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...]
You will find below articles on events (past and future) organised by AER, our member regions and other networks, partners and organisations.
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...]
First Multiplier event on preventing school dropout
16-17 December 2014, Barcelona (ES) - Following the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ project JET CD in Västernorrland in September 2014, the first multiplier event was organised by the region of Catalunya in December last year. 37 participants from the partner organisations and from different organisations from the region attended this event. The project partners had … [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...]
Lobbying session: Maximising the impact of regions
A half-day training session on institutional lobbying for regions in Brussels was organised in the context of AER's training programme. The session focused on the role of regions as institutional advocacy workers in general, looked at different methods and strategies and discussed those in the light of three case studies and perspectives. These were: the role of regional … [Read more...]
World Health and Design Forum
On 22 October in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant (NL), at the occasion of the World Health and Design Forum, AER organised an event focusing on regional politicians' involvement in the implementation of smart solutions for active and healthy living. 5 regional politicians exchanged on the strategies they were developing in this field in their territories and the obstacles they … [Read more...]
News from the Cultural Centre of Mordovia in Děčín
In the Cultural Centre of Mordovia Republic in Děčín, Czech Republic, the international non-governmental organisation “Perspective Elbe-Labe” will be represented. A focus of the organisation is on the further development of artistic skills of people working and living in the Elbe-Labe region, to promote artistic achievement. The objective is to give local people a space … [Read more...]
Eco-conditionality of financial support
Is your region a leader on the Eco-conditionality of financial support? Do you have good practices to share in this field? Eco-conditionality of financial support consists in granting funds in exchange for respect of good environmental practices. It is particularly relevant in the framework of the protection of environment, a major stake in the XXIst century. In the … [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...]
Regions at the EU Sustainable Energy Week
At the occasion of the 2014 edition of the European Sustainable Energy Week, AER and the Québec General Delegation to the EU jointly organised a roundtable debate to discuss which policy should be put in place to create a flourishing green energy sector benefiting to both citizens and entrepreneurs. Regions have a key role to play in boosting sustainable development: … [Read more...]
Regional partnerships for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Building on the strong partnership formed by the regions of the Regions4GreenGrowth INTERREG IVC project, the AER Working Group on Energy and Climate Change met with the members of this successful initiative, as well as EURISY, in Lyon (FR) in order to discuss with the potential opportunities for future cooperation in the field of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, and the … [Read more...]
AER Bureau and General Assembly
The main annual meeting of AER attracted 300 members in Wroclaw (Dolnoslaskie–PL). Beside the statutory matters including the presentation of all AER activities or the changes to the rules of procedure, the Bureau, extra-ordinary and ordinary General Assembly have discussed the results of the European elections and highlighted equal opportunities. Two days after the European … [Read more...]
A Breakfast Briefing to discover COSME
The Brussels representation of Mid-Sweden (SE) and AER organised a joint Breakfast Briefing on 11 April featuring COSME, the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2014-2020. Key issue addressed was how regional authorities can make use of the COSME programme to support their own regional and local SMEs. Guest speaker at … [Read more...]
RUR@CT: mutual learning as a key for regional development
Mutual learning and transfer of best practices are key to promote economic, social and environmental growth in European regions. This is the conclusion of the first edition of the RUR@CT Benchmarking Seminar on rural development that took place on 29 April in Brussels, at the kind invitation of the Walloon region. Gathering 70 regional stakeholders, the Seminar presented a … [Read more...]
AER Training Academies on Leadership: Making change happen in your regions
The Training Academies held in Edirne on 2-3 April aimed at highlighting the role regional decision-makers play in delivering changes in their regions. Whilst on the first day the focus was put on entrepreneurship and how regions can promote SMEs in their territory, with best practices coming from Flevoland (NL) and Donegal (IE), the second day highlighted the innovation … [Read more...]
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