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Improving Administrative capacity of Regions in Public Procurement

8 July, 2016 By Elin Berglie

AER participated on 5 July to a lunch time briefing aimed at presenting good practices and recommendations as regards the public procurement systems in EU Member States. The Committee of ... Read More

Sign here for the future of Cohesion policy

14 June, 2016 By Editor

The current programming period of cohesion policy is set until 2020. However, the discussions already started behind the doors of the European Commission and other institutions, especially as we are ... Read More

Energy security & regions

14 June, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

While Brussels is revamping into the capital of Sustainable Energy, on the occasion of the annual EU Sustainable Energy Week, AER is launching its Report “Energy security from a regional ... Read More

Poll: Identifying obstacles to investments

13 June, 2016 By Editor

What are the obstacles to investments at local and regional level? Re-launching public and private investments to boost long-term growth is on top of the EU policy agenda. As stated ... Read More

Jan Owe-Larsson, Chairman of AER working group on Transports & Mobility

6 June, 2016 By Editor

Jan Owe-Larsson is the Chairman AERs working group on Transports & Mobility and the second vice-chair of Region Östergötland’s Transport and Urban Planning Committee. The AER working group aims for ... Read More

A more efficient implementation of environmental policies through the regions

20 May, 2016 By Editor

“It is useless to come with directives, regulations and strategies if they are not implemented“: Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, opened the meeting with the delegation led ... Read More

New EU-backed loan facility under the Horizon 2020 programme

3 March, 2016 By Editor

SMEs in South-eastern Europe (from EU MS and Associated Countries) to benefit from €250 million in EU-guaranteed loan InnovFin SME Guarantee Facility, managed by the European Investment Fund (EIF), is, ... Read More

Mobility: smart and connected regions

30 January, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

With the digitalisation of the economy and the growing weight of data management, the AER Working Group on Transports has decided to widen its remit. The working group will now ... Read More

First 2016 high level meeting with the European Commission

25 January, 2016 By Editor

In the framework of the structured dialogue’s first meeting of the year, AER Secretary General Mathieu Mori met on Friday 22 January the Secretaries General of the European Commission Alexander Italianer, of ... Read More

First joint plenary session for AER Committees 1 & 2

17 April, 2014 By Editor

Joining forces for the first time in a joint plenary session, the members of AER Committees for Economy and Regional development (1) and for Social and Health policy (2), discussed ... Read More

Working group on Investment, Business and SMEs

17 April, 2014 By Editor

During the month of March, the European Council met to underline the importance of a strong and competitive European industrial base, building on the Commission’s recent Communication on the new ... Read More

Committee 1 working group meetings : focused and productive

5 October, 2013 By Johanna Pacevicius

The work plans of the working groups are their actual backbone and ensure both coherence and continuity in the activities realised during the year. They are also a useful tool ... 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

General Assembly 2011 in Ponta Delgada: Regions Challenge the Crisis

25 November, 2011 By Editor

The Crisis, an Opportunity? “Yes, As Long As We Can Master Our Interdependence”, Reply the Regions Ponta Delgada, Açores (P), 25 November 2011 Europe and its regions are in ... Read More

AER urges Member States to Get the Cohesion Policy Moving

17 November, 2011 By Editor

Strasbourg (F), 17 November 2011 A week ahead of the Informal Meeting of Ministers responsible for EU cohesion policy, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) calls all Member states to ... Read More