Norrköping (S), 24 September 2013 Today, in the framework of the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) forum 2013, CORAL*, EUREGHA**, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and the ENGAGED project organised a lively talk show on regional innovation in active and healthy ageing. During 90 minutes, 5 regional politicians explained to the audience how they boost innovation in active … [Read more...]
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“Regions at a glance” by OECD
Regions at a Glance 2013 shows how regions and cities contribute to national growth and the well-being of societies. It updates its regular set of region-by-region indicators, examining a wide range of policies and trends and identifying those regions that are outperforming or lagging behind in their country. The report covers all 34 OECD member countries, and, where data are … [Read more...]
Green Growth – Regions towards a resource-efficient Europe
Nyköping, Sörmland (S), 23 August 2013 “It is a great pleasure to host, in my region, this year’s Summer School. This major AER event gathers more than 120 participants from 18 countries and counts no less than 7 workshops!” stated Mr Viking Jonsson, Chair of Sörmland (S) Regional Council. “’Green growth – regions towards a resource efficient Europe’ is very closely linked … [Read more...]
Newsletter n°11 (Aug. 2013)
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“State of play of regionalism in Albania: simplification of governance and a legal framework are needed!” says AER
Kukes (AL), 5 July 2013 Only a few days after Albanian national elections, the Assembly of European Regions (AER), together with the region of Kukes, gathered Presidents of Albanian regions as well as European stakeholders, representatives of NGOs and experts to tackle the issue of the future competences of the Albanian regions. The Albanian associations representing local … [Read more...]
The Assembly of European Regions welcomes the MFF deal reached by the European Parliament
Lezhe (AL), 4 July 2013 The Executive Board of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), meeting today in the Albanian region of Lezhe, warmly welcomed yesterday’s agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the future EU budget. The AER President, Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, expressed her satisfaction: “In times of high unemployment and increasing doubts about … [Read more...]
Proposed new EC State Aid rules threaten regional growth & jobs
European Commission new Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines Strasbourg (F), 3 July 2013 Reacting to the publication today by the European Commission of proposed new Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and European airport trade body ACI EUROPE denounced the harsh consequences of these new rules for regional … [Read more...]
Newsletter n°10 (Jul. 2013)
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Regions, Innovation and business – a new partnership
AER signed a partnership agreement with the European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN), in order to widen its influence and gain new access to know-how about the business world. How to create innovative enterprises? How to ensure that they are sustainable and contributing to job creation and long lasting development of our territories? These are the most … [Read more...]
The future of cars – AER at EU Sustainable Energy Week
Electric vehicles are an essential part of the solution to Europe's twin challenges of reducing carbon emissions and improving energy security. Following the adoption of the AER Kendal Report, AER member regions discussed with DG Move, the European Electromobility Observatory of HyER, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, BMW and EURELECTRIC on the present … [Read more...]
AER joins forces with the Airports Council International Europe
In order to raise the profile of AER's interest in regional airports and to join forces with other stakeholders advocating the same cause, AER signed a partnership agreement with Airport Council International Europe (ACI Europe) during their annual General Assembly, taking place in Istanbul, 11-12th of June 2013. Stemming from this cooperation, AER published together with ACI … [Read more...]
Building a bridge between health and social care
European regions follow the track of ICT-based Integrated care Barcelona, Catalonia (E), 28 June 2013 How to organise the future of health and social care? This was the question that European regions discussed during the Seminar on ICT-based integrated care, organised by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) in the framework of SmartCare, a project funded by the … [Read more...]
EC Directive 2012/27/EU: Can Europe reach its Energy Efficiency targets?
While the perspectives of the EU 2020 targets for reduction of greenhouse gases and increase in renewable energy are promising, those for Energy Efficiency (EE) remain a challenge for most EU regions. Concerned by this prerogative, the EC Directive on EE establishes a common framework of measures for the promotion of EE and aims to remove barriers in the energy market. … [Read more...]
Fighting for inclusive education
On 12 June, 15 participants from different regions kicked off AER's school dropout initiative in Brussels. They defined their objectives, work plan and methodology and set a 2 years calendar. Members of the working group will collect and present prevention measures at the next Committee 3 meeting on 30 and 31 October 2013 in Strasbourg. Further steps will focus on intervention … [Read more...]
Regions shaping e-transport
A political report, adopted on 18 May 2013, aims to highlight the importance of facilitating electric vehicles. The main recommendations include: need for further Inter-operability of the supporting infrastructure behind vehicle charging, ‘Universality’ which will allow the owners of electric vehicles drive outside there locality, Promotion and Communication to tackle the lack … [Read more...]
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