Regional Democracy

Regional Democracy is one of the core issues of the AER. Ever since its foundation, in 1985, the AER has strived to have regionalism recognised in all Council of Europe Member States and strongly supported the movement for regionalism.

Policies

AER Regionalism Report

In 2006 the AER drafted a Regionalism Report and respective Country Reports. The Regionalism Report is the first stage in an ambitious project to understand how regionalism works in practice across Europe. The report was drafted by the working group “Regionalism across Europe” which was set up to examine the issue of regionalism within Europe, an issue made topical by recent changes in political processes and the review of structural arrangements in many countries. Please consult following page in order to read more.

AER Declaration on Regionalism

In 1997 the AER published its Declaration on Regionalism in Europe which sets outs core principles for regions: definition of the region, institutional organisation, competences, financing, and involvement of regions, relations with other levels of government and international organisations as well as trans-frontier cooperation. Please consult following page for further reference.

European Charter on Regional Democracy

The AER supports the European Charter on Regional Democracy which has been drafted by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRA) of the Council of Europe. For further information, please consult following page.

AER tools and activities

AER Training Academy

In order to be able to fully participate in a regional and European democracy policy makers and officers need to be well informed of the workings of the European Union. Therefore the AER is providing training in European affairs for regional politicians and officers. Please click here in order to read more about the Training Academy.

AER Regional Democracy Seminars

It is furthermore one of the key objectives of the AER to support AER member regions with the implementation of regional structures and give advice on how regional self-government can look like. Therefore the AER organises seminars on regional democracy in various member regions to which a wide variety of experts in the field are invited. For further information, please consult following page: AER Seminars on Regionalism

AER Study visits on Regional Democracy

Another tool the Institutional Affairs committee is working with is, are study visits which are organised for representatives from regional administrations and politicians, but also for representatives from national governments in order to visit another region or the EU institutions in Brussels dealing with regional policy. For further information on this tool, please consult this page.

Contact Details

Stephanie von Hayek, Junior Policy Coordinator (s.vonhayekdelete_me(at)aerdelete_me.eu), Tel: +33 388 22 7446

Regine Kramer, Junior Policy Coordinator (r.kramerdelete_me(at)aerdelete_me.eu), Tel: +32 2 421 8389

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