Looking forward to inspiring and productive discussions on Youth Entrepreneurship in this Summer Academy 2016, after the keynote speech delivered by Staffan Taylor, one of the most talented young speakers in Sweden who is a member of YES for Europe, the European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs. Staffan Taylor inspired the crowd with a focus on the choices we have, fears … [Read more...]
Awarding youth-friendly practices in European Regions
Ms. Sonja Steen, President of the AER Committee on Youth, Education and Culture, announced during the opening ceremony of AER's Summer Academy in Sarpsborg the 2017 edition of the MYFER award, recognising the efforts of the most youth friendly European regions. A dedicated webpage will all the details of the competition and the application form will be ready soon, but here … [Read more...]
Summer Academy 2016
The AER Summer Academy received in 2016 the support of the ERASMUS+ programme. The Summer Academy 2016 is focused on Youth and Entrepreneurship in Europe's Regions and it is one of the main events in the calendar of AER and specially the YRN. The lead parter is the Region of Østfold in Norway. By bringing together decision makers, professionals and youth representatives from … [Read more...]
AER Observatory on Regionalisation contribution on regional diversity
The AER Observatory on Regionalisation (Enrico Martial and Alexandre Brecx) took part on 21 April 2016 in the first Jean Monnet seminar in Lille focusing on the heterogeneity of the regions inside the EU. French author Edith Lormel wrote about the main findings in an interesting article recently published on the website La documentation française. The article makes a review of … [Read more...]
Improving Administrative capacity of Regions in Public Procurement
AER participated on 5 July to a lunch time briefing aimed at presenting good practices and recommendations as regards the public procurement systems in EU Member States. The Committee of the Regions hosted this meeting with a view to enhancing investments at local and regional level. It also aimed at raising awareness of the pivotal role of administrative capacity in the EU's … [Read more...]
Intern wanted: AER secretariat in Brussels (now closed)
The Assembly of European Regions is the political organisation of the regions of Europe and a representative of their interests at the European and international levels. Its mission: to defend the interests of the regions in the political process and to develop interregional cooperation. Regions from 35 countries and 15 interregional organisations are members of the AER. We … [Read more...]
Video message of EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella at AER General Assembly
EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella, responsible for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, addressed the AER General Assembly on 23 June in a video message during the Keynote discussion on why the arctic dimension matters for all Europeans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G07UssvJ4xw … [Read more...]
Cllr Roy Perry (Hampshire-UK) on UK referendum
Cllr Roy Perry (Hampshire-UK) could not attend our General Assembly in Bodø last June due to his responsibilities in the Remain campaign for the UK referendum. However, he sent this video to be presented at the Bureau meeting on June 22 2016. The Bureau was focused on the possibilities that new technologies offer to regional authorities to imporve governance, but was closed … [Read more...]
AER Report – Energy security from a regional perspective
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A conference on non-formal education in Brussels to close the YBB project
AER would like to share the invitation from the Abruzzo region (IT) to take part in the final conference of the project: "yBBregions - Youth and Brussels-based", which will be held at the premises of the Abruzzo region in Brussels from 9.00 on 16th June 2016. The yBBregions project offered 80 young people coming from Abruzzo and three other regions (Dubrovnik-Neretva … [Read more...]
Smart Regions: the growth that Europe needs
The AER participated in the Smart Regions conference, where European regions could present their successful stories on Smart Specialisation and their strategies to achieve innovation-driven economic transformation. At the same time, the European Institutions had the opportunity to listen to these examples and meet the people that make them happen, establishing a dialogue … [Read more...]
Press conference, AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli and Laurent of Belgium
AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli and Laurent of Belgium made official their cooperation agreement on 17 May. The background of the collaboration is the growing environmental and climate challenges for which Laurent of Belgium has valuable expertise and great personal interest. AER and its regions have initiated multiple actions over the past decade to promote regions in … [Read more...]