The category contains a collection of AER posts, linking to archives, videos, position papers and much more

Discover Wallonia in the “European Regions” TV series

1 December, 2014 By Editor

The Assembly of European Regions (AER) and UNICAP Television, are proud to present the first episode of our tailormade TV Series, European Regions. European Regions invite you to discover an AER founding member, Wallonia. You will be amazed by this beautiful region, rich in culture, traditions, nature and folklore. Wallonia will seduce you with its wonderful sights, delicious … [Read more...]

Smart Europe project: final video

28 November, 2014 By Editor

SMART EUROPE was a project based on the concept that smart and targeted regional policies and interventions can be designed to boost the employment directly in the regional innovation-based sectors. With this aim, a consortium of 13 partners, representing 11 EU regions, exchanged policies and instruments for identifying and supporting the main regional economic actors that … [Read more...]

The Walloon Small Business Act

20 November, 2014 By Editor

20 November 2014, Brussels - at the occasion of the AER event on investing in SMEs, the Walloon region presented their Small Business Act. … [Read more...]

AER Position on the Small Business Act (III.a)

5 November, 2014 By Editor

(Use Pop out button to Download/Open) … [Read more...]

Regions4GreenGrowth Final Publication

29 October, 2014 By Editor

Regions4GreenGrowth is an initiative of EU regions who have defined high sustainable energy ambitions and now encounter this obstacle. The overall objective of the project is to equip these regions with regional policy instruments, mechanisms and approaches to improve access to finance for and speed up investments in sustainable energy projects (e.g. renewable energy generation … [Read more...]

At the #NES Table: Jean-Luc Vanraes

29 October, 2014 By Editor

Interview of Mr. Jean-Luc Vanraes, Chairman of the AER working group on investment, business and SMEs, by Dan Alexe, New Europe. … [Read more...]

Ehealth: Independence and Inclusion in the 21st Century

23 October, 2014 By Editor

The AER Committee 2 “Social Policy and Public Health” Autumn Plenary Session 2014 gathered more than 100 participants from across Europe, representing 20 European regions and 19 organisations. This variety of events took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Letterkenny. Here is the report of the events that took place from 20-23 October in Donegal (Ireland) (Use Pop Out … [Read more...]

ENGAGED Mutual Learning Workshop Report

20 October, 2014 By Editor

ENGAGED is a network of stakeholders from different backgrounds and across different European countries, who are interested in learning from each other and together support the further deployment of innovative solutions to promote active and healthy ageing. This community will actively shape the active and healthy ageing agenda of the EU and deliver knowledge and guidelines on … [Read more...]

AER delegation in Georgia

18 October, 2014 By Editor

… [Read more...]

Sweden after the 2014 elections

6 October, 2014 By Editor

Article by Dr Malin Stegmann McCallion, senior lecturer in Political Science in Karlstads University (SE). (Use Pop Out button to Download/Open) … [Read more...]