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ICTs have changed the world: the rules of the game

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Arnhem, Gelderland (NL), 6 November 2014 Most of the services and companies we know will disappear in a few years and without much notice. Our society is in transition, the exponential growth of technology and the information society mean that businesses need to adapt for their survival – and in a way, so do regional authorities. Information and communication technologies … [Read more...]

Be smart and be innovative to create sustainable jobs!

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On 4 November, the partners of the SMART EUROPE and GreenInfranet projects - INTERREG IVC – met for a joint final conference gathering over 160 participants, where regional stakeholders were challenged to build stronger connections between economic, health, spatial planning and social welfare policies, essentially to bridge the gap between nature and economy.  Find all … [Read more...]

Be smart, be innovative, and you will create sustainable jobs!

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Almere, Flevoland (NL), 4 November 2014 Today, the partners of the SMART EUROPE and GreenInfranet projects - INTERREG IVC – met for a joint final conference gathering over 160 participants, where regional stakeholders were challenged to build stronger connections between economic, health, spatial planning and social welfare policies, essentially to bridge the gap between … [Read more...]

Helping SMEs to survive: a Belgian initiative

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The Assembly of European Regions, together with finance.Brussels, the Region of Brussels-Capital and Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), will organise a seminar in Brussels on 20 November about “Investing in SMEs – How to meet the needs of the regional entrepreneurial fabric and make the most of support tools”. The seminar aims at gathering the stakeholders to hold concrete … [Read more...]

Europe, let’s cooperate!

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Bologna, Italy – 2-3 December 2014: This two-day event will offer participants the opportunity to learn more about the benefits of interregional cooperation and ways to implement projects, as well as meeting experts in the field of interregional cooperation.
This event will be a chance to network and meet future partners ahead of the launch of call for proposals in February … [Read more...]

Welcome to BNP Paribas Fortis

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AER is pleased to welcome a new partner in its Business Community: BNP Paribas Fortis. BNP Paribas Fortis, a Belgian bank with an international approach. We are part of the BNP Paribas group, a European leader on a global scale in terms of banking and financial services, active in 80 countries. This allows us to provide a unique pan-European network with a diverse portfolio … [Read more...]

Special focus on AER Business Partner, Innovator LLC

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Innovator LLC (Tbilisi, Georgia) is an experienced systems integrator company in the field of telecommunication. The company offers to its customers innovative solutions based on modern technologies. In depth study of customer requests gives the opportunity to create individual solution for each of them based on their needs. Depending on the wishes of their customers, … [Read more...]

Regions4GreenGrowth Final Publication

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Regions4GreenGrowth is an initiative of EU regions who have defined high sustainable energy ambitions and now encounter this obstacle. The overall objective of the project is to equip these regions with regional policy instruments, mechanisms and approaches to improve access to finance for and speed up investments in sustainable energy projects (e.g. renewable energy generation … [Read more...]

Lobbying session: Maximising the impact of regions

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A half-day training session on institutional lobbying for regions in Brussels was organised in the context of AER's training programme. The session focused on the role of regions as institutional advocacy workers in general, looked at different methods and strategies and discussed those in the light of three case studies and perspectives. These were: the role of regional … [Read more...]

Ehealth: Independence and Inclusion in the 21st Century

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The AER Committee 2 “Social Policy and Public Health” Autumn Plenary Session 2014 gathered more than 100 participants from across Europe, representing 20 European regions and 19 organisations. This variety of events took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Letterkenny. Here is the report of the events that took place from 20-23 October in Donegal (Ireland) (Use Pop Out … [Read more...]

Donegal, a breathtaking experience

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Letterkenny, Donegal (IE), 23 October 2014 There has been a constant tendency in Europe to highlight best practices and success-stories, yet sharing failures is also key to avoid or reduce the impacts of challenges. This was the core message of this week in Donegal, during the Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) events on ‘E-health: independence and inclusion in the 21st … [Read more...]

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