This is the tag for all posts relating to Governance.

Regionalisation in Latvia: narrow range of competencies, but space for change

7 August, 2017 By Editor

After the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, two levels of territorial division were introduced: there were 19 districts and more than 500 rural or cities municipalities. Self- ... Read More

Regionalisation in Croatia: established but uncertain

31 July, 2017 By Editor

Regionalisation process Croatia is a country that was developed on the contact of different geographical units (Adriatic – Dinaric – Pannonian area). The Croatian state, established in its first form ... Read More

Thinking the EU budget post 2020

24 July, 2017 By Editor

The need to consider the crucial role of European regions Discussions on the post 2020 EU budget will soon be launched. Debates on the future EU budget are traditionally animated. ... Read More

Apply now for a LIFE Action Grant!

19 July, 2017 By Editor

The submission deadlines for LIFE Calls for proposals is getting closer! The LIFE 2017 Info Day and Networking event, a side session of EU Green Jobs Summit within the EU Green Week, took place between ... Read More

Regionalisation in France: developed, but incomplete

17 July, 2017 By Editor

French regionalisation, as developed as it may seem, is still incomplete. The phenomenon is surrounded by political controversies and marked by contradictory strategies. Decentralisation reforms, particularly the 2004 laws on ... Read More

The state of regionalisation in Romania

10 July, 2017 By Editor

Romanian administrative division into counties (judete) has been documented since the XIV century. In modern times, between 1918 and 1968, Romania’s administrative division suffered repeated changes. After World War II, ... Read More

Exchange to change with the Policy Learning Platform

6 July, 2017 By Editor

AER is a key partner of the Policy Learning Platform (PLP) which is the second action of the Interreg Europe programme established to boost EU-wide policy learning and capitalisation of practices from ... Read More

#ShineBright Flevoland

3 July, 2017 By Editor

At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Flevoland (NL) was recognised in the #ShineBright session in recognition of its active participation on the topic of Cohesion Policy. A Task ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Estonia

3 July, 2017 By Editor

The report gives an overview of the Estonian administrative system today and discusses the current administrative-territorial reform. Estonia is one of the smallest countries in the EU with a surface ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Malta

26 June, 2017 By Editor

Malta is a centralised state and the powers that have been delegated are those to the local government. Indeed today two levels of government exist at the central and local ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Brexit

19 June, 2017 By Editor

The Brexit dilemma: redrawing the map The vote to leave the European Union after over 40 years membership threw up some major challenges for the United Kingdom, not least for ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Regions in Finland

12 June, 2017 By Editor

The article describes the Finnish regions from a number of different viewpoints. It delineates the overall politico-administrative architecture of Finland in order to place the regional councils in context. Thereafter ... Read More

JPICH Digital Heritage: Looking for a research lab?

9 June, 2017 By Editor

As we approach the European Year of Cultural Heritage, AER and its members have been active and creative in engaging culture-focused projects. Mesarch, a research laboratory dealing with the history and ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Regions in the UK

5 June, 2017 By Editor

Relative to most other European countries, the governance of the United Kingdom has tended to be characterised by a high degree of centralisation. Some areas of policy-making social security, defence ... Read More

AER adopts its position on cohesion policy

1 June, 2017 By Vania Freitas

The AER’s Summer Bureau meeting took place in Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria (AT), on 1 June 2017 to debate the future EU cohesion policy beyond 2020. At the meeting, AER Bureau ... Read More