Centralised governance inherited from the Soviet times Ukraine is part of the Eastern Partnership, which is an initiative that enables closer political, economic and cultural relations among the EU, its member states and 6 eastern European partners. Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. For almost seventy years Ukraine had been under Soviet rule, which was … [Read more...]
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My internship at AER: an insight into European regional cooperation
This week, was Lou-Anne's last week as an intern at the Assembly of European Regions' Strasbourg Office. This in an opportunity to get a special insight on AER's work and recent achievements. "My internship as part of the Assembly of Regions was full of unexpected experiences! So many things happened and I enjoyed every bit of it. First the General Assembly in Lower Austria … [Read more...]
AER E-health journey
With its many years working on e-health and social innovation technologies, AER is recognised as leader in the field. Today, let's go a few years back and look at everything AER has achieved from the creation of its E-health network in 2006 to its longstanding cooperation with ALEC. E-health political breakthroughs E-health can be defined as a set of IT tools … [Read more...]
The rise of regional electoral democracy
Democratic governance in Europe has dramatically changed over the past four decades. The institutions of the European Union have accumulated important policy-making powers in areas such as the monetary and fiscal policy, agriculture and fisheries, the common market, external relations, and immigration. With the accumulation of powers at the European Union level there was a … [Read more...]
Join the Committees’ Presidiums!
AER is looking for candidates to fill out newly vacant positions in the Committees' Presidiums. It includes Vice-President positions and various representative posts inside all three AER Committees. Join the Committees' leadership and get a profound involvement into AER decision making process! What's a Committee Presidium? The AER Committees are the backbone of our activity. … [Read more...]
World Sustainable Energy Days 2018
This year again, the World Sustainable Energy Days 2018 will take place in Wels, Austria. From 28 February to 2 March Upper Austria will be the capital of energy efficiency, biomass and smart building. As a longstanding partner to the WSED, AER is proud to invite its members to attend one of Europe's largest annual conference on Energy! What's in for regions? Experts from all … [Read more...]
Cohesion Policy: are you getting anything out of it?
Cohesion policy represents a key investment in the social, economic and territorial development in EU regions. The current debate on the post-2020 - where this is all under threat - is therefore central for regional authorities and a major opportunity for them to shape a future cohesion policy that is able to deliver on the sustainable and inclusive development of European … [Read more...]
Why one should think of life cycle approaches at the regional level
The upcoming AER Committees' Autumn Plenaries will feature a workshop on life cycle approaches for renewable energy, circular economy and regional development. Its main objective will be the identification of opportunities for life cycle approaches to regional sustainable development. Most regions have sustainability policies and programmes of various sorts, trying as best … [Read more...]
Workshop on youth mental health: get involved!
On the occasion of this year Autumn Plenaries in Nancy (FR), AER is organising a workshop on youth mental health. All regions can take this excellent opportunity to define a new project, closer to their citizens! AER takes action As members from very diverse regions across wider Europe identified Youth mental health as one of the growing and most urgent issues all over Europe … [Read more...]
Culture and digitalisation in the spotlight
In Nancy at the AER Committees' plenaries culture will be in the spotlight. We're asking the question: “is there a future for culture in the digital age?”. IT has been permeating all aspects of society. So what does this mean for culture? Will we get more, better, awful or awesome culture or will culture disappear altogether? Culture in the digital age Culture is a crucial … [Read more...]
Regionalisation in Albania: a must for EU Accession
Albania derives from a deeply centralised tradition of the pre-pluralist era. The transition from a centralised to a democratic system led to the inclusion of Albania in a comprehensive process of political, economic, fiscal and administrative decentralisation. Albania's history of decentralisation The period from 1991 to 1998 marks the first phase of political … [Read more...]
Data is the world’s most valuable resource
According to the magazine The Economist, data is becoming the world’s most valuable resource. Data more valuable than oil? So why is information more valuable than oil or gold? Let me share an example on how even small bits of data can create valuable insights given by Peter Sondergaard, global head of research at Gartner Inc. Consider this example: An elevator company … [Read more...]
Regionalisation in Luxembourg: municipalities reign, but are merging
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, one of the world smallest countries, is located in North- Western Europe. It lost part of its territories to France (1659), Prussia (later Germany, 1815) and Belgium (1839), whereas its independence was established by the Treaty of London of 1839. Luxembourg is a unitary State with a municipal level of decentralisation, established under the 1868 … [Read more...]
Regionalisation in Latvia: narrow range of competencies, but space for change
After the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, two levels of territorial division were introduced: there were 19 districts and more than 500 rural or cities municipalities. Self- governments were abolished after the coup d’état, which established the regime of Kārlis Ulmanis on 15 May 1934. During WWII Latvia was occupied three times: in 1940 by the USSR, in … [Read more...]
Regionalisation in Croatia: established but uncertain
Regionalisation process Croatia is a country that was developed on the contact of different geographical units (Adriatic - Dinaric - Pannonian area). The Croatian state, established in its first form since 7th C., consisted of two complementary regions: Littoral/Adriatic Croatia and Pannonian Croatia. Croatia entered the 20th century with consolidated administrative units: 8 … [Read more...]
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