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Hübner in “Deep Water” at AER Summer School in Valencia

28 August, 2009 By Editor

Valencia (E), 28th August 2009 In her first speech as chairwoman of the European Parliament’s Committee for Regional Development, Danuta Hübner has said that water will be a “major priority” of the EU’s Regional Policy. “There are regions that will require specific responses, which will be more affected than others by droughts, floods or water scarcity,” Ms Hübner said … [Read more...]

AER and Valencia region highlight role of regional cooperation in fighting the effects of climate change

26 August, 2009 By Editor

Valencia hosts 14th AER Summer School Valencia (E), 26 August 2009 AER secretary-general Klaus Klipp underlined in his speech at the 14th AER Summer School opening in Valencia the paramount importance that cooperation between regions in EU programmes and projects plays in tackling climate change. Mr. Klipp emphasised the need to create regional lobbies to stand up for … [Read more...]

AER’s President Michèle Sabban pays homage to Adrien Zeller

25 August, 2009 By Editor

Strasbourg, 25 August 2009 We have just received the sad news of the death of Mr Adrien Zelller, president of the Alsace region of France. Mr Zeller was a great president for Alsace and the most loyal friend the Assembly of European Regions could have wished for. As a member of the European Parliament, a French minister, and a vice-president of AER, he played a major role in … [Read more...]

AER Peer Reviews: Experts meet in Serbia to audit the region’s potential to produce energy from biomass

24 July, 2009 By Editor

Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (BiH), 24 July 2009 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) conducted a four-day energy audit in the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina-BiH), with the aim of assessing the region’s potential to produce electrical and thermal power from biomass resources, including wood, agricultural and municipal solid waste. Financially supported by the … [Read more...]

AER President Michèle Sabban calls for member regions to make their voices heard in Copenhagen

22 July, 2009 By Editor

Strasbourg, 22 July 2009 Mrs Sabban, President of the AER, calls for member regions to make their voices heard in the coming important meeting in Copenhagen, where large world governance guidelines upon environmental matters will be decided. These guidelines, which will be composed in a treaty, will have decisive consequences for our societies, so it is crucial that … [Read more...]

AER Brings Eastern Partnership to Georgian Regions

2 July, 2009 By Editor

Guria, Georgia, 2 July 2009 As the European Union’s Eastern Partnership initiative gathers momentum in Brussels, an Assembly of European Regions (AER) delegation led by Secretary-General Klaus Klipp was in Guria, Georgia, today bringing that partnership to the South Caucasus regions. “AER prides itself on taking the time to visit regions on the ground to really get a sense of … [Read more...]

On the road to Copenhagen… North American and European Regions Unite in Climate Change Fight

26 June, 2009 By Editor

Brussels, June 26th, 2009 “The Assembly of European Regions (AER) has been a long time activist in favour of a model of local governance that fully includes the development of green energies, both in Europe and in the frame of North/South relations. Thus have I very naturally given a favourable answer to your invitation, as the AER joins forces with those who actively fight … [Read more...]

AER European Citizens Forum: After 20 Years of Transition, What’s Next for Poland?

23 June, 2009 By Editor

Szczecin (PL), 19 June 2009 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Poland's first prime minister after the fall of communism in 1989, joined the Assembly of European Regions (AER) to mark the 20th anniversary of Poland’s first free elections with a European Citizens Forum held today in Szczecin, Zachodniopmorskie region (PL). The forum brought together almost 100 young people to explore Poland’s … [Read more...]

Subsidiarity Coordinator (Closed)

16 June, 2009 By Editor

AER’s “Subsidiarity is a word” movement is recruiting a new leader to replace Subsidiarity Man, its unlikely suit-and-tie “superhero” Strasbourg (F)/ Brussels (B), 16th June 2009 In what is certain to be a European first, employment websites in Brussels and across Europe are this week carrying a vacancy notice for the post of “Superhero”. The vacancy has been issued by the … [Read more...]

AER answers two burning questions in the fall out to the European Elections

10 June, 2009 By Editor

Strasbourg (F), 10 June 2009. Following yet another record low turnout at the European elections, Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) president Michèle Sabban (Île-de-France) offers a regional take on the two questions that everyone is asking and that MEPs themselves have not been able to answer. Why did only 43% of eligible voters bother to turn up at the elections, and how … [Read more...]

“Citizens of Europe, a fairer society is yours if you want it: take action now!”

27 May, 2009 By Editor

This was the call of Monica Carlsson, President of the AER Observatory on Gender Issues and County Commissioner in Norrbotten (S), during the Observatory’s meeting in Brussels on May 28, 2009. Indeed, citizens across Europe are about to elect their new Parliament and, over the next five years, our lives will be shaped by these representatives. While election day approaches, AER … [Read more...]

AER calls on all European citizens to vote at EU elections

26 May, 2009 By Editor

Strasbourg (F), 26 May 2009 The Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) president, together with the presidents of all AER member regions, are mobilising European citizens to vote at the European elections taking place in June. With the European legislative elections approaching, AER’s member regions are mobilising citizens to vote. Beyond partisan oppositions, the European … [Read more...]

First European Regions Energy Summit by AER and GE Energy

26 May, 2009 By Editor

AER and GE Energy come together to foster Europe’s future green energy plans on a regional level Cologne, PowerGen Europe, 26 May 2009 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) and GE Energy launched European Regions Energy Day, a joint initiative to examine the energy challenges facing European regions today and to promote their possible solutions. The European Regions … [Read more...]

Charlotte Kudé, first president of the YRN: A brief presentation

22 May, 2009 By Editor

Krzyżowa (PL), 22 May 2009. Aiming at “Shaping the future of Europe – on the eve of the parliamentary elections”, young members of theAssembly of European Regions' (AER) Youth Regional Network (YRN) elected Charlotte Kudé, from Ile-de-France region (F), as the network's first president at the end of their second meeting in Krzyżowa, Lower Silesia region … [Read more...]

Second meeting of Youth Regional Network: A new structure and a president to start working for the future