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REALM and the Europe 2020 Flagship Initiatives

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The Hampshire Adult and Community Learning led Grundtvig project (Accompanying Measures) entitled “Regional Adult Learning Multipliers and the Europe 2020 Flagship Initiatives” (REALM) held its fourth and final seminar in Brussels on 10 October 2012. The REALM seminar has inspected the flagships “Resource Efficient Europe” and “An Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era” … [Read more...]

AER Youth Regional Network – New President

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On 9 October Beat Rohner, from the Canton of St. Gallen (CH), got elected as the new President of the YRN.’’ I was very happy about my election. Naturally, this new function means also a big responsibility’’ says BeatRohner, describing how he felt about his new role. The newly elected YRN president is a political science and business administration student. Additionally, he … [Read more...]

Conference on European Funding – ProI3T project

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European funds have always been of paramount importance for local and regional authorities around Europe. In the context of the current economic recession and budgetary restrictions at every level, European funding becomes even more an important source of potential income for subnational public authorities. The final conference of the Pro-I3T project (financed by the Europe for … [Read more...]

Open letter on the Partnership principle

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This October the AER has participated in a public hearing of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Common Strategic Framework. Our Secretary General has briefly presented our Open Letter  to EU Institutions: Cohesion policy - Play the card of partnership … [Read more...]

Tales from Europe on Eco-Innovation

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This year AER has come up with a new format for the "Tales from Europe" event. Co-organised for the first time with a second entity, the English Speaking Union, we opened our doors not only to journalists and colleagues from European institutions, but also to regional representatives and the civil society. The format is new but its objective is still the same: to promote … [Read more...]

Resolution from the AER Summit of the Regions and the Crisis

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The financial and economic crisis that has plagued many countries worldwide and in Europe for the past several months is far from over. The efficiency of regional policies is directly impacted by the budgetary restrictions that the situation requires and by the conditionalities linked to the European aid. In this context, the European Stability Mechanism and the Growth Pact … [Read more...]

Recommendations for Entrepreneurship Education in Europe

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Recommendations Wider understanding of “entrepreneurship education” Strong political commitment and support Sustained funding for activities Be integrated across the full education cycle Support to teachers Create regional support services Network and exchange of experiences (Use Pop Out button to Download/Open) … [Read more...]

Youth Entrepreneurship Strategies – Good practices

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For three years we in the YES project have been working with this question in our interregional team. We have different experiences and varying degrees of influence. We all, though, agree on one thing. Europe needs more positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship and the way to do it best is through the system that brings young people together i.e., the education … [Read more...]

European mobility: an asset in times of crisis

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Eurodyssey programme managers and coordinators met on 11 October 2012, in Strasbourg during the programme’s annual Forum. For the thematic debate, they invited members of the AER Bureau to discuss advantages and challenges of an ambitious mobility policy. Guest of honour at the first roundtable was Mr. Jameleddine GHARBI, the Tunisian Minister for Regional Development and … [Read more...]

Regionalisation and democracy

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On 10 October AER has organised, in cooperation with the Congress of the Council of Europe and the Alsace Region, a Conference on "Regionalisation and Democracy." Nearly 200 people attended the debate, which was held during the 1st World Forum on Democracy. The AER was represented by its President, Michèle Sabban, while the President of Commission 3, Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, … [Read more...]

Strasbourg declaration on youth participation

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Young people - active partners and stakeholders of both the present and the future. Emphasizing the importance of youth involvement in a changing society for the empowerment of young people and the upbringing of modern citizens. Recalling the spirit and intention of the European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life (2003). Enhancing … [Read more...]

Newsletter n°1 (Oct. 2012)

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Featured articles: AER conference “Faced with the crisis: The Regions at Europe's bedside” AER Summer School 2012: what happened? AER Committee on Culture, Education, Youth and International Cooperation at work The role for regions in enabling a future for electric vehicles ERRIN-AER Policy Debate "Horizon 2020" Future Cohesion Policy & Health: AER … [Read more...]

Conference report: Faced with the crisis “The Regions at Europe’s bedside”

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The regions are facing many challenges: creating employment, boosting economic growth, developing sustainably their territory struggling against climate changes. Yet, they show amazing innovating abilities to adapt themselves to a quick-moving social, economical and environmental reality. Nevertheless, they cannot solve the economical problems that Europe is facing on their … [Read more...]

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