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AER General Assembly: Election results

29 November, 2001 By Editor

Sopron (H), 29 november 2001

Dr Christoph E Palmer (CDU), Minister for European Affairs at the State Ministry of Baden Württemberg (D) was elected Vice-President of the Assembly of European Regions and President of the Institutional Affairs Committee at recent elections at the AER General Assembly on 29th November 2001 in Sopron, Hungary.

Born in 1962, in Stuttgart, Mr Palmer has a Doctorate in Economic and Social Sciences. He was a lecturer at the University of Stuttgart and at the Institute of Higher Education in Villingen-Schwenningen. Since 1989 he has been deeply committed to Public Affairs. As a member of Stuttgart Municipal Council, he was nominated Secretary of State within the Ministry of Science, Research and Art in elections in 1996: some of his most notable acts whilst in this position were the creation of the Culture Commission for the Land, the launch of the extension of the Stuttgart Gallery and the installation of a wide-ranging programme in favour of reading called “Room for words”. In 1998 he was nominated Minister and Political Speaker for the Minister-President Erwin Teufel. At elections in 2001, he was re-elected to his position with additional responsibilities: he is now in charge of European Affairs and of Film and Media Promotion. Minister Palmer is also President of the CDU Party in Stuttgart since 1996.

At this General Assembly, the AER also elected Mr Klaus Klipp as Secretary General of the organisation for a five year mandate.

Mr Klipp was born in Kassel in Germany in 1952 and graduated in Law. He began his professional career in the Ministry of Finance of the Land of Hessen, in Wiesbaden (1985-1992), where he went from Deputy Head of Unit/Budget of the Ministries of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Social Affairs (1985-88) to Head of Unit/Budget of the Ministry of Environment (1988-90) to Head of Unit/Budget for the construction of public buildings. In 1992 he spent 6 months in Thüringen in former East Germany in order to participate in the creation of new administrative structures. In 1992 he was nominated as Chef de Cabinet of the Vice-Mayor/Financial Affairs for the city of Frankfurt-am-Main. He continued his career within the city’s audit service as Head of Department between 1993-97 and was promoted to the position of Director of the European Affairs Office in 1998, responsible for the development and management of the town’s European and International policies and activities, a post which he occupied until his election as AER Secretary General.

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The AER Culture Committee meets in Languedoc-Roussillon

22 October, 2001 By Editor

At the invitation of Jacques Blanc, President of the Region of Languedoc-Roussillon (F) and of the Centre Régional des Lettres, the next Plenary session of the culture, Education & training, Youth, Media and Information Technology, Sport Committee of the Assembly of European Regions will be held at Castries on 8th and 9th November 2001.

Chaired by Mr Bruno Hosp, Culture Minister of Bozen Südtirol (Italy), the meeting allowed 70 European Regions, all active Committee members, to consider the definition of the major political themes for the Regions of Europe in the field of culture. In 2002 the AER plans to organise the 2nd Conference of Regional Culture Ministers; the 1st Conference on the protection of cultural diversity in Europe was held in October 2000 in Nyon (CH) and led to a regional position on maintaining unanimous voting in the field of culture.

Among the themes considered, the following brought particular attention:
– the definition of the AER’s priorities in the field of education in relation to the future Spanish Presidency of the European Union,
– the outcome of the study on the writers’ residences at regional level in Europe, undertaken within the “Books and Regions” project,
– organisation of the competition for the most Youth-friendly Region, launched by the Committee at the beginning of the year and for which the prize ceremony will take place at the AER General Assembly (Györ-MosonSopron) on 30th November 2001; 40 European Regions have already applied for this competition,
– creation of an AER youth Summer School alongside of the existing Summer School, an AER training programme for political leaders and territorial managers in field of regional development, in Eastern and Central Europe in particular.

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Newsletter Spring 2001: Cohesion policy in an enlarged Union?

