The Brussels representation of Mid-Sweden (SE) and AER organised a joint Breakfast Briefing on 11 April featuring COSME, the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2014-2020. Key issue addressed was how regional authorities can make use of the COSME programme to support their own regional and local SMEs. Guest speaker at … [Read more...]
The reality of European rural areas: an overriding issue for EU competitiveness
At a Press Conference organised in cooperation with the European Countryside Movement (ECM), regions and international organisations called on the future Parliament and Commission highlighting three key messages: Rural areas contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy: Today the EU has a tendency to focus on increasing effectiveness by using factors such as competitiveness, … [Read more...]
TEN-T: A journey to where?
Building on the will over the last 20 years to provide Europe with a fully integrated trans-European transport network (TEN-T), the European Commission issued, in December 2013, the new guidelines for its implementation and its financial instrument Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). While the attainment of an all-integrated European area at the service of the single market … [Read more...]
Regions and business vouch for an effective economic subsidiarity
The Assembly of European Regions, a key partner for the European Business Summit 2014 Brussels (BE), 15 May 2014 Since 2013, the focus of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) has shifted with the ambition of creating stronger links between the business sector and regions throughout Europe. It was therefore a natural progression that AER became an official partner of the … [Read more...]
Minutes: Executive Board, 14 May 2014, Brussels (BE)
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Political report on “The involvement of young people in democratic life at regional level”
"Young people are particularly concerned by the crisis, as youth unemployement sets new records day after day. A whole generation is facing difficulties entering adult life, and feels excluded not only from the labour market, but also from democratic life." Lilla Merabet, Rapporteur Regional Councillor and Chairwoman of the AER Sub-Committee on Youth (Alsace-FR) (Use … [Read more...]
Newsletter n°19 (Jun. 2014)
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The reality of European rural areas: an overriding issue for EU competitiveness
In the run up to the European elections, regions and international organisations call on the future Parliament and Commission to further take into account the new reality of rural areas. Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale (BE), 29 April 2014 The European Union (EU) is facing several key challenges and responding to these will prove to be a particularly complex and expensive … [Read more...]
RUR@CT: mutual learning as a key for regional development
Mutual learning and transfer of best practices are key to promote economic, social and environmental growth in European regions. This is the conclusion of the first edition of the RUR@CT Benchmarking Seminar on rural development that took place on 29 April in Brussels, at the kind invitation of the Walloon region. Gathering 70 regional stakeholders, the Seminar presented a … [Read more...]
AER hand in hand with its Ukrainian members and their citizens
Ukraine (UA), 25 April 2014 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) follows with deep concern and sorrow the developments taking place in Ukraine. What is happening there will have an impact on the future of Europe and beyond. This is the reason why DR Hande Özsan Bozatli, AER President, visited Ukraine these past days, accompanied by the Secretary General Mr Pascal Goergen. … [Read more...]
AER Resolution on Boosting Interregional Cooperation in the context of the Eastern Partnership
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First joint plenary session for AER Committees 1 & 2
Joining forces for the first time in a joint plenary session, the members of AER Committees for Economy and Regional development (1) and for Social and Health policy (2), discussed in Edirne (TR) about the state of play of their political priorities and activities. During the first half of the session the Committee 1 Working Groups invited members to join them for their core … [Read more...]
Youth involved in sustainable social entrepreneurship
YRN President Beat Rohner co-chaired the workshop on promoting social entrepreneurship together with AER Committee 2 Vice-President Urban Blomberg. YRN Head of Committee on Professional life and Youth Entrepreneurship, Kaloyan Kostadinov contributed to the discussion presenting the young vision on the issue and giving some real life examples from Varna (BG). Both YRN Presidium … [Read more...]
Culture high on the agenda of Committee 3
Committee “Culture, Education, Youth and International Cooperation” held its spring plenary in Novi Sad (Vojvodina-RS) on 26 March. Sub-Committee Culture defined its interests mainly around the topics of cultural heritage and culture for health/seniors. The debates on culture will be pursued during this year’s Summer Academy. The work of Sub-Committee Education was very … [Read more...]
Next AER Summer Academy (SA) well on track
Novi Sad and the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (RS) are ready to welcome 120 participants from 17 to 23 August 2014 to discuss and experience "Multicultural, Multiethnic and Multilingual regions – Regional diversity for socio-economic growth". This is the conclusion of the SA's Orginising Committee meeting, held on 27 March in Novi Sad. During the SA week, as in … [Read more...]
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