This tag is for all posts relating to R20.

Learning to play “Brussels”: regional actors and paradiplomacy in multi-level Europe

9 October, 2017 By Editor

Decision-making in the European Union (EU) is often described as a system and process of multi-level governance. In other words, it requires actors from many levels to play a part ... Read More

Regionalisation in Italy: “components of the republic”

1 October, 2017 By Editor

In Italy, regions are grounded in the Constitution, which lists them in Article 131 and identifies them in Article 114: a region is a “component” of the republic, together with ... Read More

Regionalisation in Iceland: from the national level, straight to local

25 September, 2017 By Editor

Divided in Statistical regions Iceland is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. A member of the European Free Trade Association, from March 2015 it is not anymore ... Read More

AER/R20 – Training to get money for your infrastructure projects

18 September, 2017 By Mathieu Mori

Following the successful “100 climate solutions projects campaign“, an AER/R20 partnership to show the public and private financial world that regions had green projects worthwhile investing into, the R20 is ... Read More

Regionalisation in Germany: the advantages of a federal state

18 September, 2017 By Editor

Autonomous Länders Germany is a federal state, composed of 16 regions (Länder). The federal structure of 1949 was designed by representatives of the already existing Länder in the Parliamentarian Council ... Read More

Regionalisation in Hungary: once again a centralised country

10 September, 2017 By Editor

The Hungarian state has always been centralised throughout the 1000 years of its history. The county and the traditional administrative unit was born together with the kingdom, and served mostly ... Read More

Regionalisation in Ukraine: lead by local communities

4 September, 2017 By Editor

Centralised governance inherited from the Soviet times Ukraine is part of the Eastern Partnership, which is an initiative that enables closer political, economic and cultural relations among the EU, its ... Read More

My internship at AER: an insight into European regional cooperation

1 September, 2017 By Editor

This week, was Lou-Anne’s last week as an intern at the Assembly of European Regions’ Strasbourg Office. This in an opportunity to get a special insight on AER’s work and ... Read More

Committee 2 Progress report 2017

30 August, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

Twice a year the members of the AER Committee on Social Policy and Public Health gather in plenary meeting. This is the opportunity to set goals for cooperation through the ... Read More

Committee 1 Progress report 2017

29 August, 2017 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

The rise of regional electoral democracy

28 August, 2017 By Editor

Democratic governance in Europe has dramatically changed over the past four decades. The institutions of the European Union have accumulated important policy-making powers in areas such as the monetary and ... Read More

Regionalisation in Albania: a must for EU Accession

21 August, 2017 By Editor

Albania derives from a deeply centralised tradition of the pre-pluralist era. The transition from a centralised to a democratic system led to the inclusion of Albania in a comprehensive process ... Read More

Regionalisation in Luxembourg: municipalities reign, but are merging

16 August, 2017 By Editor

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, one of the world smallest countries, is located in North- Western Europe. It lost part of its territories to France (1659), Prussia (later Germany, 1815) ... Read More

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