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How to transfer good practices?

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A guide from the RURACT methodology. The concrete manifestations of interregional cooperation and partnership actions between European territories are not yet sufficiently well known. Nevertheless, European regions have considerable experience in this domain, indicating the interest of such enterprises. And although these joint endeavours represent a daily challenge, often … [Read more...]

Briefing note on the Eastern Partnership

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Context Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a special dimension of the European Union’s Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) towards 6 partner countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. This initiative was launched in May 2009 with Poland and Sweden as the originators of the idea. The EaP was strongly inspired by previous enlargements of the European Union (EU): in … [Read more...]

AER Resolution: “Youth as a source and a lever of regional growth in times of crisis”

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The crisis which Europe is undergoing is a matter of deep concern to the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and its members. They decided to enhance their reflection on the role that Regions do and can play in order to face the impact of this crisis. In addition to specific studies and publications, AER therefore launched in 2012 a series of Summits on the Regions and the … [Read more...]

2012 Activity Report

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"It is with great emotion that I am reaching the end of my term of office as the President of the Assembly of European Regions. These four years rank among the most fruitful of my public career. During these four years, I have been given the opportunity to testify that Regions develop great initiatives to propose innovative solutions to a financial and economic crisis that – … [Read more...]

AER new report on EU funding

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AER is Releasing a New Report on Information and Access to European Funding and Announces Training in Regional Management of EU Funds Strasbourg, Alsace (F), 17 October 2012 At a time when the European Union is going through a period of economic instability, European funds play a particular role in the development and restarting of regional economies. The Assembly of … [Read more...]

Resolution from the AER Summit of the Regions and the Crisis

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The financial and economic crisis that has plagued many countries worldwide and in Europe for the past several months is far from over. The efficiency of regional policies is directly impacted by the budgetary restrictions that the situation requires and by the conditionalities linked to the European aid. In this context, the European Stability Mechanism and the Growth Pact … [Read more...]

Recommendations for Entrepreneurship Education in Europe

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Recommendations Wider understanding of “entrepreneurship education” Strong political commitment and support Sustained funding for activities Be integrated across the full education cycle Support to teachers Create regional support services Network and exchange of experiences (Use Pop Out button to Download/Open) … [Read more...]

Youth Entrepreneurship Strategies – Good practices

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For three years we in the YES project have been working with this question in our interregional team. We have different experiences and varying degrees of influence. We all, though, agree on one thing. Europe needs more positive attitudes towards entrepreneurship and the way to do it best is through the system that brings young people together i.e., the education … [Read more...]

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