The Flanders Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed recently its financial support for 2017 for the European Academy of the Regions.
It accepts therefore its 2017 program with as most important features two visits to EU neighboring countries: one to the Republic of Georgia in June (18-22) and one to Vlorë Albania, where members of the EAR-AER will participate to the second conference on Local and regional social and economic development in the Western Balkans in October 2017.