1 May, 2001 By Editor

Headlines:

Cohesion policy in an enlarged Union?
Bureau meeting in Oberkirch – Baden-Württemberg (D)
Greater decentralisation in the Czech Republic
Seminar on “profitable environmental awareness”
Ecological tourism: planning for a gain-gain relation
Environmental Care as a Key factor in development and spatial planning
Ecology as a basis for sustainable regional development
Centurio: launch on 2001 edition
Summer School >Constanta, host region for 2001
Caravan on regionalism in Hungary >“Regionalism, culture and youth”
Gender equality: slowly but surely!
Hearings on European Governance
Real regions for a modern France by Adrien Zeller
Cooperation between Wielkopolska (PL) and Noord-Brabant (NL)

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The architecture of tomorrow’s Europe – the Regions of Europe prepare

1 February, 2001 By Editor

Chaired by Liese Prokop, First Vice-Minister of Niederösterreich (A) and President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), the new AER Presidium, elected last December, held its first meeting on 31st January 2001 in Strasbourg – where the Assembly of European Regions has had its headquarters since its creation in 1985 – in the aim of fixing the organisation’s priorities for the coming two years.

Bearing in mind the decisions taken at the Intergovernmental Conference in Nice (8th – 9th December 2000): to continue the debate on architecture and consider the ambitions of an enlarged Union in view of a further Intergovernmental Conference in 2004, the AER Presidium established its main aim as the mobilisation of all member Regions and interregional organisations concerning these important stakes in the future of Europe. “The political representatives of the Regions of the European Union and applicant countries must make their position clear and be considered as a source of proposals for this important debate for the future of Europe” stated Mrs Prokop. “In order for the enlarged Europe to be governable and governed, whilst remaining at grass roots level, competences must be clearly distributed between the various levels of government and the concept of subsidiarity must be given a more concrete and clear meaning in the European Treaties and the role of the Regions must be better defined in the construction of Europe” she added.

The institutional affairs Committee of the AER, chaired by Willi Stächele, Secretary of State for European affairs of Baden-Württemberg, received the mandate of preparing a draft AER position both for the next IGC and the White paper on governance in the Union which will be published next July by the European Commission. This Committee will meet on 8th – 9th February 2001 in Berlin. Over 70 European Regions (EU and non-EU) have already confirmed their participation.

In addition, the Presidium approved the Action programmes of the three other AER Committees for the period 2001- 2002:
– The Social Affairs Committee: Social protection and wellbeing in Europe post enlargement – Economic and social policy in the EU concerning the Regions post 2004 – Health, pensioners, equal opportunities
– The Regional policy Committee: Enlargement and future European regional policy – Report and forum on cohesion in Europe– 6th European environmental action programme – Trans-European Networks – and, of course, considering the current agricultural crisis, Sustainable agriculture and consumer protection.
– The culture Committee: Involvement of young people in public affairs at regional level – Adult education and training – Regional and Minority languages within the year of languages – Sport in the Regions.

The Presidium introduced the idea of organising two Conferences of Ministers and regional representatives in the field of environment and culture in 2002.

The Presidium also decided to give a more political dimension to the AER training programmes such as Centurio and the Summer School which aim at training regional elected representatives and managers of the CEEC as well as Eurodyssey which allows young Europeans to gain experience abroad for the first time.

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General Assembly 2002 in Seinäjoki: A woman at the head of the AER!

7 December, 2000 By Editor

15th General Assembly of the Regions of Europe

Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia (FIN), 7 December 2000

Mrs Liese Prokop, Vice-Minister President of Niederösterreich (Austria) since 1992, has just been elected AER President for 2001-2003. She is therefore the 5th AER President following Edgar Faure (Franche-Comté – F), Carlo Bernini (Veneto – I), Jordi Pujol (Catalunya – E) and Luc Van den Brande (Vlaanderen – B).

For the last 30 years, Liese Prokop, Austrian, has been a front running political actor in her country. For the AER, the election of Mrs Liese Prokop represents an additional asset with Austria being the long standing geographical link between the Regions of Western, Central and Eastern Europe.

Liese Prokop is also an outstanding performer in the world of sport as a top athlete. She won a silver medal for the pentathlon at the Olympics in Mexico in 1968; was junior champion in 1967 and broke the world record in 1969, again in the pentathlon. She is currently President of the Austrian Union of Sports Organisations.

With the election of Liese Prokop, the AER efforts to encourage equal opportunities for men and women are given added impetus.

The new AER President will be assisted in her tasks by the Vice-President Jan Waszkiewicz, President of the Region of Dolnoslaskie – PL, Vice-President Lambert van Nistelrooij, member of the Regional Council of Noord-Braabant – NL and Vice-President Treasurer Claude Ruey, State Councillor from the Canton of Vaud – CH (second election).

