The Energy World meets in February in Wels/Austria As one of Europe's largest annual conferences on energy efficiency and renewable energy, the WORLD SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DAYS (WSED) have grown over the past 20 years into a global meeting place for the sustainable energy community. Each year, the unique combination of events attracts experts from all over the world to Wels. 6 … [Read more...]
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Polish Local Governments attitude towards the refugee crisis
Adriana Skorupska, expert from AER's Observatory on Regionalisation, published an analysis on the attitude of Polish Local Governments towards the refugee crisis in the Bulletin of the Polish Institute of International Affairs. Despite the many unknowns, including the date of arrival, funding for and characteristics of the refugees who will come to Poland in 2016 and 2017, it … [Read more...]
AER participation to Dr Sully’s Good Governance Series
Dr. Melanie SULLY, professor of Political Science and Director of Go-Governance Institute - Vienna, is building a book on the highly successful conference 2015 held in Yerevan, Armenia, based on the theme of Good Governance and Participation, one prerequisite for future participation being youth engagement. The book will be published with the help of the Austrian Foreign … [Read more...]
Let’s be the frontrunner for eHealth services in Europe!
United4Health’s final conference took place on 19th and 20th January 2016 in Brussels. The two days offered plenty of opportunity for higher-level and policy messages. Yet, they were also full of real-life experiences shared by the more then ten deployment sites. The sites presented practical experiences on subjects as diverse as stakeholder engagement, patient acceptance, … [Read more...]
Bad Ischl – Upper Austria invites you to the 15th World Conference of Historical Cities
Austria, 5-10 June 2016 Our member region Vienna (AT) will host the kick-off meeting of the important 15th World Conference of Historical Cities and invites the AER member regions to join the conference which will focus on "Smart, innovative, creative historical cities of the future" with lectures, workshops and discussion. The main part of the conference is planned to be … [Read more...]
Visualizing Energy 2016: getting involved!
Revolve Media, a communications agency fostering cultures of sustainability, is launching its annual exhibition on the energy transition, within the EU Sustainable Energy Week (13-17 June 2016). From the capital of Europe to regional and European integration to the EU Energy Union, Revolve’s annual Visualizing Energy photo exhibition showcases the projects that are leading … [Read more...]
European Sustainable Energy Week 2016: AER opens its doors
The AER Brussels office will be open during the whole EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), from 13-17 June 2016, so if you're travelling to Brussels don't hesitate to pop in and say hello! This will be an opportunity to share regional good practices, boost networking between members and visit the AER office, which is located at the House of Renewable Energy together with several … [Read more...]
The circular economy: opportunity or threat?
The circular economy is becoming a central topic in policy and business circles. It is presented as the sustainable alternative to the traditional linear model of economic growth, which has already reached its limits. The linear economy is based on ‘take-make-use-dispose’, whereas the circular economy encourages the reparability of products and the reuse of materials. But, … [Read more...]
First 2016 high level meeting with the European Commission
In the framework of the structured dialogue’s first meeting of the year, AER Secretary General Mathieu Mori met on Friday 22 January the Secretaries General of the European Commission Alexander Italianer, of the Committee of the Regions Jiří Buriánek and a few selected other networks of cities and regions. This meeting prefigures the annual meeting of President Hande Özsan … [Read more...]
Let’s develop a new project together!
The Province of Gelderland (NL) works on a fundamentally new approach to healthcare. Due to demographic, societal and technological developments the complexity of care is increasing while the number of healthcare professionals is decreasing. The Foundation ParkinsonNet was created to tackle this challenge. It developed a new innovative approach and ecosystem to care for … [Read more...]
International forum of sporting events
CITY EVENTS is the international forum that lays the foundations for sporting events of the future, bringing stakeholders together to dream up and develop new growth drivers for this truly dynamic market. On March 14th and 15th, the sporting event market actors get together in Paris (sport federations, cities, suppliers, sponsors, media, private organizers…) to discuss … [Read more...]
Dutch EU Presidency focuses on four of AER’s main policies
An agenda in line with AER's The Netherlands Presidency of the European Union (from January to June 2016) aims to promote prosperity, freedom and security in the EU during the next half year, by focusing on Migration, Innovation, Economy and Energy Policies. The Assembly of European Regions can provide a wealth of knowledge and experience from the regions about these themes, … [Read more...]
Migration challenge, first follow up of the AER Bureau discussion
Following the bureau discussion on migration, Secretary General Mathieu Mori met with European Commission's DG Home Affairs, in charge of migration and integration of migrants and refugees. An action plan for the migrants and refugees by the European Commission will be published in April 2016. This action plan will focus on the following areas: Access to the job market … [Read more...]
Fourth muliplier event on school dropouts: getting to the next level
Partners of the ERASMUS+ project Joint Efforts to Combat School Dropouts met last week in Västernorrland for a seminar and workshop on ways to help early school leavers to re-enter the education system. 55 participants from the partner organisations and from different organisations from the region attended the event. Partners from Östfold (NO), Hampshire (UK), Barcelona (ES), … [Read more...]
The Regional Innovation Award is back !
The run up for the 8th Regional Innovation Award has started! The Regional Innovation Award (RIA) is one of AER's many tools to highlight and share good practices of regions to the whole network. Over the years, numerous regions have been recognised for their efforts in different fields. In 2016, the Innovation Award is back and aims to identify regional actions in favour of … [Read more...]
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