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Economy and Regional Development

Structure
  • President
    Håkan SANDGREN
    County Councillor, Jönköping (SE)
  • Vice-president, Chairman of the sub-committee 'Economic Development, Innovation and Cohesion'
    Preben JENSEN
    County Councillor, South Danemark (DK)
  • Vice-president, Chairman of the sub-committee on 'Rural development and environment'
    Claude TREMOUILLE
    Vice-president, Limousin (F)
  • Committee Secretariat
    Christina DIEGELMANN
    Senior Policy Coordinator ❘ T:+33 (0)3 88 22 74 38
    Estelle DELANGLE
    Policy Coordinator ❘ T:+33 (0)3 68 46 00 82
    Céline DAWANS
    Policy Coordinator ❘ T:+32 (0)2 880 95 64
Political priorities 2012
  • Cohesion policy: To lobby for a new EU cohesion policy for 2014-2020, regarding both its political and technical aspects, on the basis of the AER White Paper on future cohesion policy issued in December 2010 and other relevant AER positions.
  • Climate change and energy To encourage regions to mainstream environmental concerns in their policy-making processes and to take measures for safeguarding their natural resources. - Climate change: to draw Regions’ attention on the challenges linked to climate change, to provide them with tools and good practices to face these challenges. - Energy policy: to promote the development of renewable energies and to support the regions in the implementation of energy efficiency measures.
  • Economic development, Entrepreneurship and Innovation To assist regions in the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy and exchange good practice, especially regarding innovation and entrepreneurship strategies. To increase expertise and know-how within the regions, with adapted trainings and experts advices and the launch of the 7th AER Innovation Award. To further showcase the benefits of regional airports as an asset for competitive regions.
  • Sustainable tourism To foster eco-tourism and social tourism, in line with the objectives of sustainable development as well as economic, social and territorial cohesion.
  • Agriculture and rural development To lobby for an integrated territorial approach to the Common Agricultural Policy for 2013+, on the basis of the AER position on future CAP adopted in Istanbul in November 2010 and other relevant AER positions.
Main objectives
  • Encouraging the exchange of good practices and experience sharing.
  • Follow-up of the EU and national current affairs and providing relevant information to all interested stakholders.
  • Organising events on specific topics to open a debate and reach a common opinion, to be then promoted at all relevant levels.
  • Supporting cooperation projects initiated by regions or other partners.
  • Representing the regions' interests and common opinions at international, European and national level.
Activities
  • Activity Report 2011
  • Projects
    PRESERVE - INTERREG IVC co-funded project on exchanging good practices in the field of sustainable tourism ECREIN+ - INTERREG IVC project for regions to exchange good practices in the areas of innovation, the knowledge economy, the environment and risk prevention
  • Other initiatives
  • Networks
 
 
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