The new Committee Presidents are:
– “Institutional Affairs and East-West Cooperation”: Willi Stächele, State Secretary for Baden-Württemberg (D)
– “Social cohesion, Social services, Public Health, Employment”: Ragnar Kristoffersen, President of Akershus (N)
– “Regional Policies, Spatial planning, Infrastructures, Environment, Tourism“: Brian Greenslade, President of Devon (GB)
– “Culture, Education and Training, Youth, Media, Sport“: Bruno Hosp, Minister of Culture of BozenSüdtirol/Bolzano-Alto Adige (I)

In addition, a special mandate concerning the participation of young people in public regional life and the development of interregional cooperation in the Balkans was given to Roberto Antonione, President of Friuli Venezia-Giulia (I).

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The Regions of Europe wish to continue the EU reforms beyond the Intergovernmental Conference

30 October, 2000 By Editor

Nyon, Vaud (CH), 27 October 2000

At its meeting in Nyon, the political Bureau of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) debated the draft reform of the European Institutions in the context of the Intergovernmental Conference. This reform is indispensable to Union enlargement which has become a political necessity for applicant countries and for the Union itself.

Conscious of the fact that it would be become more and more difficult to make unanimous decisions, the AER Bureau recognised that in the future qualified majority voting would be necessary for the progress of Europe. However, the Bureau feels that as long as no clear definition of competences of the European institutions exists, drawn up on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity, unanimous voting must be maintained in order to respect the current priorities of numerous European Regions, in particular in the field of culture, education and training, and in this way encourage their participation in European decisions.

The Bureau felt that this IGC was merely the first step towards an indepth reform which would take the interests of all governance levels in Europe into account. “The European Council in Nice must make a decision on the continuation of reforms aiming to simplify the Treaties, the inclusion of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights in the body of Treaties which constitutes a united Europe and a completely new definition of competences. The calendar and the direction to take must clearly appear in the outcome of the current Intergovernmental Conference” said Luc Van den Brande, AER President.

The following appeared among the main AER demands:

– the Committee of the Regions (CoR) should become a fully fledged body of the European Union with the right to appear in a legal court of justice in order to defend its own rights, as well as the right to question its members on affairs with a regional aspect;
– the right for the Regions with legislative powers to represent themselves within the Court of Justice of the European Communities.

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AER Conference: The Regions plead in favour of regional diversity in Europe…

26 October, 2000 By Editor

Nyon, Vaud (CH), 27 October 2000

At the First European Conference of Regional Ministers of Culture, organised by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) on 25th and 26th October 2000 in Nyon (Vaud-CH), 140 regional cultural Ministers and representatives from 75 Regions and over twenty countries adopted a declaration in favour of regional diversity in Europe.

Faced with the globalisation of the economy and the standardisation which accompanies it, regional decision-makers expressed the concerns of their populations regarding the weakening of their regional identities and their cultures. They therefore stressed the need to coordinate the action of the Regions of Europe in order to ensure that negociations taking place within the World Trade Organisation (WTO) do not lead to the suppression of public co-financing in the field of culture at European, national, regional and local level. “In order to allow Europe to keep its diversity and pluralism, the legislative and financial competences of the Regions in the field of cultural policies must urgently be included in international law” stated Mr Claude Ruey, State Councillor for the Canton of Vaud and host of this Conference.

Participants also debated another issue of great importance for the Regions, i.e. the current reform of the European institutions in view of the enlargement of the Union. Regions from federal countries which have large competences in the field of culture (in Germany, for example, local authorities finance 95% of the total budget for cultural policies) fear losing their autonomy in this field with the change from the current unanimous voting system to majority decisions. “With reference to this reform, the European Regions, members of the Assembly of European Regions, must work towards obtaining a clear definition of the competences of each level of decision-making (EU, States, Regions and Communes)” pleaded Luc Van den Brande, AER President. “Without this definition, the change to majority voting represents the danger of centralising cultural policies in Europe, on the contrary to the principle of subsidiarity and we must fight against this” specified Mrs Liese Prokop, Vice-Minister President of Lower Austria, President of the AER Culture Committee and instigator of this Conference.

The regional decision-makers, just like the representatives of the European Commission and the Council of Europe, also insisted on the importance of interregional intercultural dialogue and crossborder cooperation, in particular in this field, as an instrument of peace and stability in Europe. The positive role of adapted cultural policies was stressed in particular in the reduction of ostracism and a better integration of immigrants.

Conference participants committed themselves to contributing to the spread of regional and minority languages, in particular over the year 2001 which has been declared European year of languages by the EU and the Council of Europe.

