This tag is for all posts relating to Regional development.

A stronger regional policy means a stronger Europe

16 January, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

Cohesion policy is essential for a strong Europe!

Last week European Commissioner Corina Cretu published an article on the need for Europe to build on territorial cohesion: “Cohesion Policy alone won’t heal Europe, but Europe won’t heal without ... Read More

AER and cohesion policy: fighting for regional interests

11 January, 2017 By Editor

The Assembly of European Regions (AER) is closely following the ongoing European debates on cohesion policy, whose future is uncertain. Aiming at defending regions’ interests in this field and make ... Read More

AER answer to EC consultation on State aid to airports

19 December, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

The AER working group on mobility & transports has long been involved in the defense of regional airports as they constitute often one of the only sustained connection with other ... Read More

Interreg Europe: 3rd call opens on March 2017

15 December, 2016 By Luca Magri

The end of the year brings to regions the opening of the call for proposals of one of the main programmes for regional authorities, the Interreg Europe . The third call ... Read More

E-health: how to find a common language?

1 December, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Regional governments and their stakeholders, in particular, companies shared experiences on 1 December 2016 at the “E-health: let’s find a common language” event hosted by Brussels Capital at the Committee of the ... Read More

And the winner is…

30 November, 2016 By Editor

The region of Brussels-Capital (BE) and the Province of Noord-Brabant (NL) were recognised in the 10th AER Regional Innovation Award on 30 November in the framework of the series of events ... Read More

EU Cohesion Policy and its governance: an academic debate

26 November, 2016 By Editor

On 9 November 2016, the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) organised a conference to present and debate on the “Handbook on Cohesion Policy in the EU”, edited by Prof ... Read More

EFSI: a concrete opportunity for regions

24 November, 2016 By Editor

The Investment Plan for Europe, also known as “Juncker Plan“, adapted in 2014, is built around three pillars: the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) the European Investment Project Portal ... Read More

Health innovation ecosystems: who’s in?

23 November, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

(If you feel you understand all of the words of the title but not the title itself, please read through, you will be seeing clearly soon) E-health, economic growth ... Read More

Committees plenaries: results for projects, good practice exchange and lobbying

17 November, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

During the joint plenaries delegates had the opportunity to participate in 2 workshops aimed at identifying project ideas, topics for good practices and lobbying activities to be carried out within ... Read More

Committee elections in Izmir

17 November, 2016 By Editor

The AER Committees were in Izmir from 7-10 November for the Autumn Committees Plenaries at which time elections took place for the open positions. We would like to congratulate Mr ... Read More

Sustainable mobility: the way forward

7 November, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

The modernisation and democratisation of means of transports have radically changed how we perceive distances and the world in general. At the same time resource scarcity, climate change and geopolitical ... Read More

Culture as a driver of economic growth in the regions of the EU

31 October, 2016 By Editor

On 13 October, as part of the the 14th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) in Brussels, the workshop, “Culture and creative industries in the Regional ... Read More

How low density regions are generating growth

17 October, 2016 By Editor

In the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities, the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (with regions from northern Sweden, Norway and Finland) and the Highlands and Islands of Scotland ... Read More

AER youth representatives challenge European politicians about their future

13 October, 2016 By Editor

On 12 October 2016, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) organised a workshop at the Committee of the Regions (CoR), entitled “EU Regions Partners for Youth”, with Harghita County Council ... Read More