bodø is the capital city of Nordland and counts 50.000 inhabitants (of the 242.000 in the region) and will celebrate its 200 years in … [Read more...]
Reflexion on aviation
Roger Estefors, member of the Working Group on Transport and Regional Airports, shares some reflexions following the new proposal made by the European Commission for an aviation strategy in Europe: The entire aviation sector in Europe has gone through a transformative process from 1986 until 1992 when the Third Aviation Liberalisation Package was agreed on. The process in … [Read more...]
New aviation strategy for Europe
At the beginning of December Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport, presented a New Aviation Strategy for Europe. The communication from the Commission states three focus areas. The first part of the strategy covers the aim, on guaranteed equal conditions, to improve market access with third countries in combination with investment opportunities. The … [Read more...]
Newest member of the Monitoring and Evaluation Group
Mr Goran Pauk, from Šibenik-Knin (HR), was elected as member of the Monitoring and Evaluation Group on 1 December 2015. It is a great honour for me to be elected in the AER Monitoring and Evaluation Group (MEG) on 1 December 2015 and I would like to thank AER members for trusting me with this responsibility. This group has had a key role to play in keeping the AER relevant … [Read more...]
Historic agreement in Paris
AER warmly welcomes the global agreement signed Saturday in Paris between 195 countries and encourages all current and future leaders to meet these important commitments in a fast and fair implementation. For several years, the regions of Europe have shown their strong involvement in tackling the challenges of the climate change on the field. AER calls on the European Union, … [Read more...]
Hande Özsan Bozatli unanimously re-elected for second mandate
"First of all I would like to thank you for re-electing me as President of AER. I’m proud and honoured, of course, but let me also take this opportunity to make some reflections on what this means not only to me, but to AER and our role in the world in which we live. The election sends a strong message not only to EU, but to the wider Europe as well. I think you all agree … [Read more...]
Looking for partners for Horizon2020 project on Smart Specialisation
PBL (Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency) is a part of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment in the Netherlands and has been working in the past couple of years with other partners on the large FP7 project called Smart Specialisation for Regional Innovation. PBL has also created the S3 inter-regional trade tool of the EC Smart Specialisation Platform. PBL is … [Read more...]
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