Take a glimpse at what happened in Nordland (NO) from 22-23 June 2016 at our Bureau on (R)e-inventing Democracy, the General Assembly and the Keynote discussion on the devlopment in the High North, the Arctic. All the key moments are highlighted in our social media. Our pictures are available on our Facebook page. Thank you to all active members on Twitter and … [Read more...]
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Congratulations to the new members of the Monitoring & Evaluation Group
Three members were elected for the Monitoring & Evaluation Group (MEG) in Nordland at the General Assembly on 23 June 2016. Congratulations to the three nominees! They will be leading the work of the MEG for the next three years. Thomas Hartman Västerbotten-SE Chairman of the MEG Ana Verushi Korça-AL Member of the MEG Medzait Ljatifi Nordjylland-DK Member of … [Read more...]
Brexit: about time to react
AER experiences everyday the need for solidarity, mutual understanding and joint action among its elected members across Europe. We therefore regret but respect the outcome of the U.K. referendum. We urge the EU institutions to act upon the strong message sent by the people of the United Kingdom and to take the necessary measures to adapt and improve its core mechanisms. The EU … [Read more...]
Strong voices for voting “remain”
The AER Bureau took the opportunity of its meeting today to talk about the UK referendum. For obvious reasons, AER Vice-President Cllr Roy Perry (Hampshire-UK) could not take part in events in Nordland (NO) but addressed the assembly on the eve of the UKs referendum. Cllr Perry insisted on the two top achievements of the EU: peace and economy. He remarked on the difficulty of … [Read more...]
On the road to digital democracy
The 2016 AER General Assembly and Spring Bureau kicked-off with the discussion on (R)e-inventing democracy and the disruptive nature of technology. We have all been confronted with the ephemeral feeling of confusion and frustration when faced with the updates of our applications, programmes, software, phones (etc.) and any other day-to-day ICT; we tend to rely heavily on … [Read more...]
Cllr Roy Perry (Hampshire-UK) on UK referendum
Cllr Roy Perry (Hampshire-UK) could not attend our General Assembly in Bodø last June due to his responsibilities in the Remain campaign for the UK referendum. However, he sent this video to be presented at the Bureau meeting on June 22 2016. The Bureau was focused on the possibilities that new technologies offer to regional authorities to imporve governance, but was closed … [Read more...]
Energy: let the fight start!
Energy champions A full day for sustainable energy: to speed the deployment of sustainable energy policies! Sharing knowledge, experience, success and failures, this is why members get together at AER meetings. Why? Because this is a proven method to deploy solutions which work. Know your Enemy! The AER working group on energy carried out a stakeholders analysis exercise in … [Read more...]
Looking back on what was accomplished: our activity report is out!
We are pleased to share with you the 2015-2016 Activity Report. "It has been a busy year and we are proud to show what we have accomplished, for and with our members. The results and outputs are both impressive in their quantity but most importantly in their quality" said Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, AER President. The AER Secretary General, Mr Mathieu Mori added "We would like … [Read more...]
AER regions & ParkinsonNet: joint action on centered health care
AER and the Province of Gelderland (NL) joined their effort in launching a project development initiative for AER regions in order to share experiences and work together on centered health care. On 18th-20th May, a motivated group of participants among which AER Secretariat, Norrbotten, Jönköping, Värmland (SE), Kleve (DE) and Western Islands (Scotland) had a fruitful … [Read more...]
AER Report – Energy security from a regional perspective
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AER at e-health week
Coalition of the willing AER participated in a session organised by ECHAlliance on a new "Coalition of the Willing". This digital health journey across Europe aims at speeding up the deployment of e-health in regions. Agneta Granström, President of the AER Committee on Social Policy and Public Health and leader of AER ehealth network presented the issues faced by europeans … [Read more...]
Sign here for the future of Cohesion policy
The current programming period of cohesion policy is set until 2020. However, the discussions already started behind the doors of the European Commission and other institutions, especially as we are coming close to the mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which will serve as a strong working base to prepare the post-2020 period. The EU Cohesion policy, … [Read more...]
Energy security & regions
While Brussels is revamping into the capital of Sustainable Energy, on the occasion of the annual EU Sustainable Energy Week, AER is launching its Report "Energy security from a regional perspective", led by Kenneth Backgård (Norrbotten, SE). Energy security and the role of regions The report, which presents the experience from regions accross Europe in the development of … [Read more...]
New platform for local civil servants to acquire international experience
A tumblr platform has been created by the National Institute of Local Studies (INET). The aim of the platform is to present the opportunities for local civil servants to acquire a European or international experience and the different possibilities for them to go abroad. The page has been created in order to encourage European and international mobility. This kind of … [Read more...]
Poll: Identifying obstacles to investments
What are the obstacles to investments at local and regional level? Re-launching public and private investments to boost long-term growth is on top of the EU policy agenda. As stated by Jean-Luc Vanraes President of the Committee 1 on Economy and Regional development,“SMEs play a key role in growth and job creation and cities and regions are essential in paving the way for … [Read more...]
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