This tag is for all posts relating to Regional development.

Committee 2 Annual Report June 2019 – November 2020

3 November, 2020 By Johanna Pacevicius

The General Assembly is the highest authority of AER and convenes representatives of all its full members at least once a year. The General Assembly adopts among other things, the ... Read More

Committee 3 Annual Report June 2019 – November 2020

3 November, 2020 By Johanna Pacevicius

The General Assembly is the highest authority of AER and convenes representatives of all its full members at least once a year. The General Assembly adopts among other things, the ... Read More

Intercultural Regions: Improving Labour Market Inclusion

19 October, 2020 By Assistant Policy & Knowledge Transfer

We are pleased to invite you to a webinar on how regions can improve labor market integration policies and practices, with examples from different regions and insights from IOM and ... Read More

SKILLNET Opportunities I: Webinars on EU Funding Opportunities

15 October, 2020 By Birgit Sandu

Interested in knowing more about how you can be involved in the SKILLNET project and what opportunities are available to you? AER is launching an informative campaign on SKILLNET’s core ... Read More

Culture, a pillar of sustainable regional development

8 October, 2020 By Editor

The AER conference “Territorial Approaches to Regional Development” focusing on the ways in which regions address differences between urban and rural areas aimed to look in detail at the role of culture ... Read More

#EURegionsWeek – Eurodyssey35: Regions on the move

3 September, 2020 By Editor

The Assembly of European Regions is pleased to announce one more contribution to the European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC). For the first time, the Eurodyssey programme will be ... Read More

How COVID-19 is affecting tourism in our Member Regions

30 July, 2020 By AER Secretariat

Due to the recent global pandemic, the tourism and hospitality sector has faced some difficulties. Europe is the world’s leading tourist destination. The tourism sector in the EU represents 9.5% ... Read More

Localising Agenda 2030: how regions can help meet the SDGs

30 June, 2020 By Justine Lambert

Last week, on 24 June, the online conference ‘Localising Agenda 2030: how regions can help meet the SDGs’ took place from 14:30 until 16:00 pm. This event, the first of ... Read More

Second Csongrád County Mayor’s Professional Forum

24 June, 2020 By Mathilde Perrier

You may remember the highly successful first Professional Forum held in December 2019. Here comes the second! On 30 June 2020, the County Government of Csongrád-Csanád will hold the second ... Read More

AER Regions taking part in Regiostars Awards 2020

24 June, 2020 By Editor

Did you know that some of AER’s member regions are taking part in the Regiostars Awards this year? These awards go to EU-funded projects which demonstrate excellence and new approaches ... Read More

Smart specialisation & rural areas: the case of Covasna

12 June, 2020 By Editor

“Smart specialisation strategies in rural areas, inclusion & wellbeing” was the topic of a debate which was foreseen to take place during the 2020 Spring plenaries. In order to harness ... Read More

Webinar in Varaždin on communication and cohesion policy

5 June, 2020 By Mathilde Perrier

We know how to implement EU-funded projects, but do we know how to communicate about them? Effective communication strategies for how to make EU projects more appealing to the wider ... Read More

Rural-urban relations in times of COVID-19

4 June, 2020 By Editor

The AER conference “Territorial Approaches to Regional Development” focusing on the ways in which regions address differences between urban and rural areas had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 ... Read More

Cohesion and partnership must be the driving force for European recovery

29 May, 2020 By Erica Lee

The #Cohesion Alliance – an EU-wide alliance of 12,000 signatories calling for a stronger cohesion policy after 2020 – welcomes the European Commission’s revised 2021–2027 EU budget and Recovery Plan proposals including ... Read More

AER Response to MFF & Recovery Fund Proposals