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Make Regional Policy happen! AER Major ‘Seminar & Partnership Fair’ on Interreg IV C Opportunities

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  Building up on the former 'Centurio Interreg IIIC' project, which -with 50 partners- quickly became the biggest project of the 'Interreg IIIC West Zone', the AER invites all member regions to take part to the: 'AER SEMINAR AND PARTNERSHIP FAIR: Getting Ready for the INTERREG IVC call for projects!' The event will take place on Thursday 14th June in Strasbourg … [Read more...]

Health Services should stay outside the Services Directive: Regions appeal to the European Parliament

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This evening European deputies are set to debate the future of health services in Europe, following a report which aims at reintroducing them into the scope of the 'Services Directive' (the former 'Bolkestein Directive', 2006/123/CE). The EP Internal Market Committee adopted this report on 8th May. The rapporteur herself, MEP Bernadette Vergnaud, contested the vote and … [Read more...]

New AER Emergency Planning Network: Together, the regions will better manage emergencies

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Exeter, Devon (UK), 18 May 2007 Today, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) launches its Emergency Planning Network, in Exeter-Devon-UK. This network will allow regions to learn from each other what to do - or what not to do! - in an emergency and to develop common action plans to respond to crises. The 35 participants, representing 15 regions from 10 countries, defined … [Read more...]

Assembly of European Regions (AER) to become the Reference Centre for Eco-Tourism in Europe

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'The Assembly of European Regions is set to become the reference centre in the field of eco-tourism in Europe, thanks to its Touring Nature initiative', announced Zsolt Vasile Grigorut, Manager of the AER Alba Iulia Office for Romania and South-Eastern Europe. He spoke today at the 'European Lakes Network' conference, which is taking place in the Lake Tisza Region, … [Read more...]

‘No more EU red tape on regional Airports’, asks AER Secretary General Klaus Klipp in Eindhoven

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'European regions do not want more EU regulation on regional airports, if not absolutely necessary. New directives in the EU legislative pipeline, such as the 'Proposal for a Directive on airport charges' (COMM (2006) 820, 24/1/2007), will only make life more difficult for regional airports', said the AER Secretary General Klaus Klipp, speaking today at the FARE, the 'Forum of … [Read more...]

Pres. Illy at the AER Bureau in Hamar: “Regions have to keep the Momentum of European Integration going”

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Dates of next AER General Assembly confirmed: 7th – 9th November in Udine (I) Hedmark County (N), 8 May 2007 "It is the regions' duty to maintain the current level of integration in Europe, in case no solution is found on the Constitutional Treaty at the EU level": AER President, Riccardo Illy, claimed. At the end of the AER Bureau Meeting, held today in Hedmark County … [Read more...]

Regions launch two major Initiatives on integrating Ethnic Minorities and supporting Migrant Women

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European Year of Equal Opportunities Strasbourg (F), 25 April 2007 "European Regions want the EU to do more in the field of anti-discrimination": Klaus Klipp, Secretary General of the Assembly of European Regions (AER, www.aer.eu), stressed today during a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg the crucial importance of anti-discrimination issues for … [Read more...]

‘No Innovation without Education’: AER’s Declaration on the Regions’ Role in Education and Innovation

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  Novi Sad, Vojvodina (SRB), 24 April 2007 Meeting in Novi Sad, capital of the region of Vojvodina (Serbia), the member regions of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) signed up to a declaration that commits them to concrete targets in the field of education and regional development. The Declaration on 'The Regions' Role in Education and Regional Innovation' was … [Read more...]

Press Invitation Combating Discrimination in Europe: Regions and MEPs speak out

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On the occasion of the launch of the anti-discrimination truck tour in Strasbourg, which is due to leave the Alsatian capital on Wednesday 25th April, European regions and MEPs team up to announce joint initiatives on the integration of ethnic minorities, migrant women and gender equality. 'We want to show that the regions of Europe have been working for years on these … [Read more...]

AER Peer Review Toolkit Available Online

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A new AER website showcases the successful peer review pilot project which the AER has recently completed in its member regions of Dubrovnik Neretva (HR), Odessa (UA) and Alba (RO). The AER Peer Review Initiative (APRI) forms the basis of a European-wide peer review system, which enables the dissemination of best practice and development of excellence in the field of regional … [Read more...]

AER Study Visit to UNDP Decentralisation Projects in Southern Serbia

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The AER Working Group on International Solidarity has undertaken a study visit to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) projects in Serbia, in order to ascertain how AER Member Regions could engage in UNDP-administered development cooperation schemes on the ground in countries such as Serbia, Morocco and Lebanon. After a visit on the 16th April to the UNDP Serbia … [Read more...]

Cohesion Policy in Europe: Regions’ reaction

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The Assembly of European Regions (AER) welcomes today's announcement by Regional Policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner on the preparations for the new cohesion policy period (2007-2013). The AER appreciates the European Commission's commitment to start the programmes on the ground as soon as possible. It is also important that Member States have been able to prepare their National … [Read more...]

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