AER is committed to improving public healthcare systems with the view to improving patient attention and care quality, among others. Being involved in discussions at European Commission level, AER is now participating as a partner in the SCIROCCO project on "Scaling Integrated Care in Context", led by an AER member: the NHS 24, a Special Health Board providing and facilitating … [Read more...]
Interested to learn more about active and healthy ageing? Register to the Homes4Life project workshop!
Our living environments have a tremendous impact on our health and wellbeing. Regions play a key role to ensure the suitability and adaptability of housing to people’s needs and preferences – so as to promote a better active and healthy ageing! The Homes4Life project aims at developing a European certification scheme for age-friendly housing – a home that is … [Read more...]
Interested in giving a boost to your future? Join the Road to the Future training course on youth and democracy!
Following the #IChooseEurope campaign, AER along the Youth Regional Network (YRN) are happy to invite you now to the training course addressed to European-oriented youth participants within the EU-funded project “European Youth Together – Road to the Future”, which focuses not only on the engagement of young people to the European Parliament Elections 2019 but also on the … [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...]
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...]
Where do you want to #IChooseEurope?
Belgian MEP candidates and JEF Europe representatives in Brussels The #IChooseEurope campaign aims to encourage all Europeans to take part in the elections held on May 24-27 across the continent. To reach out, a series of debates and public events were organised by young activists to raise awareness about the European Elections. One of the key messages, campaigning for a … [Read more...]
#IChooseEurope is on the Road to the Future!
From 13 to 18 of March, more than 120 young participants from all over Europe gathered in Île de France for the "I Choose Europe" Youth Exchange in the locality of Jambville and the launch of the campaign at "Quartier Général - the Festival of the Engaged Youth in Europe" in Paris. AER not only joined its counterparts of the "Road to the Future" project to support the event … [Read more...]
Meet us in Paris to launch the “I Choose Europe” campaign
For the past few months, AER has been working hard with partners to get the project European Youth Together: Road to the Future on its feet. Consider this your personal invitation to see it take flight. The project will launch the "I Choose Europe" campaign to engage youth ahead of the European elections in Paris on 16 March, as part of a large-scale youth event: … [Read more...]
Apply now for the “I Choose Europe” Youth Exchange
AER, proud partner of the EU funded project Road to the Future, is happy to share with the entire network the launching of the first large scale youth exchange. This mobility activity comes after several initiatives that project partners realised in order to create the framework to engage the youth in the discussions on the future of Europe. AER is strongly contributing to this … [Read more...]
At International Migrants Day event, regions share intercultural approaches to diversity, inclusion
On 18 December, AER marked International Migrants Day in Barcelona. A source of inputs for the AMiD project (Access to Services for Migrants with Disabilities), the event was partially funded by the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund. We and our co-host, AER member region Catalonia, brought together representatives from regions from around Europe to push … [Read more...]
Engage youth for European elections! Join Road to the Future training
AER and the Youth Regional Network (YRN) are proud to be partners of the EU-funded project "European Youth Together - Road to the Future", aimed at empowering young people to participate in European democracy leading up to the 2019 European Parliament elections and beyond. This project has a rich calendar of events and activities, both international and local, that will … [Read more...]
Bring your talents to Road to the Future as external evaluator
The project European Youth Together – Road to the Future is looking to contract an external evaluator. Given the importance of this project’s aims, the consortium is especially committed to quality, transparency and accountability. The external evaluator will be key in ensuring these commitments are respected and that the project team and interested parties take away valuable … [Read more...]
Are you an expert in European youth mobility projects? Join Road to the Future’s Advisory Board
The project Road to the Future is seeking two external experts to become members of its Advisory Board. Applicants should have experience with youth mobility exchanges and/or efforts to boost democratic participation and political debate among young people. What is Road to the Future? Funded by Erasmus+ under Key Action 3 European Youth Together, Road to the Future aims to … [Read more...]
Road to the Future
What? European Youth Together - Road to the Future is a project that empowers young people to participate in European democracy leading up to the 2019 European Parliament elections and beyond. European-scale and local events, online and offline campaigns, and the development of new training and debate materials and an interactive online platform will engage young people from … [Read more...]
SEED comes to successful conclusion with Silver Economy Awards handover
After two years of dedicated work, the SEED project—'Supporting the recognition of the Silver Economy in Europe in the Digital era’—has met its objectives and is wrapping up its activities. The project, which was launched in October 2016 with funding from Horizon2020, established an awards scheme committed to promoting and rewarding digital innovation that improves the quality … [Read more...]