October 7, 2015, Washington, DC: The German Marshall Fund hosted the opening reception for the Washington, D.C. leg of Our Cities, Our Climate: A Bloomberg Philanthropies - U.S. Department of State Partnership on the evening of Wednesday, October 7, kicking off the U.S. Department of State’s three-day initiative. The opening reception brought together U.S. and international … [Read more...]
You will find below articles on events (past and future) organised by AER, our member regions and other networks, partners and organisations.
Invitation to the Open Days side event “Approaching AAA rating in youth employment”
13 October, 11.00, Espace Monte Paschi (avenue d'Auderghem 22-28, 1040 Brussels) The aim of the event is on the one hand to identify the reasons for the high youth unemployment rate and subsequently juxtapose regions from both ends of the spectrum in order to exchange ideas and best practices in the attempt to tackle youth unemployment successfully and mutually compare … [Read more...]
Looking for experience sharing in cross border business parks
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...]
Eurodyssey: Promoting youth employment for 30 years
The Eurodyssey programme is AER’s flagship initiative that has contributed to youth employment over the past 30 years. The programme leads young graduates to their first experience on the international job market with approximately 500 exchanges per year in the 37 member regions active in the programme. The programme’s annual Forum took place in Västra Götaland in the framework … [Read more...]
“The future of regionalism is bright”
“Regions, federated states and autonomous communities are above all mainstays of democracy; they strongly support cultural diversity in Europe and they are major partners in socio-economic development”. This message has been AER’s core vision for the last 30 years. It was the basis for its creation in 1985, was manifested in the AER Declaration on Regionalism adopted in 1996, … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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