AER organised its first informal Breakfast Briefing in its new Brussels office, at rue d'Arlon 63-67, in order to inform its members about the latest developments on EU level regarding the EU Youth Guarantee Scheme and the Youth Employment Initiative, a financing tool and structure to implement the Youth Guarantee-Scheme. In February 2015, the Juncker Commission announced … [Read more...]
Archives for 2015
AER at the Heart of EU Decision-Making on Education and Youth Policies
A delegation from the Assembly of European Regions Committee 3 Presidium visited Brussels on 26 March for a series of meetings in order to raise awareness amongst European policy makers on the issue of education and youth policies. The delegation included Sonja A. STEEN (President of AER's Committee on Culture, Education, Youth and International Cooperation), Karoly … [Read more...]
“30 Years, 30 Stories” Campaign: Interview with Johannes Hahn
Brussels (BE), 23 March 2015 For its 30th Anniversary, AER launched the “30 Years, 30 Stories” campaign in partnership with New Europe in order to celebrate the achievements of regions since 1985. Our first guest was Mr Johannes Hahn, former EU Commissioner for Regional Policy who was nominated by Commission president-elect Mr Jean-Claude Juncker as Commissioner … [Read more...]
Report on School Dropout
The Region of Alsace (FR) published the report of the "Euroopean and interregional Conference on school dropout" that took place on 20 January 2015 in Strasbourg. Lilla Mérabet, Vice president of the Regional Council of Alsace in charge of youth, stressed the responsibility of Region Alsace when it comes to young people who have dropped off the radar and said that she … [Read more...]
Presenting the County of Karlovac (HR)
Karlovac County is located in central Croatia. It is the traffic link between continental and coastal Croatia and also the hub of modern highway connecting Central Europe to the Adriatic Sea. On the West it boards with the Republic of Slovenia and on the East with Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It combines a number of natural beauties: mountain peaks Kapele on south, … [Read more...]
Featured region
Alsace (FR) will host AER Spring Bureau meeting (22 April) and Committee 1 Spring Plenary (21-23 April). Alsace (FR) is a founder region of AER. Register now! … [Read more...]
10th edition of the World Sustainable Energy Days
For the 10th year running, AER made sure to be present at the World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) which took place in Wels (AT) on 25-27 February, attracting more than 750 participants from over 64 countries. Following its new “6+3=1” motto, this year’s conference offered a full programme of 6 conferences and 3 hands-on events presenting the latest trends, outstanding examples … [Read more...]
Congress post-monitoring visit to Ukraine
A post-monitoring visit of the Congress of the Council of Europe took place in Kiev on 12 March. AER was represented at the meeting by one expert of its Academic Center, Mr Enrico MARTIAL. Chaired by the vice-minister for Regional Affairs, Mr Vyacheslav NEHODA, with the participation of members of the National Parliament, of representatives from the ministries of Regional … [Read more...]
AER handbook on Culture & Health
This handbook is a recollection of good practice developed in the regions of Europe. It is by far not exhaustive. If you wish to publish your regional examples of good practice, please contact the AER Secretariat. (Use Pop Out button to Download/Open) … [Read more...]
Event Report: Regional Development Strategies FOR and WITH citizens
Report from the Committees 2 and 3 plenary meetings in Nordjlland (Dk) in March 2015. The AER Committee 2 “Social Policy and Public Health” and Committee 3 “Culture, Education, Youth and International Cooperation” Plenary Session 2015 gathered more than 120 participants from across Europe, representing 39 European regions. The Plenary steered a three days debate on … [Read more...]
Did you say participatory?
Aalborg, North Denmark (DK), 6 March 2015 Citizen participation is on all lips, whether to improve social and territorial cohesion, to reduce democratic deficit or to boost growth. But what happens in the field? What does actually work? In practice, several regions implemented remarkably effective strategies. The series of events organised by the Assembly of European Regions … [Read more...]
Participatory approaches for policy making
The series of events organised by the Assembly of European Regions (AER) on 4-6 March in Aalborg under the title "Regional Development Strategies with and for the citizens" highlighted examples of regions having implemented participatory approaches for policy-making. Evidently, the goal is to make the most of different feedback in order to avoid common implementation bumps … [Read more...]
Minutes: Executive Board, 5 March 2015, Aalborg
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Training Academy on Silver Economy
More than 30 regional delegates met on Thursday 5 March 2015 in Aalborg for the Training Academy on the Silver Economy. The ageing population does not only represent a challenge for our society, but also an opportunity. Including senior citizens in the design of public policies is a necessity for regions in order to be able to support their sustainable development. Edwin … [Read more...]
Early school leaving: Prevention & Intervention
The AER working group on early school drop outs gathered on the occasion of the AER spring plenary meetings in Nordjylland (DK). Sharing and connecting experiences The working group on early school drop outs brings together regional policy makers to share challenges and tried solutions aimed at combatting early school leaving which is a growing severe problem in Europe. The … [Read more...]