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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

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

Democracy at play in EU-Turkey relations

4 November, 2016 By Editor

The stakes of the EU-Turkey relation at this extremely crucial point in time bring us to the very relevant “Turkey and the EU: Shared Challenges and Common Opportunities” panel discussion ... Read More

Culture as a driver of economic growth in the regions of the EU

31 October, 2016 By Editor

On 13 October, as part of the the 14th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) in Brussels, the workshop, “Culture and creative industries in the Regional ... Read More

Building new ties with the French regions

12 October, 2016 By Editor

On 10 and 11 October, a delegation from the Assembly of European Regions (AER) traveled to France to meet with four regions which are currently not members of AER: Bretagne, ... Read More

2016 Regions and Cities Magazine explores visions for future cities

12 October, 2016 By Editor

The fifth edition of EUobserver’s Regions and Cities Magazine explores visions for future cities and learns lessons from the past. “The EU is grappling with difficult problems – Brexit, migration, ... Read More

Success of the “100 solutions project campaign”: more than 550 projects received!

10 October, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

AER is happy and proud to share with its member regions and partners the first outcomes of the “100 solutions project campaign”, which was launched in June in partnership with R20 ... Read More

Horizon 2020: partner search for a project on water systems

4 October, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

Ambling Ingeneria y Servicios SL, an experienced Spanish company in water handling, is searching partners for a project on the improvement of water system and services which will be submitted in the ... Read More

Funding for climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

26 September, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

AER keeps its focus on searching funding for projects and initiatives that are facing the challenge of fostering the transition to an economy based on a sustainable relationship between nature ... Read More

Shedding light on Turkey post failed-coup

23 September, 2016 By Mathieu Mori

AER President, Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli led a delegation of AER members and representatives of partner organisations (see list below) to Ankara for unique encounters with regional and national high ... Read More

European Week of Regions and Cities 2016: side event on smart cities and communities for all

20 September, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

AER is happy to share within our network a side event organised by our friends of Age Platform Europe together with other partners in the context of the European Week ... Read More

Update on projects and grants

20 September, 2016 By Editor

The Executive Board in Batumi (Ajara-GE) on 15 September reviewed the state of play of AER’s involvement in projects and grants. This new service to members has been operational for ... Read More

Interreg Europe at the European Week of Regions and Cities 2016: policy learning lab