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AER elects a new Executive Board!

1 June, 2017 By Editor

Monday (31 May), during AER’s General Assembly, a new Executive Board was elected. It has a mandate of 2 years, as stated in the AER statute. Below you can find the list of ... Read More

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

1 June, 2017 By Editor

The failure of the structural reform of the federal state in 1994 has led to a standstill in reforms in Austria’s federal system. Since Austria’s accession to the EU in ... Read More

AER launches its report on Regionalisation

31 May, 2017 By Editor

Today, during AER’s General Assembly, our outgoing President launched AER’s Report on the state of Regionalisation in Europe. The story behind the report Early 2014, as the new programming period ... Read More

AER starts its General Assembly in Sankt Pölten (AT)

31 May, 2017 By Editor

We are halfway into today’s General Assembly and all reports have been given. The next step is the election of our new Presidium. After “Ode to Joy” opened the floor ... Read More

AER series on investments: Episode 2

31 March, 2017 By Editor

Episode 2 of the AER series on investments focuses on the EFSI technical and advisory services available to regions for a sound and smooth implementation of the Juncker Plan. Reaching the ... Read More

Cohesion policy’s challenges and the voice of AER

21 March, 2017 By Editor

Challenges posed to the EU cohesion policy, according to EPRS Last month the European Parliament Research Service issued a briefing on the issues in the forthcoming post-2020 reform, entitled “Challenges ... Read More

AER task force on cohesion policy

23 February, 2017 By Editor

In AER, we put a strong emphasis on the future of cohesion policy and look for our members to jump in the process! A bit of background… In the last years, AER ... Read More

INTERREG North West Europe – Fifth call for project proposals!

23 February, 2017 By Editor

On 14th February 2017, an Info Day on the INTERREG North-West Europe Programme was organised by the Brussels Capital Region, Brulocalis (the Association of the City and Municipalities of Brussels) and ... Read More

And the winner is…

30 November, 2016 By Editor

The region of Brussels-Capital (BE) and the Province of Noord-Brabant (NL) were recognised in the 10th AER Regional Innovation Award on 30 November in the framework of the series of events ... Read More

EU Cohesion Policy and its governance: an academic debate

26 November, 2016 By Editor

On 9 November 2016, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) organised a conference to present and debate on the “Handbook on Cohesion Policy in the EU”, edited by Prof ... Read More

EFSI: a concrete opportunity for regions

24 November, 2016 By Editor

The Investment Plan for Europe, also known as “Juncker Plan“, adapted in 2014, is built around three pillars: the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) the European Investment Project Portal ... Read More

Democracy at play in EU-Turkey relations

4 November, 2016 By Editor

The stakes of the EU-Turkey relation at this extremely crucial point in time bring us to the very relevant “Turkey and the EU: Shared Challenges and Common Opportunities” panel discussion ... Read More

Strengthening cooperation between EU leaders and European regions

27 September, 2016 By Editor

AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, together with Laurent of Belgium, her special advisor and Mr Mathieu Mori, AER Secretary General met with Mr Guy Verhofstadt, member of the European ... Read More

Shedding light on Turkey post failed-coup

23 September, 2016 By Mathieu Mori

AER President, Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli led a delegation of AER members and representatives of partner organisations (see list below) to Ankara for unique encounters with regional and national high ... Read More

Wind of change for the Eurodyssey programme

20 September, 2016 By Editor

In its meeting on 15 September in Batumi (Ajara-GE), the Executive Board took stock of AER’s 30-year youth mobility programme and agreed on a series of measures and changes necessary ... Read More