• Committee topics

Committee 1 provides a space for AER members to share experiences and improve regional policy making on issues related to the EU cohesion policy, economic development, in particular SME support, innovation and research, climate change, energy and rural development.
Other key issues are connectivity and permeability, intelligent transport systems, state aid for regional airports, economic opportunities of the Silver economy, the energy transition, financing schemes for the renewable energy market and global climate talks.

President

Kenneth Backgård

Region: Norrbotten (SE)

Elected Spring 2019, mandate 2 years, renewable

Seconded officer and AER Committee 1 Coordinator: Per Erik Andersson

Work programme

Committee 1 developed its 2019-2020 work programme on the occasion of the Örebro Spring plenary meeting. This article sums up the content of the Committees’  work programmes, which will be consolidated in the  AER Action Plan to be adopted at the General Assembly

A  few achievements

• Mutual Learning event “The Sharing Economy: Reshaping the way we do business”
• Smart City Expo World Congress: Food, Sustainability and Governance in the Digital Age
• Study visit in Gelderland on Energy Transition
• Mutual Learning event “Artificial Intelligence: are Regions up to the challenge?”
• Silver Economy Awards Ceremony in Brussels
• Partnered with the Climate Summit of Local and Regional Leaders, during COP23 in Bonn (DE)
• Mutual Learning event on health innovation: “E-health, let’s find a common language”
• Regional Innovation Award on the theme of the Circular Economy
• International conference on the potential of Biomass

For more achievements from Committee 1, check our semestrial progress reports or our yearly activity reports

Other Committee initiatives

Committee Working Groups

• • WG on Investment, Business and SMEs

• • WG on Transports and Mobility

• • WG on Rural Development
  • WG on Energy and Climate Change

AER Political reports

• • Report on energy security

• • Report on Electric vehicles

• • Report on Rurality and regional development
  • Report on The IDeal Index

AER Awards

Regional Innovation Award

AER Secretariat Coordinator

Johanna Pacevicius

Mobile: +33 6 24 29 19 37
E-mail: j.pacevicius(at)aer.eu
Skype ID: johanna.pacevicius
Languages: fr, nl, en, pt

Articles by Johanna

• Thematic Coordination
• Committees
• Mutual Learning

AER Online Community

The AER Committees Online Community uses Slack, which provides Follow-up on meetings Opportunities for exchanges between meetings Opportunities to represent AER at external events A space to exchange on project ideas and relay information on open calls & partnerships An online discussion forum on specific topics An alternative to face to face meetings (the tool […]