This tag is for all posts relating to R20.

AER President takes part in panel discussion at the R20 Austrian World Summit

29 May, 2019 By Editor

“We are in a crisis – a climate crisis”. During the R20 Austrian World Summit, Greta Thunberg, the 16 year old activist from Sweden delivered a moving speech calling on ... Read More

AER to attend the R20 Austrian World Summit in Vienna

23 May, 2019 By Editor

Next week, the R20 Austrian World Summit will again be taking place in Vienna. This long-term initiative to create a network platform to help regions, states and cities implement the ... Read More

Committee 1 Annual Report June 2018 – May 2019

17 May, 2019 By Johanna Pacevicius

The General Assembly is the highest authority of AER and convenes representatives of all its full members at least once a year. The General Assembly adopts among other things, the ... Read More

New financial and networking opportunities for environment: LIFE Calls!

18 April, 2019 By Editor

AER has a long tradition of knowledge sharing and initiatives on “green” topics. As President of AER, Mr Magnus Berntsson, is also President of R20 – Regions for Climate Action. ... Read More

Democracy Alive is just around the Corner!

1 April, 2019 By Erica Lee

Spring has sprung, April has arrived and DEMOCRACY ALIVE is no joke! For three days, from 11 to 13 April 2019, everybody who’s anybody (in European affairs) will be on ... Read More

Jam-packed EU Regions & Cities Summit in Bucharest

19 March, 2019 By Erica Lee

AER played an active role at the #EUlocal Summit in Bucharest on 14-15 March. Read More

Committee 1 Progress Report Spring 2019

8 March, 2019 By Editor

Twice a year the members of the AER Committee on Regional Development and Economy gather in plenary meeting. This is the opportunity to set goals for cooperation through the elaboration ... Read More

The Committees’ work programme development explained

4 March, 2019 By Johanna Pacevicius

Spring is work programme definition season at AER! On the occasion of the Spring Plenary meetings in Örebro, members of the three thematic Committees will decide what they would like ... Read More

AER President speaks at the UN climate conference on behalf of the world’s regions and municipalities

19 December, 2018 By Editor

AER was present at this year’s UN climate meeting, which took place in Katowice, Poland. The highlight of AER’s involvement was when AER President Magnus Berntsson spoke at the high-level ... Read More

Committee 1 Progress report Autumn 2018

13 September, 2018 By Johanna Pacevicius

Twice a year the members of the AER Committee on Regional Development and Economy gather in plenary meeting. This is the opportunity to set goals for cooperation through the elaboration ... Read More

Committee 1 Annual Report June 2017 – May 2018

7 May, 2018 By Johanna Pacevicius

The General Assembly is the highest authority of AER and convenes representatives of all its full members at least once a year. The General Assembly adopts among other things, the ... Read More

Regionalisation in Switzerland: connecting direct “four-fifth” democracy and flexible federalism #RoR2017

23 April, 2018 By Editor

Swiss federalism is the result of a long historical process that different actors, institutions and interests have shaped for centuries. One can identify three major factors: the presence of territorial ... Read More

Regionalisation in Russia: persistent asymmetric federalism #RoR2017

16 April, 2018 By Editor

Little history of Regional Russia Russia is a country covering a large part of eastern Europe and northern Asia. It became an independent country in December 1991, after the dissolution ... Read More

Regionalisation in Spain: a “nation of nations”? #RoR2017

9 April, 2018 By Editor

Original publishing date – early 2017 Spain is a country of 504,645 square kilometres that shows important variation across regions in terms of economy, socio-political structure, language, culture and traditions. ... Read More

AER at the 2018 World Sustainable Energy Days

6 April, 2018 By Elin Berglie

AER was represented at the World Sustainable Energy Days 2018, by a delegation from Gelderland. The World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED), one of Europe’s largest annual events in this field, took place ... Read More