This tag is for all posts relating to Rural development.

AER responds to Regional Policy Commissioner’s Orientation Paper

4 December, 2009 By Editor

Step in the right direction” needs to go further, says AER president Michèle Sabban Strasbourg, 4 December 2009 “High-level debates on the future of cohesion policy are very welcome, ... Read More

AER Peer Reviews: Experts meet in Serbia to audit the region’s potential to produce energy from biomass

24 July, 2009 By Editor

ER Peer Reviews: Experts meet in Republika Srpska to audit the region's potential to produce electrical and thermal energy from biomass Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (BiH), 24 July 2009

Banja Luka, Republika Srpska (BiH), 24 July 2009 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) conducted a four-day energy audit in the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina-BiH), with the aim of ... Read More

Implementing high-speed internet access: A must for sustainable growth in the European regions

6 May, 2009 By Editor

Brussels, 6 May 2009 The necessity and impact of further implementing broadband internet access in the European regions was the focus of a workshop hosted in Brussels today by the ... Read More

INTERREG project “PRESERVE” kicks-off in Brussels, AER lead partner

6 November, 2008 By Editor

INTERREG project %22PRESERVE%22 kicks-off in Brussels, AER lead partner

Brussels (B), 6 November 2008. Project partners of the project PRESERVE (Peer reviews for sustainable eco-regions via Eu-rope) came together today for the kick-off meeting in the AER Brussels office. ... Read More

AER: Europe must not neglect its rural population

29 February, 2008 By Editor

AER RUral development conference in Lillehammer 2008

Assembly of European Regions holds conference on the future of rural development policy and rural regions Lillehammer, Oppland (N), 29 February 2008 As the European Commission reflects upon the future of ... Read More

AER President Riccardo Illy launches study on Regional Policy 2014+

17 January, 2008 By Editor

AER study uncovers serious failings in European cohesion policy Strasbourg, 17 January 2008 Following years of participation in the European Commission’s development of cohesion policy, the establishment of its own ... Read More

Prime Minister of Republika Srpska (BiH) pays inaugural visit to AER Headquarters

15 January, 2008 By Editor

Strasbourg (F), 15 January 2009 Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska (RS) region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Milorad Dodik, joined BiH Representative to the Council of Europe Ambassador ... Read More

AER Peer Review Toolkit Available Online

19 April, 2007 By Editor

A new AER website showcases the successful peer review pilot project which the AER has recently completed in its member regions of Dubrovnik Neretva (HR), Odessa (UA) and Alba (RO). ... Read More

AER Regions Support Economic Development in Southeast Europe

15 October, 2006 By Editor

Trieste, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia (I), 15 October 2006 ‘The best people to help a region to enhance its economic performance are not consultants, or representatives of European institutions, but rather officers and ... Read More

Regional Quality Labels can make your mouth water, or how to promote rural areas’ economic development

15 September, 2006 By Editor

“We are convinced that labels are an excellent promotion tool for the regions and their local producers, particularly in rural or isolated zones. Labels represent not only the quality of ... Read More

Thematic dossier n°13 on Regional Quality Labels – Summer 2006

8 June, 2006 By Editor

Regional Quality Labels Table of contents: Editorial by Aksel Hagen, Vice-Chairman of the Region Oppland-N and President of the Group ‘Rural development’ of the AER Highlight, protect and diversify, thanks to labels The European debate on ... Read More

45 Regions show the way to achieve both regional and European competitiveness

19 May, 2006 By Editor

S’Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant (NL), 19 May 2006 At a time when the European Institutions ask the regions to participate in the process of European competitiveness, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) ... Read More

‘Let’s finally adopt common European rules on coexistence’ the Regions ask

23 March, 2006 By Editor

Regions and their farmers need to have a choice whether they want to grow GMO crops or not. This is why, during the meeting with Commissioner Fischer Boel, the Assembly ... Read More

Economic attractiveness, jobs creation, access to services: the AER’s ambition for rural areas

20 October, 2005 By Editor

Devon (UK), 20 Otober 2005 In their final declaration, the 150 participants to the Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) Conference on ‘Promoting competitive regions: what role for rural areas in ... Read More

Europe’s Regions demand “power-sharing” over GMO crop decision – GMO Free zones reach all time high

16 May, 2005 By Editor

Brussels (B), 16 May 2005 European regions have today reiterated their demand to be included in any decisions over the commercial cultivation of genetically modified crops (GM or GMOs) in ... Read More