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Launch of the AER Academic and Training Centre: a brand new approach to decentralisation

20 February, 2014 By Editor

Zadar (HR), 20 February 2014 The Bureau members of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) symbolically chose the region of Zadar, Croatia, to hold their first meeting of the year, a few months after Croatia’s accession to the European Union. Among the priorities decided for the future, they announced the launch of a study about the role of the regions in 2014. As the new … [Read more...]

Political statement from the Assembly of European Regions

20 February, 2014 By Editor

Zadar (HR), 20 February 2014 The Bureau members of the Assembly of European Regions, meeting today in Zadar, Croatia, made a unanimous statement about the situation in Ukraine: AER Bureau members firmly express their concern about the violent events taking place in Kiev. One of the strengths of a democracy is the right for the citizens to raise their voices in order to … [Read more...]

Step 1 – Public Regional Television under siege

14 February, 2014 By Editor

Brussels, Brussels-Capital (BE), 14 February 2014 As a result of the financial crisis, regional television all over Europe is currently facing severe conditions: some stations have closed down, some are suffering from hard financial cut backs, others are being reorganised and centralised. The current economic downturn is howevere not the only cause: the media, in general, is … [Read more...]

Regional Cooperation in the European Union

10 February, 2014 By Editor

Michele Vellano is a professor in International and European law for the Department of Economic and Political Sciences at the University of Valle d'Aosta (Italy). He is director of the Inter-University Centre dedicated to International Economic Organisations law (Centro interuniversitario sul diritto delle organizzazioni internazionali economiche). He is a member of the AER … [Read more...]

E-Health: efficiency starts with dialogue

6 February, 2014 By Editor

Kiruna, Norrbotten (S), 6 February 2014 The fourth bi-annual Arctic-Light e-He@lth Conference, ALEC 2014 took place in Kiruna and gathered 200 participants on the theme of the ‘co-creating patient’ on 4-6 February. Opened by President Ilves of Estonia, the conference featured an impressive panel of speakers, who sought to address both the technical and organisational aspects … [Read more...]

AER President on the road of French regions

19 December, 2013 By Editor

Strasbourg, Alsace (FR), 19 December 2013 The President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, continues her trip around French regions, accompanied by the Vice-President Magnus Berntsson, and the Secretary General Pascal Goergen. After Strasbourg-Alsace and Lyon-Rhône-Alpes, her third stage was Montpellier, where she met today with the President of … [Read more...]

Building more inclusive regions

13 December, 2013 By Editor

Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana (ES), 13 December 2013 Social inclusion is not a new, revolutionary topic or a recent challenge that our society and political systems have do deal with. Yet, as the drivers for social exclusion are manifold and their consequences have been exacerbated by the crisis, the issue has become increasingly topical. 90 regional representatives … [Read more...]

Ukraine turns away from the EU Association Agreement, but there is hope at regional level!

28 November, 2013 By Editor

Brussels (B), 28 November 2013 The Eastern Partnership, being discussed at the current summit of Heads of States taking place in Vilnius (LT), has been the European Union’s uttermost important foreign Policy initiative for the last months. Many hopes have been put into this summit, foreseeing it to be the event, shaping relations between the EU and its Eastern Neighbours for … [Read more...]

AER welcomes the adoption of the MFF and funding programmes

21 November, 2013 By Editor

But deeply regrets that the budget dedicated to regional policy will no longer suffice to respond to our challenges. Brussels (B), 21 November 2013 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the Multi-annual Financial Framework following months of intense negotiations, which shows the undeniable added value of the Parliament’s … [Read more...]

AER and AEBR : joining forces on rural and urban challenges

8 November, 2013 By Johanna Pacevicius

Cross-border Urban and Rural integrated areas - Challenges and Chances" was the topic of the annual AEBR conference which took place in Liège (B) on the 7th of November and to which AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli was invited as a keynote speaker. Together with Danuta Hübner, MEP and Chair of the Regional Development Committee of the European Parliament, and other high … [Read more...]

AER and CIRCOM Regional sign partnership agreement

6 November, 2013 By Johanna Pacevicius

On 6 November 2013, The Assembly of European Regions and CIRCOM Regional signed a partnership agreement concerning exchange of expertise in themedia field at the Press Club in Brussels. This agreement was signed by AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, and Jacques Briquemont, President of CIRCOM Regional. Founded in 1973, CIRCOM Regional (European Association of Regional … [Read more...]

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