AER 2020 Spring Committee Plenaries will be held in Covasna County, Romania between 10-12 March. This year the Committee 3 debate topic will focus on brain drain vs brain gain. Brain drain is the loss suffered by a region as a result of the emigration of a (highly) qualified person, while brain gain is when a country benefits as a consequence of … [Read more...]
The articles below relate to the work of Committee 1 on Economy and Regional Development.
Smart Specialisation Strategies: Enablers and Challenges in Rural Areas
AER 2020 Spring Committee Plenaries will be held in Covasna County, Romania from 11-12 March. This year the Committee 1 debate topic will focus on Smart Specialisation Strategies and its importance in rural development. The Smart specialisation approach is a combination of Industrial, innovation and educational policies that advise the countries and regions to identify and … [Read more...]
Territorial approaches to Regional Development
The main focus of the AER 2020 Spring Committee Plenaries in Covasna County (RO) between 10-12 March will be territorial approaches. Urban-rural divides within regions will be in the spotlight. While the Autumn 2019 plenaries "Territorial cohesion and Contrasted Realities" looked at how regions address territorial differences, this spring's plenary will take stock of the … [Read more...]
AER mutual learning event: it’s all about the Economy 4.0!
This year's mutual learning event, a cooperation between AER, Brussels Capital and Catalonia on 4 December 2019, will be on the Economy 4.0. The Economy 4.0 is a new era of productive, industrial and economic development with deep implications on sectors as diverse as education, culture, health, agriculture, industrial production and work in general. The complexity of the … [Read more...]
Cohesion & Contrasted Regional Realities
This year's AER Autumn Committee Plenaries in Podčetrtek (SI), will start off with a conference on Cohesion & Contrasted Regional Realities. Disparities within regions can hamper sustainable regional development by generating tensions and leading to difficult choices between for instance innovation on the one hand and equal provision of services on the other hand. A … [Read more...]
Committee 1 Progress Report Autumn 2019
Twice a year the members of the AER Committee on Regional Development and Economy gather in plenary meeting. This is the opportunity to set goals for cooperation through the development of a joint work programme and to evaluate progress every six months. During the AER Spring Committee Plenaries 2019 in Örebro (SE), AER members identified joint actions they wanted to … [Read more...]
Regional Business Forum – Second Edition
The Second Regional Business Forum will take place in Vojvodina from 1-3 October 2019. Given the success of the previous edition, the Assembly of European Regions and the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina want to establish this Regional Business Forum as an unmissable event in the business development year. The expertise of the Enterprise Europe Network, Chamber of … [Read more...]
European Biodiversity: Protecting Primary Forests
The AER Working Group on Rural Development is organising a breakfast debate on the protection of primary forests in Europe on 26 September at the AER Autumn Committee Plenaries 2019 in Podčetrtek (SI). Members will discuss in particular why these rather rare forests matter and how AER members can collectively act to protect primary forests in Romania. Why primary forests … [Read more...]
Your opinion on State aid for regional airports
Are you interested in the future of regional airports? Take part in an EU consultation and give your opinion on the use of State aid for smaller airports. The participation is open until 31 July 2019. AER spokesperson on regional airports Roger Estefors is kindly asking AER member regions, to answer a consultation on the 2014 Aviation Guidelines and particularly the State … [Read more...]
AER training seminar in Cluny: boosting resilience & innovation
The flow of knowledge and practices, which happens through interregional cooperation, encourages innovation and fosters the resilience of territories. Based on this observation, AER is offering a training seminar from 26-30 August in Cluny (FR) "Cities and Regions: New Actors of Change in Europe" to boost the capacity of regions to engage in impactful interregional … [Read more...]
Committee 1 Annual Report June 2018 – May 2019
The General Assembly is the highest authority of AER and convenes representatives of all its full members at least once a year. The General Assembly adopts among other things, the annual reports of the Thematic Committees. This report is the compilation of actions developped and implemented within Committee 1 between the 2018 General Assembly in Lillehammer, Oppland … [Read more...]
TAIEX-EIR workshop in Gelderland: you’re invited!
Gelderland (NL) and the European Commission are organising a TAIEX-EIR workshop on “Maintaining and Enhancing Ecosystem Services in Urban Regions”. This event, which is open to AER members and can be fully funded by the European Commission will take place in Gelderland in the Veluwe area, 4 - 5 July 2019. TAIEX-EIR learning programme The TAIEX-EIR PEER 2 PEER learning … [Read more...]
European Entrepreneurial Region Conference: empowering sustainability
The Province of Gelderland (NL), winner of the 2019 European Entrepreneurial Region award, is proud to invite all AER members to a two-day conference about empowering sustainability. The conference will take place in Arnhem (NL), 22 - 23 May 2019. Mutual learning for a sustainable future The International European Entrepreneurial Region Conference will give room to work … [Read more...]
Committee 1 explores collaboration opportunities on European certification initiative for SMEs
An innovative European certification initiative for regional small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could represent leverage for growth and improved cross-border economic relations. Added value for SMEs On March 6th, Jean-Luc Vanraes the President of the AER Committee for Economy and Regional development met with a delegation from CAC en mouvement. CAC en mouvement is … [Read more...]
Is it possible to combine regional growth with the Sustainable Development Goals?
AER members have been working continuously and especially last year on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by the United Nations. Their implementation by cities and regions is crucial but how can they ensure economic growth while contributing to these goals? Commitment of AER to use SDGs as a policy framework The SDGs are a call addressed to all the nations, … [Read more...]
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