Bologna, Italy – 2-3 December 2014: This two-day event will offer participants the opportunity to learn more about the benefits of interregional cooperation and ways to implement projects, as well as meeting experts in the field of interregional cooperation. This event will be a chance to network and meet future partners ahead of the launch of call for proposals in February … [Read more...]
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A Breakfast Briefing to discover COSME
The Brussels representation of Mid-Sweden (SE) and AER organised a joint Breakfast Briefing on 11 April featuring COSME, the EU programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 2014-2020. Key issue addressed was how regional authorities can make use of the COSME programme to support their own regional and local SMEs. Guest speaker at … [Read more...]
AER continues its information cycle on European funding
Which funding sources for which topics from 2014 onwards? The question is at the heart of the AER information cycle on European funding, which kicked-off in September, and was pursued at the occasion of two sessions, held on 29 October in Strasbourg and on 5 November in Brussels. Information session on funding opportunities for youth-related projects The objective was to … [Read more...]
Black Sea: How to finance interregional cooperation projects?
This question was at the heart of the Training Academy, which took place on 3 October in Rize (TR), on the eve of the 4th AER Black Sea Regions Summit. The training focused on the EU programme for the Black Sea but also on other funding sources, such as the Black Sea Trust for regional cooperation. Thanks to the input of the joint Managing Authority and through the advice of … [Read more...]
EU Executive Training Programme: final call for 2013 applications
European SMEs still depend largely on their domestic markets despite the opportunities brought by the enlarged single market and by globalization at large. In order to step up the internationalisation capacity of SMEs, the European Commission has set up training programmes for European business leaders and managers, to gear up their knowledge of foreign markets, cultures, … [Read more...]
AER regions join forces to pursue the Eastern Partnership Initiative beyond 2014
The Assembly of European Regions (AER), together with the Ukrainian Region of Dnipropetrovsk, organised last 26 April 2013 a conference which gathered 150 European, national and regional political representatives. The purpose of this gathering was to discuss how interregional cooperation can be boosted in the context of the ‘Eastern Partnership’, the Eastern dimension of the … [Read more...]
Funds for interregional cooperation: Conclusions of info session by AER
INTERREG is not the only instrument for regions to finance interregional cooperation in the EU. Regional Operational Programmes can also allow for interregional cooperation via Article 37.6.b of the current General regulation. As this funding opportunity is often ill-known by regional authorities, the AER joined forces with INTERACT to organise an information session on 26 … [Read more...]
Committee of the Regions on Regional State Aid
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) has just adopted an own-initiative opinion on the revision of Regional State Aid guidelines. Jean-Paul Denanot, President of the Regional Council of Limousin (F) and member of the Committee of the Region was the rapporteur on this issue. The paper is calling for a regional state aid policy that matches better cohesion policy 2014. All regions … [Read more...]
European Commission call for proposal for TEMPUS
Reform of higher education through international university cooperation. More information … [Read more...]
Final Conference of ECREIN+ : Recommendations on eco-innovation
Lyon, Rhône-Alpes (F), 29 November 2012 “The ECREIN+ project was born only three years ago, and yet so much work has already been done, and so many prospects are in place for the months and years to come! ECREIN+ is a strong partnership, made up of regions that are as geographically diverse as they are close when it comes to their objectives. Placing eco-innovation at the … [Read more...]
Local and regional authorities urge member States to maintain Cohesion Budget
The four main European associations of local and regional government* are deeply concerned about the impact a reduction in the European Union budget would have on the future of cohesion policy. They therefore call on national governments to maintain the cohesion budget at €339 billion, as proposed by the European Commission in July 2012. This call comes ahead of the … [Read more...]
REALM and the Europe 2020 Flagship Initiatives
The Hampshire Adult and Community Learning led Grundtvig project (Accompanying Measures) entitled “Regional Adult Learning Multipliers and the Europe 2020 Flagship Initiatives” (REALM) held its fourth and final seminar in Brussels on 10 October 2012. The REALM seminar has inspected the flagships “Resource Efficient Europe” and “An Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era” … [Read more...]
Conference on European Funding – ProI3T project
European funds have always been of paramount importance for local and regional authorities around Europe. In the context of the current economic recession and budgetary restrictions at every level, European funding becomes even more an important source of potential income for subnational public authorities. The final conference of the Pro-I3T project (financed by the Europe for … [Read more...]
AER new report on EU funding
AER is Releasing a New Report on Information and Access to European Funding and Announces Training in Regional Management of EU Funds Strasbourg, Alsace (F), 17 October 2012 At a time when the European Union is going through a period of economic instability, European funds play a particular role in the development and restarting of regional economies. The Assembly of … [Read more...]
New Report on EU Funding
At a time when the European Union is going through a period of economic instability, European funds play a particular role in the development and restarting of regional economies. The Assembly of European Regions (AER) has therefore published a report that aims at enabling European regions to improve access to European programmes, whether sectoral or structural. This policy … [Read more...]