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Climate Change – What are the regions doing?

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Ahead of the all-important climate talks in Paris at the end of this year, many regions and cities are announcing they will do their share: climate pledges are popping up left, right and centre. EUobserver's Regional Focus Magazine 2015 takes a look at some of the issues ahead of the Paris climate summit. AER is also preparing for the Paris gathering, more news to follow. … [Read more...]

Welcome to the new AER website !

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You will soon discover that we have adopted a new look but the change goes way beyond cosmetics. We could not reach the end of our 30th anniversary celebrations, having highlighted our successes and fought challenges without updating our digital tools. We will now be even better at voicing the regions, promoting interregional cooperation, strengthening regional leadership, … [Read more...]

Does open government trigger innovation?

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The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit is currently taking place in Mexico.  The OGP was launched in 2011 to provide an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens.  Since then, OGP has grown from 8 countries to the 66 participating countries In all of these countries, … [Read more...]

How to motivate public servants to innovate? That is the question!

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Better understanding the bundle of incentives that motivate people to serve the public is part of the workforce challenge for 21 st Century public services. (Needham et al., 2014, p6) Are people not motivated to work anymore in public sector? Does motivation increase innovation and effectiveness in public sector work? Yes, says a report published by Nesta, a UK charity … [Read more...]

Social media use in governments

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Does social media help deliver better public services and does the use of social media create more open policy processes? What are the current trends and what are valid guidelines for decision makers? These  questions are at the heart of a study published by the OECD in 2014 exploring the Social Media Use by Governments. Whereas politicians fairly quickly became aware of the … [Read more...]

New Call under the 3rd Health Programme

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A new Call for Proposals has been launched on 28 October 2015 on "Support Member States under particular migratory pressure in their response to health related challenges" as an amendment under the 3rd Health Programme. The decision of the amendment to the work programme 2015 is available at the Directorate General for Health and Food Safety website. Following the adoption … [Read more...]

Facebook built its first server outside the USA in Norrbotten

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The Facebook Data Centre is based in the city of Luleå, in the AER member region of Norrbotten. One of the reasons that Facebook choose that place was because of the natural cooling thanks to the climate, reliable electricity networks, cheap electricity and the clean energy. The computer center is the largest one in Europe, with 84.000 sqm, which is comparable with 11 soccer … [Read more...]

An integrated approach to regional development

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Gratian Mihailescu, expert from the AER's Observatory on Regionalisation, was invited to speak at the Danube Conference about multi-level governance on 16 October 2015. The roundtable discussion was organized in Cluj Napoca, with the occasion of 100 years celebration of Junior Chamber International. JCI is a is a international NGO of young people between 18 and 40 years old … [Read more...]

Success stories from Vojvodina (RS)

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With the support of AP Vojvodina Secretariat for inter-regional co-operation and local self-government Local Democracy Agency Subotica has prepared a collection of good local practice - an overview of EU funded projects implemented by 45 municipalities in Vojvodina in the course of the IPA Programming period 2007-2013. This publication aims to promote internationally the … [Read more...]

AER Annual Networking Reception – 1 December 2015

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Thank you for taking part in the AER Annual Networking Reception, organised with the support of BNP Paribas Fortis ! We already look forward to next year's gathering between the AER members, thematic and private partners, European institutions, academic experts, regional offices, media and diplomatic corps. Pictures … [Read more...]

Mrs Bianca Miruna Gavrilita appointed as the new President of the Eurodyssey Programme

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Mrs Bianca Miruna Gavrilita – member of the Timis (RO) County Council – is the new President of the Eurodyssey Programme. She has been appointed for a two-year mandate to lead this AER’s exchange programme which, since 1985, allows young job seekers aged between 18 and 30 to benefit from a traineeship placement abroad for a period between three to seven months. I Engage myself … [Read more...]

Making regional diplomacy a reality

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AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli and H.R.H Prince Laurent of Belgium visited the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk last week. The region is a key AER member in Eastern Europe and a partner for bridging with other regions from the area through the AER office that recently opened. The delegation met with high ranking officials including Mr Udod Evgeniy Grigoryevich, Chairman … [Read more...]

The start to a win-win cooperation with regions from the Republic of Serbia

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AER was honoured to welcome delegates from the Sumadija and Pomoravlje region (Serbia) on 15 October in Brussels. The Mayors in the delegation represent the regional development agency of that region and met with the Acting Secretary General, Mathieu Mori and Mujo Hadzic, Détaché advisor for Intergovernmantal Relations, to exchange on their potential involvement in AER. The … [Read more...]

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