Independent living is not an easy topic, especially with shrinking budgets and growing needs. E-health is obviously part of the solution but as Marta Tatar, County Councillor of Covasna (RO) mentioned “to create integrated care systems we need integrated communities”, and that was what made it so special to be in Donegal (IE) last month: the region, which earlier this year won … [Read more...]
We are a voice
AER represents its member regions, and stands for stronger cohesion between regions.
During the last Bureau Meeting, AER confirmed its will to help make Europe strong. We will be continuing to advocate for a stronger Europe, through stronger regions.
We are a voice for our members.
The new European Commission elected by the European Parliament
22 October: the EP approved the new European Commission, headed by Jean-Claude Juncker. 423 MEPs gave their support to the Juncker Commission, while 209 voted against and 67 abstained. The new Commission took office on 1 November for a 5 year mandate. … [Read more...]
World Health and Design Forum
On 22 October in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant (NL), at the occasion of the World Health and Design Forum, AER organised an event focusing on regional politicians' involvement in the implementation of smart solutions for active and healthy living. 5 regional politicians exchanged on the strategies they were developing in this field in their territories and the obstacles they … [Read more...]
Mutual learning can solve the geek gap and much more
Solutions for an age-friendly society require the collaboration of stakeholders, which are often not used to work together. IT developers and businesses may have very different ways of looking at a problem. Add to that the point of view of doctors, nurses, informal carers or patients and their sometimes unexpected ways of using technology and you will be heading for total chaos … [Read more...]
Structural funds for health: a regional perspective
Karsten Uno Petersen, President of the AER Committee on Social Policy and Public Health and Vice President of the region of Southern Denmark, and Anthoni Zwiefka, Senior Specialist of Lower Silesia (PL) shared their experience on the use of structural funds for health during the information session AER co-organised in partnership with COCIR, the trade association of the … [Read more...]
Regions4GreenGrowth’s Final Conference
Regions4GreenGrowth provides recommendations on how to boost investments in RES & EE. “The European Union (EU) aims to get 20% of its energy from renewable sources (RES) by 2020, as well as to cut 20% of Europe's annual primary energy consumption” (Source: EC website.). The stakes are high, but unfortunately, the fact is that public and private stakeholders willing … [Read more...]
Cluster Excellence Programme
Supported under COSME, this call aims to develop cluster organisations' capacity to provide more professional business services to SMEs, helping to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs. More information here. … [Read more...]
AER helping regions to promote the fundamental rights on their territory
Regions are main stakeholders when it comes to promoting fundamental rights in their territory. The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has published a very useful online toolkit to help public officials improve the protection and promotion of fundamental rights. The Training Academy organised in Brussels on 19 September allowed participants not only to get an … [Read more...]
The reality of European rural areas: an overriding issue for EU competitiveness
At a Press Conference organised in cooperation with the European Countryside Movement (ECM), regions and international organisations called on the future Parliament and Commission highlighting three key messages: Rural areas contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy: Today the EU has a tendency to focus on increasing effectiveness by using factors such as competitiveness, … [Read more...]
TEN-T: A journey to where?
Building on the will over the last 20 years to provide Europe with a fully integrated trans-European transport network (TEN-T), the European Commission issued, in December 2013, the new guidelines for its implementation and its financial instrument Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). While the attainment of an all-integrated European area at the service of the single market … [Read more...]
AER’s support to good governance
In the framework of its actions regarding the Black Sea, AER supports the initiative launched by its partner, the Go-Governance Institute chaired by Prof. Melanie Sully, namely the Good Governance Award. This Award aims at promoting interregional cooperation in this part of Europe. Vienna, as one of this Award’s sponsors, has recently hosted the winners coming from … [Read more...]
For a Smarter Europe
From 19 to 21 April, the SMART EUROPE INTERREG IVC project partners gathered in Manchester (UK) in order to exchange and discuss on how to build dynamic business environments and nourish open innovation. Led by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), good practices from Avila (ES), Flevoland (NL) and Manchester (UK) were presented: the creation of clusters, the benefits of … [Read more...]
Working group on Investment, Business and SMEs
During the month of March, the European Council met to underline the importance of a strong and competitive European industrial base, building on the Commission's recent Communication on the new reform package for the future EU industrial policy. At the occasion of the first meeting of the AER Working Group on Investment, Business and SMEs held on 17 March at the Press Club … [Read more...]
Charter for Multilevel Governance in Europe
What is the Charter for Multilevel Governance? Adopted by the CoR on 3 April 214 and supported by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the Charter is a political manifesto from European cities and regions inviting all public authorities to make "multilevel governance" a reality in day-to-day policy-making and delivery. This primarily … [Read more...]
Regional Cooperation in the European Union
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...]
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