This is the tag for all posts relating to environment.

Briefing note: A Resource efficient Europe under the Europe 2020 Strategy

2 August, 2013 By Editor

Briefing note published by AER for the Summer Academy in Nyköping, Södermanland (S) (18 – 23 August 2013) Energy, natural resources and environment have been present in a political discourse for ... Read More

Simplification of governance and a legal framework are needed!

10 July, 2013 By Editor

Only a few days after Albanian national elections, the AER, together with the region of Kukes, gathered Presidents of Albanian regions as well as European stakeholders, representatives of NGOs and ... Read More

“State of play of regionalism in Albania: simplification of governance and a legal framework are needed!” says AER

5 July, 2013 By Editor

Kukes (AL), 5 July 2013 Only a few days after Albanian national elections, the Assembly of European Regions (AER), together with the region of Kukes, gathered Presidents of Albanian regions ... Read More

New tools for policy making – the IDeal Index:

9 June, 2013 By Editor

The report suggests the use of the IDeal index to improve the lackings of GDP as an indicator of the true progress of a society. This new index takes into ... Read More

AER President meets Commission President Barroso

7 June, 2013 By Editor

European regions presented their views on the preparation of the Commission’s work programme 2014 Bruxelles, Bruxelles-Capitale (B), 7 June 2013 Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, President of the Assembly of European ... Read More

AER President met European Commission President Barroso

6 June, 2013 By Editor

Hande Özsan Bozatli, AER President, met on 6 June the European Commission’s President José Manuel Barroso, together with the President of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the representatives from the ... Read More

Less is more!

27 May, 2013 By Editor

“We won’t show you our successes or good practices, we want you to see the bare reality and identify the failures we don’t see” is what the 10 peers from ... Read More

Electric vehicles – Quality of life – Regional development: AER publishes three political reports

18 May, 2013 By Editor

Paris, Ile-de-France (F), 18 May 2013 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) adopted three new political reports. AER developed the concept of reports with the purpose of raising the political ... Read More

Briefing note on the Eastern Partnership

20 March, 2013 By Editor

Context Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a special dimension of the European Union’s Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) towards 6 partner countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. This initiative was launched ... Read More

AER fights for sustainable energy at climate change conference

11 February, 2013 By Mathieu Mori

The voice of the AER, carried by its President Michèle Sabban and over thirty member regions, was strongly heard during the climate change conference, co-organised with the R20 on ... Read More

Implementing the Sustainable Energy Future

1 February, 2013 By Editor

The voice of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), carried by its President Michèle Sabban and the over thirty member regions present at this occasion, was strongly heard during the climate ... Read More

AER assists Dnipropetrovsk (UA) in European Parliament’s hearing

30 January, 2013 By Mathieu Mori

On 30 January 2013, AER contributed to the organisation of a hearing in the European Parliament on the characteristics and priorities of the Dnipropetrovsk region (UA), which was presided over ... Read More

Final Conference of ECREIN+ : Recommendations on eco-innovation

29 November, 2012 By Mathieu Mori

Lyon, Rhône-Alpes (F), 29 November 2012 “The ECREIN+ project was born only three years ago, and yet so much work has already been done, and so many prospects are in ... Read More

Tales from Europe on Eco-Innovation

17 October, 2012 By Editor

This year AER has come up with a new format for the “Tales from Europe” event. Co-organised for the first time with a second entity, the English Speaking Union, we opened ... Read More

Regionalisation and Democracy: It’s High Time we Place the Citizen Back at the Heart of Governance

10 October, 2012 By Mathieu Mori

Strasbourg, Alsace (F), 10 October 2012 The conclusion is clear: the financial and economic crisis that we are experiencing spares no one, and has political consequences all around the world. ... Read More