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Deciding Together on the Future of Europe

20 June, 2019 By Rosanna Fanni

After the European elections in May, the EU has embarked on a number of institutional and personal changes. EU leaders meet in Brussels to set out a common future direction: ... Read More

Regions for peace-building

19 June, 2019 By Norina Haubold

On June 4th, 2019, AER co-organized a debate with the Congress of the Council of Europe about the role of local and regional authorities in peace-building. This debate took place ... Read More

AER in Conversation: The Future of Europe – with Karl-Heinz Lambertz.

12 June, 2019 By Erica Lee

During the Assembly of European Regions Bureau meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus, AER had the pleasure of welcoming President of the European Committee of the Regions, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, to discuss the ... Read More

Together for Cohesion: let’s rEUnite! and…let’s kick-off

15 May, 2019 By Editor

When you say connection, you say cohesion. When you say cohesion policy you say regional policy. When you say regions you say the Assembly of European Regions. That’s the short ... Read More

AER at Democracy Alive

17 April, 2019 By Erica Lee

From 11 to 13 April 2019, AER attended the Democracy Alive festival on the island of Texel, North Holland (NL). Organised by European Movement in collaboration with the European Parliament ... Read More

Bureau Meeting in Gelderland: highlights and takeaways

23 November, 2018 By Editor

Bureau members discuss about migration, diversity and inclusion and adopt AER Manifesto on European Elections 2019 and positions on future cohesion policy and social innovation A Regional Debate: Migration, ... Read More

Coming to Vojvodina? Join our Summer Academy meeting!

11 September, 2018 By Editor

If you have not yet heard about the AER Summer Academy, then you should join us at our next meeting on Thursday 27 September – during the AER Autumn Plenaries in ... Read More

YRN’s perspective on Cultural Heritage: preserving the old while facing the new

26 June, 2018 By Editor

As every year, the AER Youth Regional Network will actively participate in the AER Summer Academy in Maramures by organising a workshop that will focus on cultural heritage under the title “Preserving the ... Read More

Regionalisation in Slovenia: regions may fill the gap between the central government and the local level #RoR2017

2 April, 2018 By Editor

Slovenia has only one tier of sub-national government, i.e. municipalities. Currently, there are 212 municipalities. This means that there are no other tiers of government, like counties, regions etc. Some ... Read More

The Committees’ plenaries: it’s all about sharing & learning

28 March, 2018 By Johanna Pacevicius

Twice a year the AER Committees meet to share recent achievements, launch new initiatives and learn from each others. At AER, Committees are the place where knowledge, needs, ideas, questions ... 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

Debate: “Europe: the way forward. What future for regions?”

7 December, 2017 By Vania Freitas

What are the main challenges of the European project? Is the EU still fit for purpose? What is the future of regions in a reformed Union? Here are some highlights ... Read More

Regionalisation in Germany: the advantages of a federal state

18 September, 2017 By Editor

Autonomous Länders Germany is a federal state, composed of 16 regions (Länder). The federal structure of 1949 was designed by representatives of the already existing Länder in the Parliamentarian Council ... Read More

Regionalisation in Albania: a must for EU Accession

21 August, 2017 By Editor

Albania derives from a deeply centralised tradition of the pre-pluralist era. The transition from a centralised to a democratic system led to the inclusion of Albania in a comprehensive process ... Read More

The state of regionalisation in Romania

10 July, 2017 By Editor

Romanian administrative division into counties (judete) has been documented since the XIV century. In modern times, between 1918 and 1968, Romania’s administrative division suffered repeated changes. After World War II, ... Read More