This is the tag for all posts relating to economy.

Reference site status for AER regions

8 September, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

A recognition of excellence A Call for Reference sites 2016 was launched in December 2015 at the Conference of Partners of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. ... Read More

How to make it into the business jungle without a degree?

7 September, 2016 By Elin Berglie

Florence, Max and Jeremy are three young entrepreneurs from Brussels. They came to Sarpsborg to present their experience in Eyecone. Through their very different personal paths, they explained the difference between entrepreneur, ... Read More

One month to apply for the Regional Innovation Award!

31 August, 2016 By Elin Berglie

The Assembly of European Regions calls all regions in our continent to look at the successful stories of innovation in their territories in the field of Circular Economy. What is Circular Economy? Circular ... Read More

Blue Economy Business Awards

3 August, 2016 By Editor

The first summit of the Blue Economy Business and Science Forum will take place in Hamburg on 12-13 September 2016 at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg (see programme). The Blue Economy ... Read More

Promote your region within the European Mobility Week!

13 July, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

AER and Revolve Media are happy to share with you a new initiative within their partnership and commitment on the issues of environment, sustainability, energy efficiency and green economy. After ... Read More

Project opportunities related to health

1 July, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

Many challenges need to be met to grant everybody’s legitimate wish for a long, happy and healthy life. European research and innovation in health helps to tackle these challenges. It ... Read More

Transparency: a tool for change

28 June, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Remember the picture? United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon holding a report which outlines the actions of States and Regions with regards to climat change. Because regions are implementing a variety ... Read More

Action plan 2016-2017

25 June, 2016 By Editor

The AER action plan was adopted by the General Assembly in June 2016 and runs from Spring 2016 to Spring 2017. AER Priorities 2015-2017 • Supporting regions in ensuring a ... Read More

Strong voices for voting “remain”

22 June, 2016 By Editor

The AER Bureau took the opportunity of its meeting today to talk about the UK referendum. For obvious reasons, AER Vice-President Cllr Roy Perry (Hampshire-UK) could not take part in events in ... Read More

Poll: Identifying obstacles to investments

13 June, 2016 By Editor

What are the obstacles to investments at local and regional level? Re-launching public and private investments to boost long-term growth is on top of the EU policy agenda. As stated ... Read More

Do you remember the winners of the 2007 edition of the Regional Innovation Award?

13 June, 2016 By Editor

The AER team is preparing the Regional Innovation Award 2016 and we came across some pictures of previous awarded regions. Here you can see the winners of the 2007 Communicating ... Read More

Get visibility and financing for your green projects

7 June, 2016 By Mathieu Mori

R20, AER and The Leonardo di Caprio Foundation launch the “100 Solutions Project Campaign“ Under the mandate of the Leonardo di Caprio Foundation, the R20 is responsible for launching the ... Read More

Jan Owe-Larsson, Chairman of AER working group on Transports & Mobility

6 June, 2016 By Editor

Jan Owe-Larsson is the Chairman AERs working group on Transports & Mobility and the second vice-chair of Region Östergötland’s Transport and Urban Planning Committee. The AER working group aims for ... Read More

Young entrepreneurship in Croatia-Norway: looking for Norwegian partners!

30 May, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

The City of Kutina Development Agency (Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia) is looking for partners from Norway (Legal persons registered in Norway as private or public entities, including non-governmental organisations as well ... Read More

The circular economy: challenges and enablers for SMEs

30 May, 2016 By Editor

SMEs represent 99% of businesses in Europe thus they are the backbone of the European Union’s economy. Adopting a “circular economy” business model will not only decrease resource consumption but ... Read More