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Youth unemployment: an inevitable fate?

28 June, 2005 By Editor

Youth unemployment: an inevitable fate? European regions pin their hopes on vocational training and international mobility for young people

  European regions pin their hopes on vocational training and international mobility for young people Nearly 20% of young Europeans are currently out of work. The figures from Poland, Greece and Italy are particularly worrying (36.4%, 27.8% and 24% respectively), but they are also high in France, Germany, Finland and Belgium. Even well qualified young people are taking … [Read more...]

The AER celebrates its 20th anniversary

15 June, 2005 By Editor

AER Fundation 1985 ConseilEurope

15 June 1985 – 47 European regions and 9 interregional organisations met in Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium to seal the commun future of the European regions. Under the Presidency of Edgar Faure, at that time President of the French region Franche-Comté, they set up the Council of the Regions of Europe (CRE), which two years later became the Assembly of European Regions. Today, … [Read more...]

The Assembly of European Regions urges the EU to respond to new challenges

31 May, 2005 By Editor

Bureau 2005 in St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen (CH), 31 May 2005 The Bureau of the AER met in Sankt Gallen (CH) today and urges the EU to respond to new challenges for the future of the Europe, that rise from the outcome of the referendum in France. In the declaration adopted during the meeting, the AER Bureau stresses "that many of the concerns raised during the ratification debate in France as well as in … [Read more...]

Recognising the vital role of the regions: a crucial stake for Europe

19 May, 2005 By Editor

Recognising the vital role of the regions: a crucial stake for Europe

Wroclaw (PL), 19 May 2005 'European economic growth, which has been dynamic for the past ten years, will be in danger, if the Constitutional Treaty is not ratified,' warned Riccardo Illy, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and of Friuli Venezia Giulia-I, during his intervention at the opening of the European Summit of Cities and Region organised in Wroclaw … [Read more...]

Europe’s Regions demand “power-sharing” over GMO crop decision – GMO Free zones reach all time high

16 May, 2005 By Editor

GMO Conference in Brussels 2005

Brussels (B), 16 May 2005 European regions have today reiterated their demand to be included in any decisions over the commercial cultivation of genetically modified crops (GM or GMOs) in order for them to enhance and promote quality agriculture and food products. Over 250 people from across Europe today attended an over-subscribed conference in Brussels to hear regional … [Read more...]

17 May 2005: Rendez-vous in Brussels “For a sustainable European agriculture”

10 May, 2005 By Editor

GMO conference invitation

On 17th May 2005, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) is organising a conference on 'Safeguarding sustainable European agriculture: coexistence, GMO free zones and the promotion of quality food produce in Europe', in cooperation with Friends of the Earth Europe (FOEE) and with the support of the Land Upper Austria-A and the Region Tuscany-I. The following questions will be … [Read more...]

Promoting Sustainable Development: Learning From Regions’ Experience

10 May, 2005 By Editor

Promoting Sustainable Development: Learning From Regions' Experience

  Azores (P), 10 May 2005 "The regions of Europe have to take up the new challenges of a rapidly changing European and global context. Growth and competitiveness depend on the capacity of the regions to enhance their self-development based on sustainability. To achieve this goal, the AER Centurio-Interreg III C Programme, gathering almost 50 regions, provides the … [Read more...]

Regions of Europe back the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy

9 May, 2005 By Editor

Regions of Europe back the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy

Ponta Dalgada, Açores (P), 9 May 2005 'The ambitious objectives of the Lisbon Strategy will only be reached through coherent European policies and the EU budget adapted to the challenges emerging from the last enlargement and globalisation', stated Onno Hoes, Regional Minister of Noord-Brabant (NL) and Chairman of ‘Regional policies' Committee of the Assembly of European … [Read more...]

Scenario Europe 2010 – The AER launched its work on the White Paper on the role of the regions

29 April, 2005 By Editor

Scenario Europe 2010 - The AER launched its work on the White Paper on the role of the regions

Dubrovnik (HR), 29 Aprile 2005 'EU enlargement and globalisation have created new opportunities and challenges for the European regions. The Constitutional Treaty currently in the process of being ratified in the Member States and the Lisbon Strategy imply the greater involvement of regions in all aspects of European governance in the next future, especially if we want to … [Read more...]

What role for the regions in a Europe of 2010?

29 April, 2005 By Editor

What role for the regions in a Europe of 2010?

Dubrovnik (HR), 29 Aprile 2005 "European competitiveness and entrepreneurship will not improve unless they can build on existing conditions and opportunities in Europe's regions, towns and municipalities", said Mrs Catarina Segersten Larsson, Chair of the Värmland County Council Executive Committee (S), at the conference on 'the Role of the regions in Europe: a Scenario for … [Read more...]

“The Directive on services must be revised” says the AER

22 April, 2005 By Editor

"The Directive on services must be revised" says the AER

Västerås (S), 22 April 2005 'At a time when the Directive on Services (Bolkestein Directive) and the Constitutional Treaty are under debate in all European countries, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) strongly reaffirms that this Directive must be revised to take better account of the European social model,' said Stig-Erik Westmark, President of the AER ‘Social … [Read more...]

GMO: The EU current regulations are far from exhaustive

24 March, 2005 By Editor

GMO – The EU current regulations are far from exhaustive

Last Tuesday, the European Commission confirmed its confidence in the existing legal framework regulating genetically modified organisms (GMO), considering that it is strict enough in terms of labelling and scientific assessment. Therefore, the EU executive will go on authorising new GM seeds when the European Council cannot manage to reach an agreement on the issue. The … [Read more...]

Bolkestein Directive – the AER welcomes the European Council’s decision

22 March, 2005 By Editor

The European Social Model must be grounded in diversity, the AER stated

The Assembly of European Regions (AER) welcomes the European Council's decision on the Directive on Services (Bolkestein Directive). The AER has insisted that the Bolkestein Directive must be revised to take better account of the European social model. 'The regions fully support the European Union's initiative to complete the internal market in services and to promote … [Read more...]

The European Constitution: “Your Question Answered”

15 March, 2005 By Editor

Future of Cohesion Policy

The Assembly of European Regions (AER) has published a guide "The European Constitution: Your Questions Answered" which aims at increasing awareness and understanding of the Constitutional Treaty and its implications for the citizens. "The main hurdle to ratification is the lack of information available to citizens about the contents of the Constitutional Treaty and its … [Read more...]

The EU needs a new vision

3 March, 2005 By Editor

Illy with Barroso

'After the internal market, the Euro, enlargement and the Constitutional Treaty, the EU lacks a clear vision for its future" said Riccardo Illy, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and President of Friuli Venezia Giulia-I, meeting today with José Manuel Barroso, European Commission President. " The new vision for the EU should therefore be to bring Europe closer … [Read more...]

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