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AER Conference: “Regions and Culture in the Europe of tomorrow”

9 October, 2000 By Editor

Nearly 150 regional representatives charged with culture from twenty odd countries are expected, at the invitation of Mr Claude Ruey, State Councillor for the Canton of Vaud (CH) and AER VicePresident, on 25th and 26th October 2000 in Nyon at a Conference organised by the Assembly of European Regions on the theme of: “The Responsibilities and Competences of the Regions in the field of culture in the Europe of tomorrow”.

The aim of this Conference is to analyse the impact of the introduction of qualified majority voting on Regional autonomy and to a adopt a joint position for the Regions of Europe in view of the upcoming Intergovernmental Conference (IGC). The current system of unanimous voting (Art.151, EC Treaty) encourages the application of the highly valued notion of subsidiarity in the Regions of Europe due to the action of EU institutions being limited to the support of the independent cultural policies of the member States, whilst respecting the national and regional diversity of these States. A change in this system could go against the principle of respecting national identity (Art. 3, EC Treaty) and the regional identities which create it. It could also leave the door open to the globalisation of cultural policies and to the centralisation of European decision-making at the expense of regional authorities in particular. It is therefore of primordial importance that regional decision-makers and actors in the field of culture express themselves on the role of the Regions in the drawing up of cultural policies in Europe in order to be able to influence future European perspectives.

The Conference also aims to evaluate the impact of EU cultural programmes on cultural policies at regional level. It will also be the occasion to present the results of a survey undertaken by the AER on the cultural initiatives of the Regions and interregional cooperation programmes.

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AER Presidium meeting: Discussing new forms of European Governance

8 September, 2000 By Editor

The Assembly of European Regions (AER) will hold a Presidium meeting on Friday 8th September in the bureau of the Land of Niederösterreich (A) in Brussels. The meeting will focus on establishing positions for the Regions of Europe concerning the institutional reform of the Union in the context of the Intergovernmental Conference, the draft Charter of fundamental rights for the European Union, the White paper of the European Commission on new forms of European governance in view of enlargement and the European Charter of regional SelfGovernment of the Council of Europe.

Presidium members will also discuss the state of preparations for the main AER meetings over the last three months of 2000:
– the First European Conference of Regional Ministers for Culture will be held in Nyon, Switzerland, on 25th and 26th October 2000 and aims to allow regional decision-makers to debate a “Catalogue of competences”, the concept of “European cultural policies” and possible change in voting procedures in the field of culture at European level. This Conference will be followed by the AER political Bureau meeting on 27th October 2000;
– “new forms of governance” will be the main theme for the General Assembly (Seinäjoki-Finland, 7th and 8th December 2000).

This General Assembly, a special meeting point for all of the around 280 AER member Regions, will also include elections for the Presidium, Vice-President, Vice-President Treasurer and AER Bureau members for the coming two years.

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1999 Activity Report

2 January, 2000 By Editor

“A greater participation of the ‘strong regions’ in the political fields of culture and education, as highly sensitive areas and of major interest on the regional level, would strengthen the political performance of the Regions on the European stage. The organisation of the work, which encompasses a wide range of political fields, is based on the concept of a deep involvement of Sub-Committees and Working Groups following the idea of self-dependency”

Committee D – Activity Report.

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General Assembly 1999 in Lyon: For a Europe with its Regions

3 December, 1999 By Editor

Lyon, Rhône-Alpes (F), 3 December 1999

At its General Assembly in Lyon on 2nd and 3rd December 1999, the Assembly of European Regions (AER), which represents 300 European Regions from 26 countries, wishes to bring the European Council of Helsinki’s (10-11 December) attention to:

1) The need, in the general interest of Europe, to acknowledge the role of the Regions in the unification process, in particular regarding the full application of the principle of subsidiarity;

2) The need for a correct legal and political definition of this principle in the Treaty, in order to allow the Regions of the enlarged Europe to jointly paricipate in the construction of Europe by building on their great diversity.

As the new treaty which will result from the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) will be the first in a series of successive treaties which will have a serious influence on the life of our peoples, regional authorities wish to be informed and have a direct impact in the elaboration of these important international instruments. The Regions of Europe feel that the IGC Agenda is too limited and too focused on procedures, therefore not allowing for the preparation of the new European Society. A vision combining a general perspective with respect for the diversities to be found in the Regions is necessary so that the reforms currently underway on the continent and, in particular, Union enlargement, keep and develop their social, economic and territorial cohesion.

