This tag is for all posts relating to R20.

Thinking the EU budget post 2020

24 July, 2017 By Editor

The need to consider the crucial role of European regions Discussions on the post 2020 EU budget will soon be launched. Debates on the future EU budget are traditionally animated. ... Read More

Regionalisation in France: developed, but incomplete

17 July, 2017 By Editor

French regionalisation, as developed as it may seem, is still incomplete. The phenomenon is surrounded by political controversies and marked by contradictory strategies. Decentralisation reforms, particularly the 2004 laws on ... Read More

The state of regionalisation in Romania

10 July, 2017 By Editor

Romanian administrative division into counties (judete) has been documented since the XIV century. In modern times, between 1918 and 1968, Romania’s administrative division suffered repeated changes. After World War II, ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Estonia

3 July, 2017 By Editor

The report gives an overview of the Estonian administrative system today and discusses the current administrative-territorial reform. Estonia is one of the smallest countries in the EU with a surface ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Malta

26 June, 2017 By Editor

Malta is a centralised state and the powers that have been delegated are those to the local government. Indeed today two levels of government exist at the central and local ... Read More

AER & R20: a winning alliance for European regions

22 June, 2017 By Mathieu Mori

This week (19 June 2017) AER President Magnus Berntsson was elected R20 (regions of climate action) President by the R20 Governing Board and General Assembly. AER and R20 have enjoyed ... Read More

AER & R20: where do we stand?

22 June, 2017 By Mathieu Mori

This week (19 June 2017) AER President Magnus Berntsson was elected R20 (regions of climate action) President by the R20 Governing Board and General Assembly. AER and R20 have enjoyed ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Brexit

19 June, 2017 By Editor

The Brexit dilemma: redrawing the map The vote to leave the European Union after over 40 years membership threw up some major challenges for the United Kingdom, not least for ... Read More

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

12 June, 2017 By Editor

The article describes the Finnish regions from a number of different viewpoints. It delineates the overall politico-administrative architecture of Finland in order to place the regional councils in context. Thereafter ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Regions in the UK

5 June, 2017 By Editor

Relative to most other European countries, the governance of the United Kingdom has tended to be characterised by a high degree of centralisation. Some areas of policy-making social security, defence ... 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

The 100 Climate Solutions Project Campaign

21 April, 2017 By Mathieu Mori

Important issues were highlighted by local and regional leaders at the COP22 conference in Marrakech, the most urgent one: access to finance for cities and regions. Read More

“SOURCE” is launched in Washington