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Did you say participatory?

6 March, 2015 By Editor

Aalborg, North Denmark (DK), 6 March 2015 Citizen participation is on all lips, whether to improve social and territorial cohesion, to reduce democratic deficit or to boost growth. But what ... Read More

Participatory approaches for policy making

6 March, 2015 By Mathieu Mori

The series of events organised by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) on 4-6 March in Aalborg under the title “Regional Development Strategies with and for the citizens” highlighted examples of regions having ... Read More

New regions in Sweden

23 January, 2015 By Editor

Dr. Malin Stegmann McCallion is currently a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at Karlstad University. She has just published an article on the State of Regionalisation in Sweden: 1 January ... Read More

Committees 1 & 3 joining forces

7 November, 2014 By Johanna Pacevicius

Following last year’s positive experience, AER Committees ‘Economy and Regional development’ (1) and ‘Culture, Education Youth and International Cooperation’ (3) joined forces again from 5-7 November to discuss in Arnhem ... Read More

Be smart, be innovative, and you will create sustainable jobs!

3 November, 2014 By Editor

Almere, Flevoland (NL), 4 November 2014 Today, the partners of the SMART EUROPE and GreenInfranet projects – INTERREG IVC – met for a joint final conference gathering over 160 participants, where ... Read More

Marian-Constantin Vasile, President of AER Committee 1, live from EBS 2014

21 May, 2014 By Editor

Mr Marian-Constantin Vasile, President of AER Committee on Economy and Regional development, is giving an exclusive interview to Carlo Motta from the European Sting live at the Sing’s pavilion at ... Read More

The reality of European rural areas: an overriding issue for EU competitiveness

18 May, 2014 By Editor

At a Press Conference organised in cooperation with the European Countryside Movement (ECM), regions and international organisations called on the future Parliament and Commission highlighting three key messages: Rural areas ... Read More

TEN-T: A journey to where?

18 May, 2014 By Editor

Building on the will over the last 20 years to provide Europe with a fully integrated trans-European transport network (TEN-T), the European Commission issued, in December 2013, the new guidelines ... Read More

Regions and business vouch for an effective economic subsidiarity

15 May, 2014 By Editor

The Assembly of European Regions, a key partner for the European Business Summit 2014 Brussels (BE), 15 May 2014 Since 2013, the focus of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) ... Read More

RUR@CT: mutual learning as a key for regional development

29 April, 2014 By Editor

Mutual learning and transfer of best practices are key to promote economic, social and environmental growth in European regions. This is the conclusion of the first edition of the RUR@CT Benchmarking ... Read More

AER hand in hand with its Ukrainian members and their citizens

25 April, 2014 By Editor

Ukraine (UA), 25 April 2014 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) follows with deep concern and sorrow the developments taking place in Ukraine. What is happening there will have an ... Read More

First joint plenary session for AER Committees 1 & 2

17 April, 2014 By Editor

Joining forces for the first time in a joint plenary session, the members of AER Committees for Economy and Regional development (1) and for Social and Health policy (2), discussed ... Read More

For a Smarter Europe

17 April, 2014 By Editor

From 19 to 21 April, the SMART EUROPE INTERREG IVC project partners gathered in Manchester (UK) in order to exchange and discuss on how to build dynamic business environments and ... Read More

Working group on Investment, Business and SMEs

17 April, 2014 By Editor

During the month of March, the European Council met to underline the importance of a strong and competitive European industrial base, building on the Commission’s recent Communication on the new ... Read More

Regions make innovation happen: Värmland County wins the AER Regional Innovation Award 2014

17 April, 2014 By Editor

As an illustration of the strategic role that regions play in making innovation happen in Europe, our Assembly also unveiled its Regional Innovation Award (RIA) winner: Värmland County Council (SE). ... Read More

Did you say participatory?

Participatory approaches for policy making

New regions in Sweden

Committees 1 & 3 joining forces

Be smart, be innovative, and you will create sustainable jobs!

Marian-Constantin Vasile, President of AER Committee 1, live from EBS 2014

The reality of European rural areas: an overriding issue for EU competitiveness

TEN-T: A journey to where?

Regions and business vouch for an effective economic subsidiarity

RUR@CT: mutual learning as a key for regional development

AER hand in hand with its Ukrainian members and their citizens

For a Smarter Europe

Working group on Investment, Business and SMEs

Regions make innovation happen: Värmland County wins the AER Regional Innovation Award 2014

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