The AER team is preparing the Regional Innovation Award 2016 and we came across some pictures of previous awarded regions. Here you can see the winners of the 2007 Communicating Europe awards: Extremadura Region (ES), the region of Lower Austria (AT), and Sisak-Moslavina (HR) together with the President of the European Commission José Manuel Durão Barroso. On teh category … [Read more...]
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A conference on non-formal education in Brussels to close the YBB project
AER would like to share the invitation from the Abruzzo region (IT) to take part in the final conference of the project: "yBBregions - Youth and Brussels-based", which will be held at the premises of the Abruzzo region in Brussels from 9.00 on 16th June 2016. The yBBregions project offered 80 young people coming from Abruzzo and three other regions (Dubrovnik-Neretva … [Read more...]
Summer Academy: registrations now open!
Registrations for the 2016 AER Summer Academy in Østfold (NO) are now open! This mutual learning event on youth entrepreneurship will take place from 16 to 19 August and will gather policy makers young and less young from all over Europe. Investing in the future The title of this year's Summer Academy is "Investing in our future: Youth entrepreneurship in Europe's Regions" … [Read more...]
Get visibility and financing for your green projects
R20, AER and The Leonardo di Caprio Foundation launch the “100 Solutions Project Campaign“ Under the mandate of the Leonardo di Caprio Foundation, the R20 is responsible for launching the « 100 Solutions Project campaign ». This campaign aims at valorising regional green projects by giving them visibility on the international stage and by helping regions finance their green … [Read more...]
What topic for the next AER Equal Opportunities conference?
The AER Equal Opportunities Group is preparing its next move. What are the most relevant issues to address this year? What are the hot topics on the agenda of your region? We want your input! In recognition of this topic's importance within AER’s work, the Equal Opportunities Group (EOG) has worked on a number of activities for this year's agenda with the aim of ensuring that … [Read more...]
Smart Regions: the growth that Europe needs
The AER participated in the Smart Regions conference, where European regions could present their successful stories on Smart Specialisation and their strategies to achieve innovation-driven economic transformation. At the same time, the European Institutions had the opportunity to listen to these examples and meet the people that make them happen, establishing a dialogue … [Read more...]
EU Health Award launched!
The European Union Health Policy Forum (EUHPF), is a communication platform between the European Commission and health stakeholders that brings together umbrella organisations representing European stakeholders in the fields of public health and healthcare, with the aim of helping to ensure the EU's Health Strategy is open, transparent and responds to public concerns. AER has … [Read more...]
Re-connecting with the French regions
Following the meeting on 20 May between AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, Secretary General Mathieu Mori and the new politicians from the Ile-de-France region, three more French regions have been visited from 25th to 27th of May by the AER. After the regional elections that took place in France a few months ago and the reform of French regions, AER wanted to meet the new … [Read more...]
Migration & culture: call for action
Culture as an inclusion strategy Europe is facing a gigantic mission right now and for the coming years: how to handle the current migration trends? How to include newcomers and their families? What can AER members do to contribute in the face of this challenge? During the 2016 Spring plenary meetings in Timis, RO, the seminar "Communication and Actions in Times of … [Read more...]
Join Värmland in the way to innovation and become the next winner of the Regional Innovation Award
The 2014 Regional Innovation Award (RIA) was awarded to Värmland County Council (SE) following the building of a hospital in Karlstad, which aimed at monitoring and assessing an environmentally conscious choice of materials, as well as phasing out harmful chemicals in the construction of a new department for premature babies at the hospital. The prize was officially presented … [Read more...]
A more efficient implementation of environmental policies through the regions
"It is useless to come with directives, regulations and strategies if they are not implemented": Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, opened the meeting with the delegation led by AER Vice-President Magnus Berntsson on 20 May 2016 in a frank and honest way, stressing the importance for the European Commission to cooperate with the regions … [Read more...]
For a better digital single market with regions
An AER delegation led by President Hande Özsan Bozatli met today with Andrus Ansip, Commissioner for digital single market. With a communicative passion for his portfolio, Commissioner Ansip was glad to meet representatives of regions when he is mainly used to deal with national governments. AER and its members work on many topics that fall under his responsibility : … [Read more...]
Why the Arctic matters
On 23 June, the region of Nordland (NO) invites you to a keynote discussion on "Development in the high North: the Arctic" in the framework of the AER General Assembly and Spring Bureau. The timing of the debate coincides with the European Commission's joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council on "An integrated European Union policy for the Arctic", … [Read more...]
Laurent of Belgium supports AER on environmental issues and sustainability
AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli and Laurent of Belgium made official their cooperation agreement on 17 May. The background of the collaboration is the growing environmental and climate challenges for which Laurent of Belgium has valuable expertise and great personal interest. AER and its regions have initiated multiple actions over the past decade to promote regions in … [Read more...]
Vienna “building bridges”
The City of Vienna has just published its annual International Activities Report 2015. The report is driven by the motto "building bridges", as explained by the Mayor and Governor of Vienna, Dr. Michael Häupl, "Vienna has indeed been actively involved in the building of bridges, especially in international relations, in the 70 years that have passed since the end of World War … [Read more...]
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