On 12 June, 15 participants from different regions kicked off AER's school dropout initiative in Brussels. They defined their objectives, work plan and methodology and set a 2 years calendar. Members of the working group will collect and present prevention measures at the next Committee 3 meeting on 30 and 31 October 2013 in Strasbourg. Further steps will focus on intervention … [Read more...]
Effective energy policies in view of the EU2020 burden-sharing targets
With the overall objective of boosting investments for Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and Energy Efficiency, 15 peers from Abruzzo (IT), Flevoland (NL), Maramures (RO), Norrbotten (SE), Sofia (BG) and the AER met in Lazio (IT) in order to undertake the 9th Regional Peer Review within the Regions4GreenGrowth INTERREG IVC project. During the 5-day visit, peers discovered the … [Read more...]
AER’s youth – preparing for the United Nations
Beat Rohner, President of the AER Youth Regional Network (YRN), participated on 12 May in the Thessaloniki International Student Model United Nations (ThessISMUN) conference which took place at Thessaloniki University (GR). During the event, more than 300 students from all over Europe simulated discussions of different United Nations bodies, the Council of Europe and North … [Read more...]
New tools for policy making – the IDeal Index:
The report suggests the use of the IDeal index to improve the lackings of GDP as an indicator of the true progress of a society. This new index takes into account life expectancy, perceived satisfaction over one’s quality of life and socio-economic and environmental parameters. “The enclosed phrase ‘I deal’ also carries the idea of ‘I participate in the sustainable development … [Read more...]
Rurality and regional development
The report advocates the potential of rural regions in Europe and puts forward suggestions to ensure it is fully exploited. Opening up these territories through transport infrastructure and digital development is the key to attract new industries and jobs. Creating a new rural development policy, independent from the agricultural one, becomes therefore necessary. Jean-Paul … [Read more...]
Regions shaping e-transport
A political report, adopted on 18 May 2013, aims to highlight the importance of facilitating electric vehicles. The main recommendations include: need for further Inter-operability of the supporting infrastructure behind vehicle charging, ‘Universality’ which will allow the owners of electric vehicles drive outside there locality, Promotion and Communication to tackle the lack … [Read more...]
Regions face the crisis
The AER gathered the 16 May in Paris, 250 European, national and regional decision makers as well as representatives from the business and banking sector, in the presence of Janusz Lewandowski, European Commissioner for financial programming and Budget, Jean-Paul Huchon, President of the Ile-de-France Regional Council (FR) and Laurent Fabius, French Minister for Foreign … [Read more...]
AER President meets Commission President Barroso
European regions presented their views on the preparation of the Commission’s work programme 2014 Bruxelles, Bruxelles-Capitale (B), 7 June 2013 Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) met yesterday the European Commission's President José Manuel Barroso, together with the President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the … [Read more...]
AER President met European Commission President Barroso
Hande Özsan Bozatli, AER President, met on 6 June the European Commission's President José Manuel Barroso, together with the President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the representatives from the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), EUROCITIES, Conference … [Read more...]
Defining role of regions in the light of the new Transparency Register
In the context of the current discussions concerning the future of the Europe's transparency register -a joined initiative of the European Parliament and the European Commission-, a high-level meeting between lobby groups, interest representatives and EC Vice-President, Maroš Šefčovič, took place on the 5th of June in Brussels. The purpose of the meeting was to get input from … [Read more...]
Newsletter n°9 (Jun. 2013)
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AER background note on integrated care
Integration of care services is emerging as a central challenge of health care delivery, particularly for patients with elderly and complex chronic conditions. In 2003, the World Health Organisation (WHO) already began to identify it as one of the key pathways to improve primary care (World Health Report: 2003); in 2004, the European Commission declared integrated care as vital … [Read more...]
Less is more!
“We won’t show you our successes or good practices, we want you to see the bare reality and identify the failures we don’t see” is what the 10 peers from AER, Maramures, Avila, Flevoland and Sør-Trøndelag heard at a one-week peer review in Mid Sweden (27-31 May) in the context of the Smart Europe INTERREG IVC project. Embedded with an outstanding innovation system, an … [Read more...]
Economic crisis: 10 recommendations from regions
Confronted by the crisis which affects Europe as a whole, Regions must take up the challenge and act as a true driving force to make proposals and impulse new policies at regional level. Their current economic difficulties should not prevent them from fully exploiting their strengths and potential. European Regions must work together in order to bring trust back to their … [Read more...]
Electric vehicles – Quality of life – Regional development: AER publishes three political reports
Paris, Ile-de-France (F), 18 May 2013 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) adopted three new political reports. AER developed the concept of reports with the purpose of raising the political voice of European Regions on concrete issues. After adoption, the reports become the tools to lobby key European and National policy makers to determine a way forward. “The role for … [Read more...]
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