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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...]

Strasbourg declaration on youth participation

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Young people - active partners and stakeholders of both the present and the future. Emphasizing the importance of youth involvement in a changing society for the empowerment of young people and the upbringing of modern citizens. Recalling the spirit and intention of the European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life (2003). Enhancing … [Read more...]

Newsletter n°1 (Oct. 2012)

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Featured articles: AER conference “Faced with the crisis: The Regions at Europe's bedside” AER Summer School 2012: what happened? AER Committee on Culture, Education, Youth and International Cooperation at work The role for regions in enabling a future for electric vehicles ERRIN-AER Policy Debate "Horizon 2020" Future Cohesion Policy & Health: AER … [Read more...]

Conference report: Faced with the crisis “The Regions at Europe’s bedside”

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The regions are facing many challenges: creating employment, boosting economic growth, developing sustainably their territory struggling against climate changes. Yet, they show amazing innovating abilities to adapt themselves to a quick-moving social, economical and environmental reality. Nevertheless, they cannot solve the economical problems that Europe is facing on their … [Read more...]

Crisis Summit Brochure

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Faced with the crisis: The Regions at Europe’s bedside 21-22 September 2012 Pescara, Abruzzo (I) Even faced with significant challenges - creating jobs, generating economic growth, harmoniously developing the territory, fighting climate change - regions demonstrate a stunning potential for innovation while dealing with a rapidly evolving societal, economic, and environmental … [Read more...]

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