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Second Multiplier event on preventing school dropout

17 April, 2015 By Editor

16-17 April 2015, Ostfold (NO) – partners of the Joint Efforts to Combat School Dropout (JET CD) project met in Norway for their second myltiplyer event. 30 participants from the partner organisations and from different organisations from the region attended the event. They shared their second intellectual outputs; joint methodologies to prevent dropout by cross sectorial … [Read more...]

Raising citizens’ awareness on sustainable energy

11 April, 2015 By Editor

The project Cleaner Energy Saving Mediterranean Cities (CES-MED) has released a handbook, aiming at helping Southern Mediterranean municipalities develop a plan to raise citizens' awareness on energy saving and energy efficiency. The manual will guide you step-by-step on how to create an Citizens’ Awareness Promotion Plan that aims to tackle wasteful behaviour and secure … [Read more...]

Joint methodology to prevent dropout by cross sectoral cooperation

10 April, 2015 By Editor

In the framework of the Joint Effort To Combat Dropout  (Erasmus+) project, partners have published their second intellectual output. You can find below the reports of the partner regions (Hampshire-UK, Tulcea-RO, Catalunya-ES and Ostfold-NO) to get a grasp of the regional perspective: Links JET-CD project page and outputs Erasmus+ website     … [Read more...]

Geothermal Energy Days in Vojvodina

9 April, 2015 By Editor

The Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in cooperation with the Assembly of European Regions (AER) would like to invite you to the Geothermal Energy Days on the 22 and 23 May in Novi Sad. Through a combination of seminars, panel discussions, training academies with experts and field visits, you will enjoy a full overview of geothermal energy’s potential for Regions in Europe … [Read more...]

Report on School Dropout

23 March, 2015 By Editor

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...]

Participatory approaches for policy making

6 March, 2015 By Mathieu Mori

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...]

Combating gender stereotypes in and through education

16 January, 2015 By Editor

Achieving   gender   equality   is   central   to   the   protection   of   human   rights,   the   functioning   of   democracy,   respect   for   the   rule   of   law   and   economic   growth   and   sustainability.   The   promotion   of   gender   equality   in   and   through   education   is   a   prerequisite  to  the  achievement  of  de  facto  equality  between … [Read more...]

The potential of young SMEs for economic growth

28 December, 2014 By Editor

Discover the Smart Europe project's 6th newsletter … [Read more...]

First Multiplier event on preventing school dropout

17 December, 2014 By Editor

el lindar second chance school

16-17 December 2014, Barcelona (ES) - Following the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ project JET CD in Västernorrland in September 2014, the first multiplier event was organised by the region of Catalunya in December last year. 37 participants from the partner organisations and from different organisations from the region attended this event. The project partners had … [Read more...]

Analysis reports on dropout in the regional context

16 December, 2014 By Editor

In the framework of the Joint Effort To Combat Dropout  (Erasmus+) project, partners (Hampshire-UK, Tulcea-RO, Västernorrland-SE, Ostfold-NO, Catalunya-ES) have published their first intellectual output. You can find below the reports of the partner regions to get a grasp of the regional perspective: Links JET-CD project page and outputs Erasmus+ website   … [Read more...]

France: a new map of regions

1 December, 2014 By Editor

Following months of debates about the regional reform in the country, the French parliament has adopted a new map of regions. Their number will decrease, from 22 to 13 on the mainland, no change being made in the overseas regions. AER has contributed to the discussions and will monitor together with its French members the details of the implementation measures.   … [Read more...]

Sharing views on regionalisation in Europe

27 November, 2014 By Editor

On 27 November 2014, in Montpellier (FR), AER organised a workshop entitled “Earth’s mantle and territorial geological identities: a comparative approach of regionalism”. The workshop took place in the framework of the “European and International territorial meetings”, an event co-organised with the region of Languedoc-Roussillon. The workshop provided a global picture on … [Read more...]

What would Facebook do if they were responsible for the elderly care in your area?

26 November, 2014 By Editor

The Engaged network organised a multi-centered workshop during the annual symposium of the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL). The event convened various experts linked through video conferencing in Brussels (BE), Barcelona (ES) and Ashford (UK) to validate the roadmap for future innovations in health and social care. Hot topics such as user involvement, value … [Read more...]

Reviving the economic engine with SMEs

20 November, 2014 By Editor

 While growth and jobs are on everyone’s lips, SMEs are more and more recognised for their potential to revive the economic engine in Europe. The Assembly of European Regions, the region of Brussels-Capital (BE) and finance.brussels organised on 20 November a seminar in the European Parliament to address the main challenges encountered by SMEs and how the regions can support … [Read more...]

Implementing Lifelong Learning in the territories: a new dynamics

11 November, 2014 By Editor

On 11 November in Istanbul (TR), AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli opened the 12th European University of the Foundation of European Regions for Research in Education and Training (FREREF) together with the FREREF President, Christiane Desmontes. Lifelong Learning (LLL) and the dynamics that should be developed in order to implement an effective lifelong learning strategy in … [Read more...]

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