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

1 June, 2017 By Editor

The failure of the structural reform of the federal state in 1994 has led to a standstill in reforms in Austria’s federal system. Since Austria’s accession to the EU in ... Read More

AER launches its report on Regionalisation

31 May, 2017 By Editor

Today, during AER’s General Assembly, our outgoing President launched AER’s Report on the state of Regionalisation in Europe. The story behind the report Early 2014, as the new programming period ... Read More

#ShineBright Arad

1 May, 2017 By Editor

The Arad County Council celebrates its 25th anniversary and 24 years of AER membership Read More

We’re hiring the perfect promoter of regionalisation ! (now closed)

2 March, 2017 By Editor

Interested in advocating for the interests of the regions of Europe? We are looking for a colleague to help us advertise the regional dimension in Europe, create magic links with the ... Read More

A stronger regional policy means a stronger Europe

16 January, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

Cohesion policy is essential for a strong Europe!

Last week European Commissioner Corina Cretu published an article on the need for Europe to build on territorial cohesion: “Cohesion Policy alone won’t heal Europe, but Europe won’t heal without ... Read More

Message of condolences following the death of Mr Jean-Claude Frécon

12 December, 2016 By Mathieu Mori

It is with great sadness that I was informed of the sudden death of Senator Jean-Claude Frécon, late President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. Local and regional ... Read More

Democracy at play in EU-Turkey relations

4 November, 2016 By Editor

The stakes of the EU-Turkey relation at this extremely crucial point in time bring us to the very relevant “Turkey and the EU: Shared Challenges and Common Opportunities” panel discussion ... Read More

AER declaration: status quo is not an option

25 October, 2016 By Editor

Political declaration Status quo is not an option for the European regions Adopted by the AER Bureau on 24 October 2016 in Vienna (AT) The Assembly of European Regions ... Read More

Shedding light on Turkey post failed-coup

23 September, 2016 By Mathieu Mori

AER President, Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli led a delegation of AER members and representatives of partner organisations (see list below) to Ankara for unique encounters with regional and national high ... Read More

AER Observatory on Regionalisation contribution on regional diversity

2 August, 2016 By Elin Berglie

The AER Observatory on Regionalisation (Enrico Martial and Alexandre Brecx) took part on 21 April 2016 in the first Jean Monnet seminar in Lille focusing on the heterogeneity of the regions inside the EU. French ... Read More

Political declaration: call for amendments

4 May, 2016 By Editor

The AER Bureau in Nordland (NO) on 22 June will address the issue of (R)e-inventing Democracy and the impact of technologies on the democratic process. All member regions are invited ... Read More

Learning from the European Regions: my Experience as an intern at AER

30 April, 2016 By Editor

Tomaso Comazzi AER intern on External Relations

Today is Tomaso Comazzi’s last day as intern at the AER Brussels Office. Before moving on, we asked him to share his experience from working with us. Tomaso, which are ... Read More

2016 Summer Academy & Erasmus+ project

7 March, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Østfold County Council is inviting AER members to join an Erasmus+ project proposal Østfold is going to lead. The idea is to develop a joint project, which will be rolled ... Read More

Engage citizens?

26 February, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Participation requires space as is very well highlighted in this 2010 video from the AER Youth Regional Network. And by space it’s not just physical space that is meant, such ... Read More

First 2016 high level meeting with the European Commission

25 January, 2016 By Editor

In the framework of the structured dialogue’s first meeting of the year, AER Secretary General Mathieu Mori met on Friday 22 January the Secretaries General of the European Commission Alexander Italianer, of ... Read More