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Transparency: a tool for change

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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 of initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, AER is joining forces with the Compact of States and Regions to encourage regions across wider Europe ... Read More

Baltic Rim Economies: special edition on the Arctic

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The Pan-European Institute publishes a discussion forum, Baltic Rim Economies (BRE), which deals with the development of the Baltic Sea region. In the BRE review, high level public and corporate decision makers, representatives of Academia, as well as several other experts contribute to the discussion. Special issue on the future of the Arctic was published on ... Read More

Promote your region within the European Mobility Week!

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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 the success of Visualizing Energy 2016 it now time for the launch of Sustainable Mobility 2016, a Revolve initiative within the European Mobility Week (16-22 ... Read More

BIOTEAM Magazine on bioenergy and sustainability

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On 15 March 2016, the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina together with the Assembly of European Regions hosted the conference ‘Biomass: What are the best ways to use it?‘ in Novi Sad, Serbia. At the conference, Mr. Eise Spijker from Joint Implementation Network, the Netherlands; coordinator of the EU co-funded project BIOTEAM provided a presentation on: ‘The ... Read More

World Sustainable Energy Days 2017

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The World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) is a worldwide event that has grown over the past 20 years into one of the largest conferences on energy efficiency and renewable energy, becoming an important opportunity to actively contribute to raise awareness in these fields. As a platform to bring expertise, inform about technologies, policies and markets, give ... Read More

Entrepreneurship as a tool for regional growth

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Entrepreneurship is a vital component of economic growth and development. The creation of new business entities not only generates added value, fiscal revenues, employment and innovation, but is an essential ingredient for the development of a vibrant small- and medium-sized business sector—the core of most competitive economies. Hild Marit Olsen, an Executive of Education from ... Read More

Regions lead the way to sustainable mobility

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The Sustainable Mobility Debate of REVOLVE took place in Brussels on Thursday 15 September 2016. Two panels and more than ten speakers advancing mobility solutions to reach a reduction of 50% in transport-related CO2 emissions by 2030. The opening speeches set the tone of the debate, introducing first the EU strategy towards low emission mobility (Edoardo Turano, DG Clima) and ... Read More

Update on projects and grants

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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 a few months with a double objective: first, to provide member regions with relevant information on funding opportunities and projects and second, involving AER in ... Read More

Regions demand to be involved in shaping Cohesion policy post-2020

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337 Regions, cities, municipalities and interregional organisations demand a strong renewed EU Regional Policy after 2020. Regions send a highly visible and strong signal to the leaders of Europe on the future of Cohesion policy. Under the leadership of Lower Austria (At) and the Assembly of European Regions, 337 political representatives of regions from 22 ... Read More

Horizon 2020: funding opportunities for smart cities and communities

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Smart cities and communities are a key challenge for the society that more and more needs a sustainable development of urban areas. This requires integrated approaches and new, efficient, and user-friendly technologies and services, in particular in the areas of energy, transport and ICT. In order to get the latest news on funding opportunities that could ... Read More

Horizon 2020: partner search for a project on water systems

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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 framework of Horizon 2020 – Water in the context of circular economy b) Towards the next generation of water systems services large scale demonstration projects (2017). ... Read More

Funding for smart grid and storage projects

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The Energy Challenge is designed to support the transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system. To make the transition to a competitive energy system, there is a need to overcome a number of challenges, such as increasingly scarce resources, growing energy needs and climate change. The 2016-2017 Horizon 2020 Work programme ‘Secure, clean and ... Read More

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