This is the sub category for policies relating to cohesion policy.

Cultural heritage: from Veneto to Flanders via… Nordland

31 March, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

How a storm, which in 1431 dramatically changed the route of Pietro Querini, a Venetian merchant, now is a motive for experience sharing on innovation and entrepreneurship! Cultural heritage a ... Read More

Cohesion policy’s challenges and the voice of AER

21 March, 2017 By Editor

Challenges posed to the EU cohesion policy, according to EPRS Last month the European Parliament Research Service issued a briefing on the issues in the forthcoming post-2020 reform, entitled “Challenges ... Read More

First results of the Task Force on Cohesion Policy post-2020

17 March, 2017 By Editor

General Documents Concept note on the task Force (pdf – word) Questionnaire on the future of Cohesion Policy (online – pdf) Registration to the Task Force (online) Task Force meeting, 23 ... Read More

Gävleborg: a county of cultural heritage

10 March, 2017 By Editor

With 2018 a year designated by the European Commission as European Year for Cultural Heritage, Gävleborg (SE) decided to develop a project to highlight what the region can do to ... Read More

Not your usual plenary meetings

2 March, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

The AER Committees are the R&D lab of AER where experiences are shared, discussed, transferred to other regions, transformed, brought back in the network and adopted by yet other regions. ... Read More

AER task force on cohesion policy

23 February, 2017 By Editor

In AER, we put a strong emphasis on the future of cohesion policy and look for our members to jump in the process! A bit of background… In the last years, AER ... Read More

A stronger regional policy means a stronger Europe

16 January, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

Cohesion policy is essential for a strong Europe!

Last week European Commissioner Corina Cretu published an article on the need for Europe to build on territorial cohesion: “Cohesion Policy alone won’t heal Europe, but Europe won’t heal without ... Read More

AER and cohesion policy: fighting for regional interests

11 January, 2017 By Editor

The Assembly of European Regions (AER) is closely following the ongoing European debates on cohesion policy, whose future is uncertain. Aiming at defending regions’ interests in this field and make ... Read More

Pushing the rural agenda forward for a sustainable future

29 November, 2016 By Editor

On 29 November, the Parliamentary Intergroup on Rural, Mountainous, and Remote Areas (RUMRA) and Mercedes Bresso, Chair of RURMA, hosted a breakfast debate on the need of addressing the energy ... Read More

EU Cohesion Policy and its governance: an academic debate

26 November, 2016 By Editor

On 9 November 2016, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) organised a conference to present and debate on the “Handbook on Cohesion Policy in the EU”, edited by Prof ... Read More

Committees plenaries: results for projects, good practice exchange and lobbying

17 November, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

During the joint plenaries delegates had the opportunity to participate in 2 workshops aimed at identifying project ideas, topics for good practices and lobbying activities to be carried out within ... Read More

Committee elections in Izmir

17 November, 2016 By Editor

The AER Committees were in Izmir from 7-10 November for the Autumn Committees Plenaries at which time elections took place for the open positions. We would like to congratulate Mr ... Read More

COP22 – AER at the forefront of regional climate change fight in Marrakech

17 November, 2016 By Mathieu Mori

After the COP 21 in Paris last year that led to a historic agreement in the reduction of 40% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2013, the COP 22 in Marrakech ... Read More

Sustainable mobility: the way forward

7 November, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

The modernisation and democratisation of means of transports have radically changed how we perceive distances and the world in general. At the same time resource scarcity, climate change and geopolitical ... Read More

Bureau members drive AER to aim for “a strong Europe”

25 October, 2016 By Editor

The AER Bureau is the highest political voice in AER. It provides the political direction and impetus for the work carried out in the network. The Bureau is responsible for ... Read More