New President for AER committee on culture, education and youth
One of the highlights of the AER Committee 3 plenary meeting in Dnipropetrovsk (UA) on 25 April was the nomination of the future Committee President. Ms Sonja STEEN from Nordland (N), former President...
View ArticleNew President for the AER Economy and Regional development Committee
On 25-27 April, over 100 AER members met in Dnipropetrovsk (UA) in order to attend, among other events, the Committee 1 Plenary Meeting. With the nomination of the Committee 1 President as the key...
View ArticleAER’s Youth Regional Network stands on its own two feet
The AER Youth Regional Network (YRN) adopted on Tuesday 8 May its own statutes as an international non-profit organisation. “I am particularly proud that our network reached such a maturity. Having a...
View ArticleAER at inter-institutional high-level Working Group on Transparency Register
On 15th October, AER was invited to exchange views with members of the inter-institutional high-level Working Group on the review of the European Transparency Register, chaired by Rainer Wieland,...
View ArticleMeeting with Delegate General of Quebec representation
End of October, AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli met with Caroline Émond, Delegate General of the Quebec representation in Brussels. Québec is a longstanding and active member of AER. The visit...
View ArticlePlenary session of Committee 1 – preparing 2014
One of the major events in the Committee 1 calendar, the Autumn Plenary Session gathered in Brussels on 6 November. During this fruitful meeting key steps were taken to strengthen Committee 1: The...
View ArticleAER’s support to good governance
In the framework of its actions regarding the Black Sea, AER supports the initiative launched by its partner, the Go-Governance Institute chaired by Prof. Melanie Sully, namely the Good Governance...
View ArticleSocial media use in governments
Does social media help deliver better public services and does the use of social media create more open policy processes? What are the current trends and what are valid guidelines for decision makers?...
View ArticleHow to motivate public servants to innovate? That is the question!
Better understanding the bundle of incentives that motivate people to serve the public is part of the workforce challenge for 21 st Century public services. (Needham et al., 2014, p6) Are people not...
View ArticleDoes open government trigger innovation?
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit is currently taking place in Mexico. The OGP was launched in 2011 to provide an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making...
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AER New Year’s Resolution: 2016 – a year for democracy
“Democracy, human rights and civic participation are entwined. One is not possible without the others.” AER President, Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, explains the reasoning behind the 2016 theme,...
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Broadening your horizons
In the wake of the AER initiative for revitalising democracy, we are pleased to advertise a symposium where our Vice President for Institutional Affairs, Roy Perry, will speak. The international...
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AER participation to Dr Sully’s Good Governance Series
Dr. Melanie SULLY, professor of Political Science and Director of Go-Governance Institute – Vienna, is building a book on the highly successful conference 2015 held in Yerevan, Armenia, based on the...
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Polish Local Governments attitude towards the refugee crisis
Adriana Skorupska, expert from AER’s Observatory on Regionalisation, published an analysis on the attitude of Polish Local Governments towards the refugee crisis in the Bulletin of the Polish...
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Registrations for 2016 Spring plenaries now open!
Registrations for the plenary meetings of the AER committees open today. This series of events will feature a joint thematic session on “Communication & actions in times of crisis”. The theme of...
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Erasmus+ Key Action 3: Policy Reform Call
Erasmus+ aims at boosting skills and employability, and modernising Education, Training and Youth work, providing opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to study, train, gain work experience and...
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Interreg Europe, project on food security: looking for partners!
The CIHEAM-IAMM in Montpellier (France), one of four Mediterranean agronomic institutes of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, is working on a project proposal on...
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Communication & Actions in times of crisis
The Committees’ spring plenary meetings, gathered over 180 delegates from all over Europe in Timisoara (Timis, RO) from 11 to 14 April 2016 on the theme “Communication and Actions in times of crisis”....
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