Taking advantage of the “magical” date 7th July 2007 (07/07/07), the Assembly of European Regions (AER, aer.eu) has launched today a major initiative in favour of the so-called “Development Target”, whose final aim is to invest the 0,7% of national GDP in development cooperation. Marie-Françoise Muller (Vice-President of Burgundy-F), President of the AER Sub-Committee … [Read more...]
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The AER ‘Summer Package’: Work & study opportunities for Young Europeans all over Europe
Young, active and very much engaged in Europe: this is the perfect profile for the "AER youngster". Hundreds of them will be moving around the European continent this summer. As everyone knows, the summer months are the ones in which young people are on the lookout for study opportunities and work experience, following an intense academic year. The Assembly of European Regions … [Read more...]
1st “Tales from Europe” night successfully launched in Brussels
Brussels (B), 28 June 2007 Thirty European journalists and regional "storytellers" took part to first "Tales from Europe" night in Brussels, on the 27th June, at the "Office of the European Region". Correspondents from major EU media (among them the Financial Times, Il Sole 24 Ore, Ansa, Zdf, Europolitique, ApCom) actively engaged in a discussion with representatives and … [Read more...]
New EU Reform Treaty in Line with AER Position
The outcome of the European Council held on 22-23 June is fully in line with the position taken by the Assembly of European Regions (AER), and presented to the German Presidency in February this year. The AER called on EU Member States to set up an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) as soon as possible and to ensure that the European Parliament was properly represented in its … [Read more...]
1st ‘AER-opean Reception’ gathers more than 120 professionals in Strasbourg
The 1st 'AER-OPEAN RECEPTION', organized on Tuesday 19th June by the Assembly of European Regions (aer.eu)at the Museum of Modern Art in Strasbourg, turned out to be an unprecedented success: more than 120 participants answered the call and attended the AER cocktail. Professionals working for all the major European institutions and organizations of Strasbourg turned up for … [Read more...]
EU Structural Funds: 150 Regional Representatives gather in Strasbourg
INTERREG IVC: hidden behind this abstract expression is an EU programme dedicated to financing concrete regional initiatives throughout Europe for the well-being of their citizens. How many people living in Alsace-F or Baden-Württemberg-D know that the pedestrian bridge linking Strasbourg and Kehl was an Interreg-funded project? Such examples are abundant in Europe and … [Read more...]
Regional decentralisation means economic growth: AER and BAK Basel launch major survey
Regions with greater powers have stronger economic growth: this theory is supported by a number of indicators, according to which strong regions in Europe develop better than the others. Wherever regions are endowed with more powers by national governments, they become able to develop better and more rapidly, thus positively contributing to the growth of the whole … [Read more...]
EU Roaming Charges: AER asks for complete roaming scrapping
European Telecommunications Ministers are set to give the final all-clear tomorrow to the long-awaited 'Proposal for a Regulation on roaming on public mobile networks within the Community', better known as the regulation which slashes mobile roaming rates all over Europe. The Assembly of European Regions (AER, www.aer.eu) welcomes this important step, but it considers it … [Read more...]
Environmentally Friendly Growth: European Regions show the Way Ahead
Decoupling economic growth from its negative impact on the environment is possible: 71 representatives from thirty-six European Regions gathered today in Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg, DE), to discuss the latest technologies in the field of eco-innovation and to promote best practice projects. The framework for the meeting was the international conference on 'Eco-innovation: The … [Read more...]
Make Regional Policy happen! AER Major ‘Seminar & Partnership Fair’ on Interreg IV C Opportunities
Building up on the former 'Centurio Interreg IIIC' project, which -with 50 partners- quickly became the biggest project of the 'Interreg IIIC West Zone', the AER invites all member regions to take part to the: 'AER SEMINAR AND PARTNERSHIP FAIR: Getting Ready for the INTERREG IVC call for projects!' The event will take place on Thursday 14th June in Strasbourg … [Read more...]
Health Services should stay outside the Services Directive: Regions appeal to the European Parliament
This evening European deputies are set to debate the future of health services in Europe, following a report which aims at reintroducing them into the scope of the 'Services Directive' (the former 'Bolkestein Directive', 2006/123/CE). The EP Internal Market Committee adopted this report on 8th May. The rapporteur herself, MEP Bernadette Vergnaud, contested the vote and … [Read more...]
New AER Emergency Planning Network: Together, the regions will better manage emergencies
Exeter, Devon (UK), 18 May 2007 Today, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) launches its Emergency Planning Network, in Exeter-Devon-UK. This network will allow regions to learn from each other what to do - or what not to do! - in an emergency and to develop common action plans to respond to crises. The 35 participants, representing 15 regions from 10 countries, defined … [Read more...]
Assembly of European Regions (AER) to become the Reference Centre for Eco-Tourism in Europe
'The Assembly of European Regions is set to become the reference centre in the field of eco-tourism in Europe, thanks to its Touring Nature initiative', announced Zsolt Vasile Grigorut, Manager of the AER Alba Iulia Office for Romania and South-Eastern Europe. He spoke today at the 'European Lakes Network' conference, which is taking place in the Lake Tisza Region, … [Read more...]
European Constitutional Treaty: Regions need to be involved in the negotiations!
Diplomats from the 27 EU countries are meeting tomorrow in Berlin, in order to make some progress in the talks on the European Constitution. This meeting follows last Saturday's 'Sintra summit'. The negotiations on the European Constitutional Treaty will now enter a new phase, in view of the June European Council. The Assembly of European Regions (AER), the political … [Read more...]
‘No more EU red tape on regional Airports’, asks AER Secretary General Klaus Klipp in Eindhoven
'European regions do not want more EU regulation on regional airports, if not absolutely necessary. New directives in the EU legislative pipeline, such as the 'Proposal for a Directive on airport charges' (COMM (2006) 820, 24/1/2007), will only make life more difficult for regional airports', said the AER Secretary General Klaus Klipp, speaking today at the FARE, the 'Forum of … [Read more...]
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