Bodø, the first European Capital of Culture within the Arctic Circle, welcomed participants from all over Europe for the AER Summer Academy 2024. Co-organised by Nordland County Council and the Assembly of European Regions (AER), the Summer Academy explored best practices, experiences and examples of how culture can foster youth inclusion and engagement. The Summer Academy … [Read more...]
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MYFER Award 2024 – Celebrating the most youth-friendly European regions
Nordland County Council, the AER and the Youth Regional Network (YRN) relaunched the MYFER Award in 2024, awarding the most youth-friendly European regions, and celebrating the youth initiatives from the AER member regions across Europe. 12 youth projects and initiatives were submitted to the MYFER Award, from the following regions: Krapina-Zagorje County, the Autonomous … [Read more...]
The MYFER Award is back! Be the next Most Youth-Friendly European Region
Send your project applications before the 21st of June and make your mark! The MYFER Award (Most Youth-Friendly European Region) is back and ready to celebrate the incredible youth initiatives and projects taking place across the member regions of the Assembly of European Regions (AER)! As a biennial award, the MYFER Award offers regions the chance to showcase their … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Umbria promotes business & schools cooperation
On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER award, ShineBright on the region of Umbria, Italy that presented its project of Business at school. The initiative aims to promote cooperation between schools and the business community by providing training and various related activities to students. The main objective is to provide young people with the necessary skills for the … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Vrancea facilitates remigrated children’s integration
On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER award, ShineBright on Vrancea County, Romania that presented its project "Grow up in Vrancea - Remigrated children in Vrancea County - Educated, Supported, Counseled!" The scope of this project is to facilitate the social and educational integration of children that return in Romania after a period abroad. The initiative implements … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Youth projects in Lower Austria
On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER Award, ShineBright on the region of Lower Austria that presented its project on Youth Coaches for Lower Austria Communities. Initially a pilot-project, Youth Coaches has been integrated in the normal course of activities of Lower Austria authorities. The initiative provides support for the implementation of youth projects for … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Hedmark’s Youth County Council
On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER award ShineBright on the region of Hedmark, Norway, that presented its project of a Youth County Council. This initiative, promotes the involvement of Youth in regional politics. Norway conducts its governance on three different levels: the State, the county (fylke) and the local level. At the county level, the County Council represents … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Youth entrepreneurship in Umbria
On the occasion of the AER 2017 MYFER award, ShineBright on the region of Umbria, Italy, that presented a project on Creativity Camp. The initiative aims at encouraging the development of an entrepreneurial culture in Umbria. Creativity Camp supports young people (18-29 yo) to acquire skills and competences related to the field of entrepreneurship and make them aware of … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Children support centre in Antalya
On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER Award, ShineBright on the region of Antalya, Turkey that presented a project called GEDAM. The initiative aims to provide support for children through free academic and artistic activities as well as specific counseling. GEDAM targets young people between 7 and 25 living in Antalya. In the center, around 50 teachers are giving free … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Canton of Fribourg develops childhood-youth policy
On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER award, ShineBright on the Canton of Fribourg in Switzerland, that presented its project "Je participe !/Ich mache mit!" (I participate). The initiative is a follow-up of a Law adopted by the region on 12 May 2006 on Children and Youth on the development of a global and coordinated childhood-youth policy. The Canton of Fribourg created … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Vojvodina
On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER Award, the Jury elected the Region of Vojvodina, Serbia as its grand winner on a project on Health and sexual education for high school students. This project started in 2013, after a survey of high school students returned alarming results indicating poor knowledge among sexually active teenagers. As regular school curricula in the … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Catalonia
On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER Award, the region of Catalonia in Spain received the special prize for its project on New opportunities and unique programs. Confronted with the daunting task to curb a 48.9% unemployment rate for young people under 25 in 2013, this region developed its own Youth Guarantee model based on social innovation, with two highly successful … [Read more...]
#ShineBright Antalya
On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER Award, the region of Antalya, in Turkey presented its project of School League. The initiative aims at creating social inclusion among young people through sport. It targets school-aged youngster, especially children with fewer opportunities within municipalities of Antalya: Muratpasa, Konyalti and Dosemealti. Sport competitions create … [Read more...]
MYFER Award ceremony
The Most Youth Friendly European Region Award ceremony took place yesterday in Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria on the occasion of the 2017 AER General Assembly. This ceremony, chaired by Sonja Steen, outgoing President of the AER Committee for Culture, Youth and Education, highlighted the efforts region make to become more youth-friendly territories. Youth participation and … [Read more...]
MYFER Award jury meeting
Today, Tuesday 16 May early in the morning the jury of the Most Youth Friendly European Region Award met in Brussels, Belgium. Together, they evaluated the 10 shortlisted applications. After passionate debates, the jury selected MYFER 2017's grand winner. The winner will be publicly announced on 31 of May at the AER General Assembly in Austria. A special prize will also be … [Read more...]