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No money for renewables?

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Baia Mare, Maramures (RO), 2 October 2014  Regions4GreenGrowth provides recommendations on how to boost investments in RES & EE “The European Union (EU) aims to get 20% of its energy from renewable sources (RES) by 2020, as well as to cut 20% of Europe’s annual primary energy consumption”. (Source: EC website.) The stakes are high, but unfortunately, the ... Read More

Regions4GreenGrowth’s Final Conference

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Regions4GreenGrowth provides recommendations on how to boost investments in RES & EE. “The European Union (EU) aims to get 20% of its energy from renewable sources (RES) by 2020, as well as to cut 20% of Europe’s annual primary energy consumption” (Source: EC website.). The stakes are high, but unfortunately, the fact is that public and ... Read More

Regions on board to effectively tackle climate change

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The Assembly of European Regions (AER) associated itself to the R20 « Regions of Climate action » – the world network for the fight against climate change – since its creation in 2010. The region of Ile-de-France (FR) welcomed in October the World Summit for Climate organised by the R20, gathering 500 participants representing regions, cities, ... Read More

Harmonising European indicators of energy efficiency in buildings

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The Common European Sustainable Building Assessment (CESBA) published a policy paper for a common assessment of buildings in Europe. Launched with the support of Rhônalpénergie Environnement (RAEE), this report addressed to territorial collectivities aims at harmonising European indicators of energy efficiency in buildings. Read the policy paper Follow AER! Read More

Regions4GreenGrowth Final Publication

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Regions4GreenGrowth is an initiative of EU regions who have defined high sustainable energy ambitions and now encounter this obstacle. The overall objective of the project is to equip these regions with regional policy instruments, mechanisms and approaches to improve access to finance for and speed up investments in sustainable energy projects (e.g. renewable energy generation ... Read More

Committees 1 & 3 joining forces

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Following last year’s positive experience, AER Committees ‘Economy and Regional development’ (1) and ‘Culture, Education Youth and International Cooperation’ (3) joined forces again from 5-7 November to discuss in Arnhem (Gelderland-NL) about the state of play of their political priorities and activities. This time the format of the plenary meeting changed with the main focus ... Read More

H.R.H. Prince Laurent of Belgium welcomes AER in Brussels

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Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale (BE), 4 February 2015 Yesterday, the Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) Brussels office celebrated the move into the new office at Rue d’Arlon 63-67, next door to the European Institutions. Dr. Hande Özsan Bozatli, AER President, presented the work of our Assembly to our new neighbours from the Renewable Energy House (REH). We were honoured by ... Read More

Meet the House of European Regions

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Yesterday, the Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) Brussels office celebrated the move into the new office at Rue d’Arlon 63-67, next door to the European Institutions. Dr. Hande Özsan Bozatli, AER President, presented the work of our Assembly to our new neighbours from the Renewable Energy House (REH). We were honoured by the presence of ... Read More

10th edition of the World Sustainable Energy Days

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For the 10th year running, AER made sure to be present at the World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) which took place in Wels (AT) on 25-27 February, attracting more than 750 participants from over 64 countries. Following its new “6+3=1” motto, this year’s conference offered a full programme of 6 conferences and 3 hands-on events ... Read More

Geothermal Energy Days in Vojvodina

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The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in cooperation with the Assembly of European Regions (AER) would like to invite you to the Geothermal Energy Days on the 22 and 23 May in Novi Sad. Through a combination of seminars, panel discussions, training academies with experts and field visits, you will enjoy a full overview of geothermal ... Read More

Raising citizens’ awareness on sustainable energy

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The project Cleaner Energy Saving Mediterranean Cities (CES-MED) has released a handbook, aiming at helping Southern Mediterranean municipalities develop a plan to raise citizens’ awareness on energy saving and energy efficiency. The manual will guide you step-by-step on how to create an Citizens’ Awareness Promotion Plan that aims to tackle wasteful behaviour and secure public support for sustainable ... Read More

A year after EU elections: more Europe, but how?

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19-21 May 2015, Strasbourg (FR) – the 10th European meetings in Strasbourg The EU faces important challenges and citizens questions its efficiency. Others remain convinced of the relevance of the EU project.  Is the EU responsible for the challenges that numerous European countries are struggling to find solutions to or is the EU the path to ... Read More

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