This tag is for all posts relating to Regional development.

The AER calls upon the European Commission to stop flooding the Common market with new GM-seeds

7 September, 2004 By Editor

he Assembly of European Regions calls upon the European Commission to stop flooding the Common market with new GM-seeds

Strasbourg (F), 7 September 2004 Since the European Commission decided to lift the ban on new GMOs last May, two new GM maize (BT11 and NK603) were authorised for sale ... Read More

AER Summer School 2004: Regional Representatives from across Europe

27 August, 2004 By Editor

9th Annual AER Summer School Attracts Regional Representatives from across Europe

Olomuc (CZ), 27 August 2004 The 9th annual AER Summer School, which is taking place in Olomouc, Czech Republic, from 22-27 August, brings together 163 representatives of regional authorities ... Read More

Thematic dossier n°6 on How to become a GMO-free region – Summer 2004

8 June, 2004 By Editor

How to become a GMO-free region Table of contents: Editorial by Brian Greenslade, President of AER’s regional development Committee GMOs: the European Union as the sorcerer’s apprentice A beginner’s guide to ... Read More

AER Inter-ministerial Conference: What future for rural areas in Europe?

18 May, 2004 By Editor

Bari, Puglia (I), 18 May 2004 120 people, among whom Regional Ministers for agriculture and rural development, political authorities as well as academic and regional experts have met in Bari, ... Read More

The European Union of 25: it’s up to us!

7 May, 2004 By Editor

Kralovehradecky (CZ), 7 May 2004 1st May 2004: the enlargement of the EU became a reality. The political Bureau of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), in order to ... Read More

The European Regions say NO to Genetically Modified Organisms

28 April, 2004 By Editor

Conclusions of the Conference of the network ‘GMO free’ Linz, Upper-Austria (A), 28 April 2004 12 European regions* declared to be GMO free and have set up a network, in ... Read More

Conclusions of AER-Hearing in Barcelona: 2004 New strategic alliance

23 April, 2004 By Editor

2004 New strategic alliance: Low-fare carriers, regions and regional airports oppose strict EU guidelines - Conclusions of AER-Hearing in Barcelona

Low-fare carriers, regions and regional airports oppose strict EU guidelines Strasbourg (F), 23 April 2004 Wide support for a new strategic alliance between ELFAA (the European Low Fares Airline Association), ... Read More

New cohesion policy: still a long way to go – The AER calls for more pragmatic approach

19 February, 2004 By Editor

Strasbourg, 19 February 2004 The AER welcomes the Third report on economic and social cohesion which takes the majority of our proposals into account. The sharing of structural funds ... Read More

AER asks the European Transport Council to address the issue of regional airports and low-cost carriers

12 February, 2004 By Editor

EU ruling on the Ryanair/Charleroi Airport case Brussels, 12 February 2004 The regional representatives, meeting in Brussels today in the aftermath of the Commission’s Ryanair/Charleroi decision, have agreed on the ... Read More

Ryanair/Charleroi: the Regions reaction to the Commission’s decision

3 February, 2004 By Editor

The Assembly of European Regions (AER), as a first reaction to the decision, is pleased to note that the Commission has suddenly taken into consideration the importance of regional airports ... Read More

AER questions political sense of expected ruling of the European Commission on Ryanair

29 January, 2004 By Editor

Strasbourg, 29 January 2004 Next week’s expected ruling of the European Commission on illegally received state subsidies of Ryanair has raised deep concern by regional authorities throughout Europe. Mr. ... Read More

Sustainable Quality Tourism: Involvement of the European regions

12 June, 2003 By Editor

Strasbourg (F), 12 June 2003 “Regions and Tourism: new strategies for sustainable quality tourism” will be the theme of the seminar organised by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) ... Read More

The regions request the preservation of a strong European cohesion policy

15 November, 2002 By Editor

…and the development of a new regional policy for an enlarged Europe Pécs, Baranya (H), 15 November 2002 In a common resolution adopted at the closure of a conference ... Read More

What cohesion policy for an enlarged Europe?

6 November, 2002 By Editor

AER European Conference Pécs, Baranya (H), 14-15 November 2002 What objectives for the future cohesion policy? How to more efficiently support the regional policies of the Regions and to encourage their sustainable ... Read More

Recent exchange of views between Brian Greenslade and Commissioner Michel Barnier

24 September, 2002 By Editor

Recent exchange of views between Brian Greenslade, President of AER Committee on Regional Policy, Leader of Devonshire, and Commissioner Michel Barnier

Brian Greenslade is President of AER Committee on Regional Policy and Leader of Devonshire. He met Commissioner Michel Barnier in Plymouth, on 20th September 2002, during a conference on the ... Read More