In the various negociations in which the Union participates, on a world wide scale, in particular those of the WTO, we express our wish for Europe to adopt a strong, but flexible position taking into consideration the preparation for globalisation without compromising the diversity of peoples and cultures which form the foundation of the political and social organisation model of Europe.

Ever faithful to its declaration on regionalism in Europe, the AER calls for an adaptation of the European institutions without compromising the construction of an Europe with its Regions and wishes to actively participate in this debate along with other interegional organisations, cosignatories of this declaration (CEMR, CPMR, AEBR, RETI).

In the perspective of a new dimension in the enlarged Europe, the Regions of Europe aim to involve young europeans to a greater extent in public affairs. Aware of the hopes, expectations and aspirations, but also of the growing tendancy in young people to doubt the capabilities of elected members, and the political system in general, to fight against unemployment and meet the challenges of the world economy, the regions wish to create the appropriate structures, such as “youth groups” in order to participate actively in public life and to make their opinions heard in the drawing up of youth policies. The AER will create a body which will be uniquely responsible for young people within its midst.

The AER General Assembly has also adopted several resolutions drawn up by the thematic Committees and destined for the respective European Institutions, in particular:

• A resolution on EU territorial planning as well as the Commun Agricultural Policy, especially in view of enlargement,which brings the EU’s attention to the need to take into account the diversity of territories and their economic development, in particular, in rural, agricultural and peripheral areas, and the Region’s responsiblity in these two areas.

• A resolution on regional communications which underlines the interdependancy between regional politics and transport and, in consequence, brings the EU’s attention to the importance of the participation of regional authorities in the formulation of European policies on transport; this resolution also calls for the setting up of European co-financing for the development of public and other forms of transport, in particular for connecting rural and peripheral zones in the EU, but also for improving connections with candidate countries for future EU membership.

• A resolution on the Charter of fundamental rights in the EU, the preparation for which has been launched by the Council for General Affairs of the EU, which requests that all EU partners be consulted, regional authorities included, in the elaboration of this charter.

At the General Assembly, the AER also elected Mrs Liese Prokop (58 years old), Vice-Minister President of Lower Austria (A) and President of the Culture, Education and Training, Youth, Media and Sport Committee of the AER since 1996, as First Vice-President and Hans de Belder (61 years old), Flemish (B), former senator and diplomat, First Director General of the Flemish Office for External Trade, as Secretary General.

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“The Regions’ contribution to the Enlargement process”

21 October, 1999 By Editor

Wroclaw, Woj. Dolnoslaskie (PL), 21 October 1999

Over 250 representatives from 64 Regions in 20 countries took part in this Conference which gave speakers from the European institutions, interregional organisations, EU and CEEC Regions the opportunity of giving their point of view on the role that the European Regions can or must play in the enlargement process.

Chaired by L. Van den Brande, President of the AER, and J. Waszkiewicz, President of Woj. Dolnoslaskie, the host Region, the conference proved that the issue of Enlargement and European integration arouses great interest in all European Regions. This was made clear by the very high participation rate and the commitment shown by many speakers from the East and West during the debates. The speachess presented sought answers to three key questions: how the territorial units within the applicant countries can be involved in this unprecedented historical process and contribute to its success; what role the EU Member Regions should play to sustain the initial impetus; and how the Regions from East and West can work together to prepare the future of an enlarged Europe.

In the East: pursuing decentralisation, developing training and cooperation

The Regions of the applicant countries believe it is absolutely essential to broaden and reinforce the democratisation process in their countries. Regionalisation and democratisation must be actively pursued in the perspective of Enlargement. The Regions of these countries must also convince their national Governments to involve them or their representatives in the negotiation process at a national level, since, in many fields (especially the domestic market and agriculture), the success of Enlargement will depend on regional policies implemented to smooth out restructuring problems and help economic actors in difficulty.

Priority must also be given to training: regional political and administrative representatives must become more familiar with the EU’s principles, operating methods and programmes in order to implement them, but also to be capable of assessing the impact of resulting changes at the regional level.

Developing cross-border and interregional cooperation with the EU regions, and even a constructive exchange of experiences with those who have recently experienced accession (e.g. Sweden and Austria), constitute the keystone to the success of Enlargement and should be actively supported, especially through stepping up personal exchanges. Regions in these countries must also become more involved in communication on European integration. Their very proximity means they can convey the import of an enlarged Europe, reassure people and foster the spirit of membership.

