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European Biodiversity: Protecting Primary Forests

26 September, 2019 By Erica Lee

In the context of the AER Autumn Committee Plenaries on 26 September, the AER Working Group on Rural Development hosted a Breakfast Debate on European Biodiversity: Protecting Primary Forests. Bringing ... Read More

European Biodiversity: Protecting Primary Forests

21 August, 2019 By Norina Haubold

The AER Working Group on Rural Development is organising a breakfast debate on the protection of primary forests in Europe on 26 September at the AER Autumn Committee Plenaries 2019 ... Read More

UIA: new call for proposals to be launched soon

5 April, 2018 By Editor

More than half of the European population is living in urban areas. Those areas face numerous challenges but are also places of creativity and change. AER is committed to support ... Read More

Regionalisation in Montenegro: not regions, but municipalities #RoR2017

19 February, 2018 By Editor

An ancient Balkan state, Montenegro came under Ottoman control at the end of the 15th century, but became an independent kingdom from 1910 to 1918. Montenegro then joined the newly ... Read More

Regionalisation in Bulgaria: reducing regional disparities #RoR2017

1 January, 2018 By Editor

Bulgaria covered a surface area of 111,000.9 sq. km and has a population of 7,153,784 inhabitants at the end of 2015. Over the years, the administrative and territorial division of ... Read More

Regionalisation in The Netherlands: Regional reform discussed, but limited #RoR2017

27 November, 2017 By Editor

The current administrative structure of the Netherlands consists of three levels: central government, provinces and municipalities. The administrative set-up of the Dutch nation state has been rather stable since 1830 ... Read More

Regionalisation in Denmark: Centralised, for now.

24 October, 2017 By Editor

Denmark has been a constitutional monarchy since 1848. By the 19th century, Denmark was a centralised, absolutist kingdom. The present administrative structure was established in 2007 with the administrative reform, ... Read More

Regionalisation in Latvia: narrow range of competencies, but space for change

7 August, 2017 By Editor

After the proclamation of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, two levels of territorial division were introduced: there were 19 districts and more than 500 rural or cities municipalities. Self- ... Read More

Regionalisation in France: developed, but incomplete

17 July, 2017 By Editor

French regionalisation, as developed as it may seem, is still incomplete. The phenomenon is surrounded by political controversies and marked by contradictory strategies. Decentralisation reforms, particularly the 2004 laws on ... Read More

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Regions in Finland

12 June, 2017 By Editor

The article describes the Finnish regions from a number of different viewpoints. It delineates the overall politico-administrative architecture of Finland in order to place the regional councils in context. Thereafter ... Read More

AER at European Day of Persons with Disabilities 2016

2 December, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Ángel Bonafé Osca, Director of the Valencian Institute for Social Action and María Sorzano Castellón, European Project Manager represented AER on 29 and 30 November at the European Day of ... Read More

E-health: how to find a common language?

1 December, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Regional governments and their stakeholders, in particular, companies shared experiences on 1 December 2016 at the “E-health: let’s find a common language” event hosted by Brussels Capital at the Committee of the ... Read More

Sustainable mobility: the way forward

7 November, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

The modernisation and democratisation of means of transports have radically changed how we perceive distances and the world in general. At the same time resource scarcity, climate change and geopolitical ... Read More

At the intersection of urban policies and the migration issue

31 October, 2016 By Editor

On 13 October, as part of the the 14th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) in Brussels, the workshop, “Migration and Cities: Territorial Aspects of Migration” ... Read More

Regions lead the way to sustainable mobility

16 September, 2016 By Elin Berglie

The Sustainable Mobility Debate of REVOLVE took place in Brussels on Thursday 15 September 2016. Two panels and more than ten speakers advancing mobility solutions to reach a reduction of 50% ... Read More

European Biodiversity: Protecting Primary Forests

European Biodiversity: Protecting Primary Forests

UIA: new call for proposals to be launched soon

Regionalisation in Montenegro: not regions, but municipalities #RoR2017

Regionalisation in Bulgaria: reducing regional disparities #RoR2017

Regionalisation in The Netherlands: Regional reform discussed, but limited #RoR2017

Regionalisation in Denmark: Centralised, for now.

Regionalisation in Latvia: narrow range of competencies, but space for change

Regionalisation in France: developed, but incomplete

#RoR2017 – This week’s focus: Regions in Finland

AER at European Day of Persons with Disabilities 2016

E-health: how to find a common language?

Sustainable mobility: the way forward

At the intersection of urban policies and the migration issue

Regions lead the way to sustainable mobility

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