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Regionalisation in Iceland: from the national level, straight to local

25 September, 2017 By Editor

Divided in Statistical regions Iceland is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. A member of the European Free Trade Association, from March 2015 it is not anymore ... Read More

Nancy workshops: targeted experience exchange

20 September, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

The value of data, smart green and integrated transport systems, regions and culture, youth mental health and life-cycle approaches: the workshops organised on the occasion of the Nancy plenary meetings ... Read More

Regionalisation in Germany: the advantages of a federal state

18 September, 2017 By Editor

Autonomous Länders Germany is a federal state, composed of 16 regions (Länder). The federal structure of 1949 was designed by representatives of the already existing Länder in the Parliamentarian Council ... Read More

AER Committee Plenaries – 12/14 September – Relive the week here!

18 September, 2017 By Elin Berglie

#AERCP2017 From 12 to 14 September, AER was in Nancy, France for their Autumn Committee Plenaries. The programme focused on the following topics: For presentations, please visit the event’s webpage. >>HERE<< As ... Read More

Call for proposal on Cohesion Policy: the perfect call for AER region members!

7 September, 2017 By Luca Magri

There are no topics that fit AER’s mission more than cohesion policy. During its Bureau meeting in Lower Austria, AER issued its statement on the future of cohesion policy post ... Read More

Committee 3 Progress report 2017

31 August, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

Twice a year the members of the AER Committee on Culture, Education and Youth gather in plenary meeting. This is the opportunity to set goals for cooperation through the elaboration ... Read More

AER E-health journey

30 August, 2017 By Editor

With its many years working on e-health and social innovation technologies, AER is recognised as leader in the field. Today, let’s go a few years back and look at everything AER has achieved ... Read More

Committee 1 Progress report 2017

29 August, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

Twice a year the members of the AER Committee on Regional Development and Economy gather in plenary meeting. This is the opportunity to set goals for cooperation through the elaboration ... Read More

#ShineBright Vrancea facilitates remigrated children’s integration

28 August, 2017 By Editor

On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER award, ShineBright on Vrancea County, Romania that presented its project “Grow up in Vrancea – Remigrated children in Vrancea County – Educated, ... Read More

The rise of regional electoral democracy

28 August, 2017 By Editor

Democratic governance in Europe has dramatically changed over the past four decades. The institutions of the European Union have accumulated important policy-making powers in areas such as the monetary and ... Read More

Join the Committees’ Presidiums!

26 August, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

AER is looking for candidates to fill out newly vacant positions in the Committees’ Presidiums. It includes Vice-President positions and various representative posts inside all three AER Committees. Join the ... Read More

Culture and digitalisation in the spotlight

22 August, 2017 By Editor

In Nancy at the AER Committees’ plenaries culture will be in the spotlight. We’re asking the question: “is there a future for culture in the digital age?”. IT has been ... Read More

Regionalisation in Albania: a must for EU Accession

21 August, 2017 By Editor

Albania derives from a deeply centralised tradition of the pre-pluralist era. The transition from a centralised to a democratic system led to the inclusion of Albania in a comprehensive process ... Read More

Regionalisation in Luxembourg: municipalities reign, but are merging

16 August, 2017 By Editor

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, one of the world smallest countries, is located in North- Western Europe. It lost part of its territories to France (1659), Prussia (later Germany, 1815) ... Read More

#ShineBright Hedmark’s Youth County Council

14 August, 2017 By Editor

On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER award ShineBright on the region of Hedmark, Norway, that presented its project of a Youth County Council. This initiative, promotes the involvement of Youth in ... Read More