The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (RS) hosted the 2019 AER Summer Academy, engaging almost 100 participants from all over Europe. Youth participation, equality, migration, environment and unemployment were some of the topics addressed during all the plenaries and parallel workshops. For all these reasons it was a great opportunity to discuss not only the problems that young … [Read more...]
Apply now for the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe’s 20th University on Youth and Development!
AER - Youth Regional Network (YRN) is very proud to announce its partnership with the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe 20th University on Youth and Development which will take place in Mollina, Málaga (Spain) in September 2019. This will be also the occasion to celebrate the YRN Autumn Committee Plenaries themed around the UYD'S 2019 annual focus "Youth & … [Read more...]
Mersin Metropolitan Municipality (TR) is eager to join projects!
European Youth Together 2019 is a call for proposals within Erasmus+ Key Action 3, Support for Policy Reform. The main objective of this call is to promote young people’s participation in European civic life by encouraging them to create networks aimed at organising exchanges, promoting trainings and allowing them to set up joint projects. In this context, … [Read more...]
European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. 3rd Call for Reference Sites!
Active and healthy ageing is a societal challenge shared by all European countries, but also an opportunity for Europe to become a global leader that is capable of providing innovative solutions. In line with the initiatives of the European Commission, AER’s Committee 2 on Social & Public Health has been contributing over the years in building capacity among regions in … [Read more...]
Together4Cohesion: Knowledge-Sharing – a regional perspective.
This article was penned by Hrvoje Kovač, Varaždin (HR), the Chair of the AER Subcommittee on Youth. Varaždin is one of the pilot regions of the Together4Cohesion project. Given that Cohesion Policy is a key EU investment tool to foster the development in Europe, regions could benefit from it in order to improve citizens’ quality life through job creation, business … [Read more...]
SUMMER ACADEMY 2019: AMiD workshop on Migrants with Disabilities
"Opportunities for all abilities" The AMiD-Access to services for Migrants with Disabilities project is landing in Novi Sad, Vojvodina (RS) for the 2019 Summer Academy with the aim to raise awareness among regional and local authorities and young representatives about one of the most fragile within the disadvantaged groups: migrants with disabilities. The AMiD official … [Read more...]
AER President takes part in panel discussion at the R20 Austrian World Summit
“We are in a crisis – a climate crisis”. During the R20 Austrian World Summit, Greta Thunberg, the 16 year old activist from Sweden delivered a moving speech calling on the world leaders to influence, to make an impact and to start protecting our world. Indeed, the Summit saw world leaders joining together calling for nations to reaffirm their commitment to the Paris Agreement. … [Read more...]
AER to attend the R20 Austrian World Summit in Vienna
Next week, the R20 Austrian World Summit will again be taking place in Vienna. This long-term initiative to create a network platform to help regions, states and cities implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals and meet the global climate protection targets outlined in the Paris agreement stems from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s R20 Regions of Climate Action and is now in its … [Read more...]
SUMMER ACADEMY 2019: Brussels-Capital Region and its commitment to youth entrepreneurship
Written by Juan Antonio Gallardo Roca, Brussels International. “How to make youth entrepreneurship smart?” Coinciding with the 2019 European Youth Capital, the region of Vojvodina (RS) will host in the city of Novi Sad the AER Summer Academy 2019 from 1 - 5 July. This year’s edition of the Summer Academy entitled Youth is Future, Youth is … [Read more...]
Will you help us to rEUnite Europe?
Ever heard of European Cohesion Funds? ... said nobody ever... According to a Eurobarometer survey from June 2017, in some regions, up to 95.3% of the population consider Cohesion Policy useful. This sounds great - but do people actually know about the EU's investments in regions more generally? The study revealed that only 35% of EU citizens are aware of … [Read more...]
YRN General Assembly and Spring Plenary 2019 in Lower-Silesia (PO)
The AER Youth Regional Network’s General Assembly and Spring Plenary 2019 will take place from 14-16th of June in Wrocław, Poland. During its General Assembly, The YRN Committees will invite the participants to discuss how the regional youth councils and other youth entities can effectively influence national politics and learn "mediation" techniques that can lead to the … [Read more...]
Together for Cohesion: let’s rEUnite! and…let’s kick-off
When you say connection, you say cohesion. When you say cohesion policy you say regional policy. When you say regions you say the Assembly of European Regions. That’s the short way to say that one of the core reasons that led to the setting up of our network is to advocate the principles of regional cohesion at European level. This is how the action started and continues, as … [Read more...]
AER participates in the launch of ‘Cities & Regions for Integration’ Initiative
On 10 April, during the plenaries of the Committee of the Regions (CoR), the initiative of “Cities and Regions for Integration” was launched. The European Committee of the Regions along with the leading European associations of cities & regions – the Assembly of European Regions (AER), the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), the Council of European … [Read more...]
Brexit and the Brussels-Capital Region
This article, written by the Brussels-Capital Region, is part of our Brexit & European Regions Series. The Brussels-Capital Region is important to the United Kingdom both in terms of economic opportunity as with respect to its citizens working in international institutions and the private sector. As the Brexit date approaches, businesses and citizens both in Brussels and … [Read more...]
Central Denmark seeking partners for Erasmus+ Project on Recruiting and Retraining Young Farmers
The difficulties of attracting young people to become farmers is a challenge throughout Europe. This is reflected in the European Commission’s proposal on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) beyond 2020 in which generational renewal is one of the nine clear objectives. As such, a proposed 2 percent should be allocated to each Member States’ efforts to attract young farmers by … [Read more...]
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