In the West: sweeping stereotypes aside and promoting enlargement

In hundreds of EU Regions, many people perceive Enlargement as a threat to their current prosperity. These Regions must learn to get to know and understand the situation of the CEECs so that they may sweep lingering stereotypes aside and provide reasoned support for accession. But above all, they must fulfil their role as advisors and experts in the field of regional development, and avoid repeating past mistakes, by fostering the transfer of know-how and exchanging experience not only before, but also after, accession.

Preparing the enlarged Union together

On this point, the representatives from Eastern and Western Regions stressed the importance of the forum for dialogue, experience exchange and training offered by the Assembly of European Regions in the run-up to EU Enlargement, through their theme-based Committees, European training programmes (Centurio and the Summer School), Internet network and initiatives such as the Wroclaw Conference. They also showed their determination to work together, within the AER, on the perspectives of regionalism in the enlarged, reformed Europe and developing relations with non-EU European regions.

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Meeting of the AER political Bureau

12 May, 1999 By Editor

Brussels, 12 May 1999

The first meeting of the AER political Bureau, in its new composition issued from elections at the General Assembly in Linz (A) in last December, will be held on 12th May in Brussels. Several subjects will be discussed and in particular:

• Regions faced with the situation in Kosovo;

• Project of the European Constitution, the Subsidiarity, the EU Enlargement, the next Intergovernmental Conference (IGC);

• Regionalisation in progress: results of elections in Scotland and Wales, development in Hungary;

• Adoption of resolutions and decisions made by the AER Committees (January to May 1999):

Commission A ”Institutional Affairs and East-West Cooperation”
– Programme of Seminar “Strong Regions for a strong Europe” (27-28 May, Stuttgart-D),
– Project of the Conference “Regions and EU Enlargement process” (21-22 Sept., Wroclaw-PL),
– Information relative to the Summer school (28 August, Istra-HR) and Centurio, two AER training programmes;
Commission B “Social Cohesion, Social Services, Public Health and Employment”
– Resolutions and decisions which will be made at the next meeting (6 May, Trondheim-N),
– Declaration of Turin relative to the men-women equality;
Commission C ”Regional Policy” (Meeting of 18-19 March, Umea-S)
– Views on the last Environmental Action Programme (EAP) of the EU and contribution to the next EAP,
– Views on the respect of environmental norms in tourism,
– Participation in the European Sustainable Cities and Towns Campaign and in the next Earth Summit,
– Role of the Regions and interregional cooperation in the implementation of ESDP,
– Declaration of Grado – Interregional Organisations common position on the Interreg III,
– Regional twinnings ;
Commission D “Culture, Education/Training, Youth, Medias, Sport” (Meeting of 19- 20 April, Nyborg-DK)
– Preparations for a pan-European Conference of Regional Cultural Ministers (2000) and support to the initiative of creating a network for exchanging information via the Internet between regional public libraries (“Culture” Subcommittee),
– Requests for amendments of Community programmes, especially following the nonadmission of EU candidate countries to the pilot project “Parliaments representing the Youth of Europe” (“Education & Training” Subcommittee),
– Creation of a programme of solidarity for Romanian street children and orphans – ”Streetkids-Romania 1999”- organised by the Region of Piemonte (I) and proposal put forward by the Region of Odessa (UKR) to organise a conference on the “Participation of Youth in management and public life at regional level” by spring 2000 (“Youth” Subcommittee).

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AER General Assembly: Election results

The AER Culture Committee meets in Languedoc-Roussillon

The architecture of tomorrow’s Europe – the Regions of Europe prepare

General Assembly 2002 in Seinäjoki: A woman at the head of the AER!

15th General Assembly of the Regions of Europe

The Regions of Europe wish to continue the EU reforms beyond the Intergovernmental Conference

AER Conference: The Regions plead in favour of regional diversity in Europe…

AER Conference: “Regions and Culture in the Europe of tomorrow”

AER Presidium meeting: Discussing new forms of European Governance

1999 Activity Report

General Assembly 1999 in Lyon: For a Europe with its Regions

“The Regions’ contribution to the Enlargement process”

In the East: pursuing decentralisation, developing training and cooperation

In the West: sweeping stereotypes aside and promoting enlargement

Preparing the enlarged Union together

Meeting of the AER political Bureau

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