The Dutch municipality of Coevorden that would like to exchange experiences with border and cross-border regions regarding cross-border business parks with the aim to check if there could be also a possibility to initiate a project regarding this subject. The municipality of Coevorden and its German neighbour municipality Emlichheim, share a cross-border industrial park … [Read more...]
You will find below all events (past and future) organised by other networks, partners and organisations.
An efficient Danube Strategy to impact 20 million citizens
Get involved in the programme preparation and join the 5th Danube eRegion Conference on 21-22 September 2015 in Ljubljana (SI). Event page About the EU Strategy for the Danube Region … [Read more...]
Efficient regions for efficient energy
In the framework of the EU sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) which took place in Brussels from 15-19 June and upon the kind invitation of the House of Dutch Provinces, AER Committee 1 Working group on Energy and Climate change, led by Councillor Melville Kendal, took this opportunity to meet on the 18th, in order to discuss the future of Energy security, Energy Efficiency and … [Read more...]
“What future for the regions” by Fredrik Söderbaum
What future for the regions? Fredrik Söderbaum Professor of Peace and Development Research, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg E-mail: [email protected] Thanks to the organizers for inviting me to this exciting event. It is a great privilege to be invited to speak about on my favourite topic. One general conclusion that can be drawn … [Read more...]
Geothermal energy days in Vojvodina
A year after EU elections: more Europe, but how?
19-21 May 2015, Strasbourg (FR) - the 10th European meetings in Strasbourg The EU faces important challenges and citizens questions its efficiency. Others remain convinced of the relevance of the EU project. Is the EU responsible for the challenges that numerous European countries are struggling to find solutions to or is the EU the path to find solutions? How can we … [Read more...]
Changing AER for the 21st Century
The AER Bureau, in its meeting in Strasbourg (Alsace-FR) on 22 April 2015, took a bold decision to set AER in a new direction. Bureau members acknowledged that AER has played a pivotal role over the past 30 years for regions in Europe and has quite largely met if not exceeded its initial objectives: - Representing the voice of regions on European level and; - Promoting … [Read more...]
Equal Opportunities Forum – Roma Inclusion
On 21 April 2015 in Strasbourg, AER organised its first Equal Opportunities Forum of the year, dedicated to the issue of Roma inclusion. Monica Carlsson, the Vice-President of AER, delivered an opening speech. A round-table brought together experts, such as Yaron Matras, who summarised how the Roma issue has been perceived through history. Denis Huber from the European Alliance … [Read more...]
Women’s Economic Empowerment and Sustainable Development
1 March 2015, Riga - Women’s Economic Empowerment: Regions have their say! Gender Equality has been a key priority within the Assembly of European Regions (AER) for many years – a working group on Gender Equality was created in the late 1990s. The AER Standing Committee on Equal Opportunities was created by a decision of the AER General Assembly on 26 November 2009. AER is … [Read more...]
Alsace region takes action to reduce dropout
Alsace region is organising a regional conference to exchange best practice in Alsace, France and Europe, on compensation measures (2nd chance), in Strasbourg, 20 January 2015. It will be the final conference of a 2-year project where actions targeted at young people aged 16 to 25 years old, who have dropped off the radar have been developed. This project aimed at both … [Read more...]
Europe, let’s cooperate!
Bologna, Italy – 2-3 December 2014: This two-day event will offer participants the opportunity to learn more about the benefits of interregional cooperation and ways to implement projects, as well as meeting experts in the field of interregional cooperation. This event will be a chance to network and meet future partners ahead of the launch of call for proposals in February … [Read more...]
AER represented Regions at ACI’s Annual International Conference
At the occasion of Airports Council International’s Conference and Exhibition on Europe’s regional airports in Madeira (PT) on 12-14 May, Jan Owe Larsson, Chairman of the AER Working Group on Transport and Regional airports, took part in a roundtable discussion on the economic effect of regional airports to territorial development. With the aim of increasing the … [Read more...]
AER and AEBR : joining forces on rural and urban challenges
Cross-border Urban and Rural integrated areas - Challenges and Chances" was the topic of the annual AEBR conference which took place in Liège (B) on the 7th of November and to which AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli was invited as a keynote speaker. Together with Danuta Hübner, MEP and Chair of the Regional Development Committee of the European Parliament, and other high … [Read more...]
AER advocates subsidiarity at Congress plenary
AER Committee 3 President Sonja Steen participated in the plenary session of the Congress of the Council of Europe (Strasbourg, 29-31 October). During the debate at the Chamber of the Regions, which focused on the impact of the crisis on regionalisation and devolution, recalled the AER claim that subsidiarity remain the key principle of any policy-making processes in Europe. … [Read more...]
AER at inter-institutional high-level Working Group on Transparency Register
On 15th October, AER was invited to exchange views with members of the inter-institutional high-level Working Group on the review of the European Transparency Register, chaired by Rainer Wieland, European Parliament Vice-President and Maroš Sefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission, in charge of Inter-Institutional Relations and … [Read more...]
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