Johanna Pacevicius

Coordinator Policy & Knowledge Transfer at Assembly of European Regions. The Assembly of European Regions is the largest independent network of regional authorities in wider Europe. AER offers a space for mutual-learning, to improve policymaking.
We help regions to be a driving force for political, economic and social development. To this end, AER fosters interregional cooperation: collaborating on common projects, sharing and transferring best practices, lobbying on shared political goals.
I provide knowledge management support to our member regions, in particular strategic intelligence, best practices sharing and transfer. The thematic Committees of AER, which I coordinate, are the place where policymakers can share challenges, enablers and barriers for regional policy innovation.
The role of the thematic Committees is crucial in providing a trusted environment for knowledge exchange and organisational learning as well as to highlight regional practices.
The tasks I perform include:
-capacity & community building
-strategic intelligence
-strategic communication (writing articles, facilitating workshops, peer reviews and P2P meetings)
-facilitation of cross-cultural working groups
-organisation of major international events in our member regions