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Peer reviews on creating innovative companies

1 March, 2013 By Mathieu Mori

Smart Europe Regional Peer Review in Veneto: intense, challenging, productive! Boosting the creation of innovative companies In the context of the Smart Europe INTERREG IVC project, 10 experts from AER, ... Read More

AER in Portugal

11 February, 2013 By Mathieu Mori

Our Secretary General, Pascal Goergen met Mr Almeida Henriques, Secretary of State for Economy and Regional Development, in Lisbon, in view of the Continental Portugal regions’ membership. Three regional meetings were ... Read More

AER boosts interregional cooperation on employment and innovation

24 January, 2013 By Mathieu Mori

Unemployment, having become a major challenge affecting regions all across Europe, it is now ever the more important to implement smarter, targeted regional policies aiming to support job creation within ... Read More

Final Conference of ECREIN+ : Recommendations on eco-innovation

29 November, 2012 By Mathieu Mori

Lyon, Rhône-Alpes (F), 29 November 2012 “The ECREIN+ project was born only three years ago, and yet so much work has already been done, and so many prospects are in ... Read More

Rurality and regional development are perfectly compatible!

21 November, 2012 By Mathieu Mori

Limoges, Limousin (F), 21 November 2012 Contrary to popular belief, rurality and regional development are by no means incompatible, but rather complementary. The Assembly of European Regions (AER) and the ... Read More

Tales from Europe on Eco-Innovation

17 October, 2012 By Editor

This year AER has come up with a new format for the “Tales from Europe” event. Co-organised for the first time with a second entity, the English Speaking Union, we opened ... Read More

Regions at the bedside of Europe

22 September, 2012 By Editor

Introduction The financial and economic crisis that has plagued many countries worldwide and in Europe for the past several months is far from over. Regions are directly concerned by the ... Read More

European regions and R20 committed to green growth

8 March, 2012 By Mathieu Mori

Geneva (CH), 8 March 2012 More than 200 regional government councillors and experts from around the world attended the conference “On the road to Rio: regions building the green economy” ... Read More

The AER Takes the Silk Road In North East Asia

2 November, 2011 By Editor

An AER delegation goes to Seoul to meet the members of NEAR, its North East Asian counterpart Seoul, South Korea, 2 November 2011 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) was ... Read More

Regions support regions by using AER Peer Review methodology

16 September, 2011 By Editor

Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (BiH), 16 September 2011 Members of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) discussed on 15 and 16 September ways on how regions can support each other ... Read More

A brand new AER project ‘Promoting Youth Employment’ (PYE) Step one: Vojvodina

14 September, 2011 By Editor

Step one for the new AER project ‘Promoting Youth Employment’ (PYE) in Vojvodina

Novi Sad, Vojvodina (SRB), 14 September 2011 Vojvodina is the first region to host the Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) Peer Review on youth employment. During the opening of this ... Read More

AER Peer Reviews to foster youth employment across Europe

5 July, 2011 By Editor

Brussels (B), 5 July 2011 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) organised this week the official kick-off meeting of its brand new project “Promoting Youth Employment” (PYE). The ultimate objective ... Read More

Local and regional leaders urge Barroso to draw up ambitious EU budget and to consider their role in Europe 2020 strategy

16 June, 2011 By Editor

Brussels, 16 June 2011 European local and regional leaders called on European Commission President Barroso to put forward “ambitious EU budget proposals” in order to stimulate the economy and asked ... Read More

The Assembly of European Regions and the Tunisian Ministry for Regional Development reach an agreement on regionalization and employment

13 May, 2011 By Editor

Tunis (TN), 13th May 2011 At the heart of the Tunisian democratic transition, Michèle Sabban, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), and the Tunisian Minister for Regional Development, ... Read More

Boosting Entrepreneurship and Innovation…AER breaks new ground

25 March, 2011 By Mathieu Mori

Østfold (N), 25 March 2011 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) strongly believes in the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation as key factors for future European knowledge economies and a ... Read More