This tag is for all posts relating to R20.

Regionalisation in Slovenia: regions may fill the gap between the central government and the local level #RoR2017

2 April, 2018 By Editor

Slovenia has only one tier of sub-national government, i.e. municipalities. Currently, there are 212 municipalities. This means that there are no other tiers of government, like counties, regions etc. Some ... Read More

The Committees’ plenaries: it’s all about sharing & learning

28 March, 2018 By Johanna Pacevicius

Twice a year the AER Committees meet to share recent achievements, launch new initiatives and learn from each others. At AER, Committees are the place where knowledge, needs, ideas, questions ... Read More

Regionalisation in Azerbaijan: a state within a state #RoR2017

26 March, 2018 By Editor

The Republic of Azerbaijan is part of the Eastern Partnership, which is an initiative that enables closer political, economic and cultural relations among the EU, its member states and 6 ... Read More

Regionalisation in Sweden: a strong local administration with a weaker regional level #RoR2017

19 March, 2018 By Editor

Sweden is a unitary state with a strong central administration. There is an undisputed regional level in Sweden, the provinces (landskap), with which there is a regional identification, although they ... Read More

Regionalisation in Portugal: the need to reform the sub-national government #RoR2017

12 March, 2018 By Editor

The transition from the authoritarian political regime to the II Republic, in 1974, marked a change in the national territory and in the nature of sub-national government in Portugal. During ... Read More

Committee 1 Progress Report Spring 2018

7 March, 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

Regionalisation in Norway: is the future of regions difficult to predict? #RoR2017

5 March, 2018 By Editor

Norway is a constitutional monarchy with a written constitution and a parliamentary system where the Government (Regjering) is responsible to the parliament (Storting). The Norwegian unitary state is based upon ... Read More

The essential guide to contributing to the work programmes

1 March, 2018 By Johanna Pacevicius

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

Regionalisation in Greece: are regions weak? #RoR2017

26 February, 2018 By Editor

Regions were created in Greece in 1987 in order to respond to organisational and functional requirements of the EU structural policies. Greek regions were not the expression of historically rooted ... Read More

Regionalisation in Montenegro: not regions, but municipalities #RoR2017

19 February, 2018 By Editor

An ancient Balkan state, Montenegro came under Ottoman control at the end of the 15th century, but became an independent kingdom from 1910 to 1918. Montenegro then joined the newly ... Read More

Regionalisation in Lithuania: an ongoing debate on regional reforms #RoR2017

12 February, 2018 By Editor

Essentially, the definition “region” in Lithuania is associated with three types of territorial units: administrative units of the state territory of higher level – counties (apskritys); ethnocultural regions; territorial units ... Read More

Regionalisation in Georgia: the politics of regional development are improving #RoR2017

5 February, 2018 By Editor

Georgia is an independent, unified, and indivisible state, as confirmed by the referendum of 31 March 1991 – held throughout the territory of the country, including in the Autonomous Soviet ... Read More

Regionalisation in Moldova: are regions lacking autonomy? #RoR2017

29 January, 2018 By Editor

The Republic of Moldova is part of the Eastern Partnership, which is an initiative that enables closer political, economic and cultural relations among the EU, its member states and 6 ... Read More

Regionalisation in Ireland: is the state still the “gatekeeper” to EU? #RoR2017

22 January, 2018 By Editor

When the Irish state was established, it inherited the British system of local government, which pre-dated the state’s birth. After independence, no constitutional provision was made for local government. A ... Read More

Regionalisation in Macedonia: no longer one of the most centralised countries in Europe #RoR2017

15 January, 2018 By Editor

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) was a constituent state of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 1991. Despite experiencing considerable decentralisation in the Yugoslavian period, after independence ... Read More