CONSIDER YOURSELF INVITED. The AER General Assembly & Spring Bureau Meeting will take place in Larnaca, Cyprus at the invitation of the Union of Cyprus Municipalities.The General Assembly will take place on Wednesday 5 June and the Spring Bureau Meeting will take place on Thursday 6 June.The venue is as follows:Radisson Blu Hotel, LarnacaAtlantidon 2, Larnaca 6058, … [Read more...]
AER discusses Digitalisation and Health with European Commissioners
On 20 March, AER had not one but two meetings at the Berlaymont, the European Commission headquarters, in Brussels. Meeting Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Mariya Gabriel On Wednesday morning, President Magnus Berntsson met with Commissioner Gabriel to discuss the Digital Europe programme for 2021-2022. Accompanied by Martin Svensson and Anders … [Read more...]
Food in Focus at Spring Plenaries in Örebro
The AER Spring Committee Plenaries, which took place from 26-28 March 2019 in Örebro County, Sweden, revolved around food, innovation and health. The seminar ‘Food for Action!’ A regional approach to innovating food systems, was an exemplary opportunity for regions to share how they innovate food systems to achieve nutrition for healthy and sustainable diets, climate and … [Read more...]
Democracy Alive is just around the Corner!
Spring has sprung, April has arrived and DEMOCRACY ALIVE is no joke! For three days, from 11 to 13 April 2019, everybody who's anybody (in European affairs) will be on the beautiful Dutch island of Texel for a true celebration of European democracy. Inspired by the Nordic tradition of democracy festivals, DEMOCRACY ALIVE will encourage civic engagement and increase … [Read more...]
Jam-packed EU Regions & Cities Summit in Bucharest
The 8th European Summit of Regions and Cities, held in Bucharest on 14-15 March, gathered almost 1,000 EU, national, local and regional leaders from across Europe to discuss the future of the European Union and how to involve the citizens more effectively in the European project through local and regional authorities.The summit was co-organised by the European Committee … [Read more...]
Pack your bags! We’re going to Democracy Alive!
The European Movement International (EMI) is organising the Democracy Alive festival together with the Alliance for Democracy and the European Parliament, with the aim of encouraging civic engagement and increasing overall democratic interest. AER will take part in this event as a co-organiser from 11 to 13 April 2019 on the island of Texel (NL), where European … [Read more...]
WANTED: Communications Assistant (trainee contract -up to 6 months)
We are looking for a motivated individual to join the Communication Team at our Brussels Office. Under the supervision of the Communications Coordinator, your main tasks will be to: contribute to the communications strategy of AERassist in the development and management of our main communication channel (our website);prepare the annual activity reportreach out to AER’s … [Read more...]