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...]
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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...]
Regions face the crisis
The AER gathered the 16 May in Paris, 250 European, national and regional decision makers as well as representatives from the business and banking sector, in the presence of Janusz Lewandowski, European Commissioner for financial programming and Budget, Jean-Paul Huchon, President of the Ile-de-France Regional Council (FR) and Laurent Fabius, French Minister for Foreign … [Read more...]
AER President meets Commission President Barroso
European regions presented their views on the preparation of the Commission’s work programme 2014 Bruxelles, Bruxelles-Capitale (B), 7 June 2013 Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) met yesterday the European Commission's President José Manuel Barroso, together with the President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the … [Read more...]
AER President met European Commission President Barroso
Hande Özsan Bozatli, AER President, met on 6 June the European Commission's President José Manuel Barroso, together with the President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the representatives from the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), Association of European Border Regions (AEBR), Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), EUROCITIES, Conference … [Read more...]
Defining role of regions in the light of the new Transparency Register
In the context of the current discussions concerning the future of the Europe's transparency register -a joined initiative of the European Parliament and the European Commission-, a high-level meeting between lobby groups, interest representatives and EC Vice-President, Maroš Šefčovič, took place on the 5th of June in Brussels. The purpose of the meeting was to get input from … [Read more...]
Newsletter n°9 (Jun. 2013)
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Electric vehicles – Quality of life – Regional development: AER publishes three political reports
Paris, Ile-de-France (F), 18 May 2013 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) adopted three new political reports. AER developed the concept of reports with the purpose of raising the political voice of European Regions on concrete issues. After adoption, the reports become the tools to lobby key European and National policy makers to determine a way forward. “The role for … [Read more...]
New AER President: Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli
The First Turkish President of European Political Organisation Representing Regions Paris, Ile-de-France (FR), 18 May 2013 The General Assembly has elected its new Presidium: Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli Istanbul (TR) President Magnus Berntsson Västra Götaland (SE) Vice-President Treasurer Vasco Cordeiro Madeira (PT) Vice-President Jean-Claude … [Read more...]
Michèle Sabban takes the lead of the Eurodyssey programme
Paris, Ile-de-France (F), 18 May 2013 During the General Assembly of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) in Paris, the Eurodyssey programme changed Presidency in a hand over from the Azores region (P) to the Île-de-France region (F). Vasco Cordeiro, President of the Azores (P) region underlined that: “Eurodyssey, a leading professional youth mobility programme, has … [Read more...]
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