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Council of Europe Development Bank: a trusted partner for regions

19 December, 2017 By Editor

Investing in regions reduces social and economic disparities and promotes inclusive growth, one of the priority areas of operation for the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB). In recent years, ... Read More

Youth and citizens, European programmes to support good ideas

14 December, 2017 By Luca Magri

The end of the year is a time for good resolutions. The AER Bureau gathered its brilliant representatives to adopt AER’s new political priorities for 2018-2019. Youth and citizenships were very ... Read More

Tailored Help for Facilitating the Digital Transformation

13 December, 2017 By Editor

With digitalisation well underway, companies are seeking to adapt themselves to the digital age giving rise to the term digital transformation. Digital transformation impacts every aspect of an organisation from ... Read More

The Future of Work: Skills and Competences

11 December, 2017 By Editor

During AER’s event on artificial intelligence (AI) attendees broke into five roundtable discussion groups, each addressing an area of AI important to stakeholders. The group called Skills and Competences: Racing ... Read More

AI: The Next Wave in Culture

8 December, 2017 By Editor

During AER’s event on artificial intelligence (AI) attendees broke into five roundtable discussion groups, each addressing an area of AI important to stakeholders. The group titled the culture in the ... Read More

Funding opportunities on Artificial Intelligence!

8 December, 2017 By Editor

Following the recent success of AER’s event “Artificial Intelligence: Are Regions Up to The Challenge?” on Thursday 30 November, which brought together policy makers, stakeholders, academics, and entrepreneurs to discuss the policy ... Read More

Mutual Learning at AER event on Artificial Intelligence

4 December, 2017 By Editor

Policy makers, stakeholders, academics, and entrepreneurs gathered in Brussels on Thursday 30 November at AER’s event “Artificial Intelligence: Are Regions Up to The Challenge?” to discuss the policy implications of ... Read More

Regionalisation in Slovakia: Voice of regions on the rise #RoR2017

4 December, 2017 By Editor

Slovakia is a parliamentary representative democratic republic governed under the Constitution of 1992. In terms of territorial administration, the Slovak Republic is divided into 8 regions (corresponding to the EU’s ... Read More

Youth mobility: a policy that goes beyond employment

16 November, 2017 By Editor

At their Autumn Plenary meeting in Brussels, the Youth Regional Network (YRN) took a closer look at the topic of youth mobility. The aim was to grasp the incredible potential ... Read More

Personalised Medicine: an Inspiring Debate!

13 November, 2017 By Editor

On 7 November, the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the EU hosted an Oxford-style debate organised by POLITICO. Debaters argued around a crucial topic for EU policy makers and ... Read More

Highlights from the AER Youth Regional Network’s Autumn Plenary Meeting!

13 November, 2017 By Vania Freitas

On the 3-5 November in Brussels, the AER Youth Regional Network held its Autumn Plenary Meeting, with three days of discussions, experience exchange and decisions on some of the most ... Read More

Skills and Competences in an AI era

7 November, 2017 By Editor

In the next decade, it is a virtual certainty that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will begin to replace increasing numbers of labourers. The outsourcing of labour to machines will alter the ... Read More

Regionalisation in Armenia: improvements of local self-government needed

30 October, 2017 By Editor

The Republic of Armenia is part of the Eastern Partnership, which is an initiative that enables closer political, economic and cultural relations among the EU, its member states and 6 ... Read More

#ShineBright Promoting sustainability, taste & equality in Jämtand & Härjedalen

23 October, 2017 By Editor

On the occasion of this year Regional Innovation Award on Circular Economy, ShineBright on the regions of Jämtand and Härjedalen in Sweden that presented their project Food In Action. The initiative aims at ... Read More

New calls on Cultural Heritage are out!

6 October, 2017 By Editor

On 4 October, delegates from the Directorate General for Education and Culture – DG EAC presented the new Year of Cultural Heritage at the Committee of the Regions. In his ... Read More