This is the tag for all posts relating to environment.

Learn how to better Decarbonise your Energy Systems

23 February, 2018 By Editor

By virtue of its relationship with Heat Roadmap Europe (HRE) which began at the COP23, AER would like to invite its member regions to attend a workshop on “unlocking the decarbonising ... Read More

EEA and Norway Grant: an all new fund for interregional cooperation

20 February, 2018 By Luca Magri

AER has been looking closely to the EEA and Norway Grant since a long time ago. This grant proposes fundings on topics of interest for AER members, such as civic ... Read More

AER: Working to Improve European Transportation Systems

20 February, 2018 By Editor

AER is excited to announce it will be attending the ACI Europe’s 11th Annual Regional Airports’ Conference and Exhibition in Naples, Italy. Mr. Roger Esterfors, the expert on regional airports ... Read More

Regionalisation in Montenegro: not regions, but municipalities #RoR2017

19 February, 2018 By Editor

An ancient Balkan state, Montenegro came under Ottoman control at the end of the 15th century, but became an independent kingdom from 1910 to 1918. Montenegro then joined the newly ... Read More

Improving Capacity to Implement Environmental Policy: Peer 2 Peer Study Visits

14 February, 2018 By Editor

Announcing EIR For years, AER members have been making strides in achieving sustainable development and pursuing progressive environmental policies. To equip regions with the knowledge needed to implement the EU’s environmental ... Read More

Study Visit in Gelderland on the Energy Transition

5 February, 2018 By Editor

Last spring on the occasion of the London Spring Plenaries, Committee 1 agreed to organise a study visit on the energy transition in Gelderland (NL) to share and learn from ... Read More

Governance, a new topic for the Horizon 2020 programme

31 January, 2018 By Luca Magri

Funding Opportunity The Horizon 2020 Programme is the main source of funding to implement front running and innovative ideas. Several calls for projects pointing out governance as main topic have been published ... Read More

Call for nominations: AER General Assembly and Committees 2018

26 January, 2018 By Editor

Per AER Statute and Procedures, the AER Election Committee will inventory and prepare for the elections at the General Assembly and the Committees. The time-table is as follows: AER Spring Committe ... Read More

Regionalisation in Ireland: is the state still the “gatekeeper” to EU? #RoR2017

22 January, 2018 By Editor

When the Irish state was established, it inherited the British system of local government, which pre-dated the state’s birth. After independence, no constitutional provision was made for local government. A ... Read More

Eurodyssey in Valencia

8 January, 2018 By Editor

Hello Four New Interns! Ayuntamiento de Alzira, offering creative and practical solutions to many of citizen´s demands has been hosting volunteers and interns for several years. As we said goodbye to ... Read More

Health and Horizon2020: a Good Match.

14 December, 2017 By Editor

On 21 November CORAL members, hosted by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region in Brussels, discussed Horizon 2020 and many project ideas. The meeting opened with a presentation of EuroScience Open ... Read More

WANTED! EU – Projects INTERN (CLOSED)

11 December, 2017 By Editor

Are you interested to learn and to be part of the team working on EU projects for the largest independent political network of regions in Europe? We are looking for ... 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

Stimulating Innovation in AI

6 December, 2017 By Editor

Supporting innovation, Attracting Innovators At AER’s event on artificial intelligence (AI) attendees broke into five roundtable discussion groups, each addressing an area of AI important to stakeholders. Contributors highlighted the changes ... 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