Lobbying before European and national political decision-makers Access to AER’s reports, positions, and contributions on a given theme Keeping watch over and monitoring European themes from a regional viewpoint Expert political analysis Accompanying members through the European decision-making process Advising members on strategical aspects of regional politics … [Read more...]

About AER Summer Academy The concept of the AER Summer Academy first arose in 1996, as a response to the increase in AER member regions coming from Central and Eastern Europe. These regions often had different needs from the AER members in Western Europe, especially in the context of EU accession. These new regions were looking into introducing new approaches to their work, … [Read more...]

AER Office in Dnipropetrovsk Together with the AER Secretariat, the office in Dnipropetrovsk will pursue the following objectives: using of the best European practices of the regions of the EU countries and members of the Assembly of European Regions for the development of local government in Dnipropetrovsk region and any Ukrainian member of AER; implementation of … [Read more...]

  The Bureau is the primary political voice of AER. It engages in issues of a pan-European and global nature emanating from members and establishes the political base for AER's advocacy work. It is the primary political voice of AER, meeting at least twice a year. The meetings will be open to the public, inviting international, interregional, regional and municipal … [Read more...]

The General Assembly is the highest authority of AER and convenes representatives of all its full members. Associated members and observers are invited to participate and may address the assembly. However, they don’t have the right to vote. The General Assembly charges the Executive Board to implement its decisions. The General Assembly Approves the accounts of the … [Read more...]

15 June 1985 The Assembly of European Regions, AER, was formed 35 years ago, in a radically different world indeed. The founding regions met in Louvain-la-Neuve on 14-15 June 1985 and created the AER, which at the beginning was called CRE/CER (Conseil des Régions d'Europe / Council of European Regions). These regions were: Açores (PT), Alentejo (PT), Algarve (PT), Alsace (FR), … [Read more...]

Working groups are one of the bottom-up modalities for sustained peer learning: AER working groups can be initiated by any region, as long as the objective is in line with the AER values. Working groups Way of working As per the AER Statute Setting up a working group: responsabilities • The Executive Board establishes or dissolves the Working Groups• … [Read more...]

Twice a year on the occasion of the AER Bureau, or during the year upon the invitation of members of the Working Groups, the AER organises in-person knowledge transfer activities because it strongly believes in the necessity of meeting in the real world of regions. These thematic meetings serve to Format The format of knowledge transfer events is flexible and … [Read more...]