This tag is for all posts relating to Regional development.

DG Regio efforts to implement cohesion policy in EU Member States

27 July, 2015 By Editor

Gratian Mihailescu graduated in communication and public relations. He specialized in European Affairs, International Relations and Development receiving scholarships from different countries. He was Erasmus student at Eberhard Karl University ... Read More

INTERREG Europe new programming period revealed

24 June, 2015 By Editor

The Interreg Europe programme financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) aims to improve the implementation of regional development policies and programmes, in particular programmes for Investment for Growth and ... Read More

Partner search: regional planning and project development centre

23 June, 2015 By Editor

The region of Usak (TR) and its regional development agency ZDA are looking for an EU partner region to establish a Regional Planning and Development Center. The region is looking for ... Read More

“What future for the regions” by Fredrik Söderbaum

11 June, 2015 By Editor

What future for the regions? Fredrik Söderbaum Professor of Peace and Development Research, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg E-mail: [email protected] Thanks to the organizers for inviting me to ... Read More

Partnership opportunity with Istanbul (TR)

21 May, 2015 By Editor

Istanbul Development Agency is seeking out opportunities for a project partnership in order to establish strong links and a high level cooperation between civil society in Turkey and the EU Member States. More ... Read More

Decentralisation policies: Reshuffling the scene

11 May, 2015 By Editor

Our expert from the Academic Council of the Assembly of European Regions, Pekka Kettunen, spoke about the decentralisation conference that took place in Croatia. There was an international conference on Decentralization policies: ... Read More

How to fight against pro-Putin’s propaganda in the European Union: Olivier Védrine

2 April, 2015 By Editor

Olivier Védrine is the President of the Continental University business school in Kiev (Ukraine) and member of the AER Academic Centre Kyiv, 2 April 2015 – «The European Union has to face ... Read More

10th edition of the World Sustainable Energy Days

18 March, 2015 By Editor

For the 10th year running, AER made sure to be present at the World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) which took place in Wels (AT) on 25-27 February, attracting more than ... Read More

Event Report: Regional Development Strategies FOR and WITH citizens

9 March, 2015 By Editor

Report from the Committees 2 and 3 plenary meetings in Nordjlland (Dk) in March 2015. The AER Committee 2 “Social Policy and Public Health” and Committee 3 “Culture, Education, Youth and ... Read More

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