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AER acts as a dissemination partner for EU projects, providing a space for its members to grow and learn in a dynamic way.

With our dedicated project team, we want to encourage our members to work together and to follow AER's update on open projects, bids, and funding opportunities.

Join Marche Region’s (IT) Interreg Med project on Acquaculture

17 January, 2019 By Editor

Marche Region (IT) and the University of Camerino (UNICAM) are looking for partners to express interest in a proposal for a project to push forward Blue Growth. They are applying under Interreg Med’s Third Call for Multi-Modular Projects (M2 Testing + M3 Capitalization). Their proposal focuses on Acquaculture, aiming to contribute to the transnational development, transfer and … [Read more...]

Erasmus+: drive innovation in education and training, launch transnational sport projects

14 January, 2019 By Editor

New calls for projects under the Erasmus+ programme are now open. Applicants are invited to propose projects under the calls Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects 2019 EACEA/36/2018 and Erasmus+: Sport 2019. Forward-Looking Cooperation Projects (FLCPs) One of the ways that the EU seeks to stimulate policy progress is by funding bottom-up innovation efforts. Under Key … [Read more...]

Public Authority wanted for a project on Skills Alliance

14 January, 2019 By Editor

The European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities (EASPD), partner of AER in the AMiD project, is looking for a public authority to join as a partner in their project within the Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliance program. Who is EASPD? EASPD is an organisation that dedicates itself to persons with disabilities. Their objective is to deliver … [Read more...]

Activate European citizenship through projects on remembrance, town twinning and networks of towns

3 January, 2019 By Editor

In the first days of the New Year, many of us are doubtless wondering what 2019 will bring for Europe and its citizens. Will voters heed the lessons of the continent’s authoritarian past? Will European citizens be brought closer together or riven further apart by cynical exploiters of xenophobia? Here at AER, we act everyday to promote European values and bring citizens … [Read more...]

At International Migrants Day event, regions share intercultural approaches to diversity, inclusion

19 December, 2018 By Editor

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

12 December, 2018 By Editor

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...]

Call from EEA and Norway Grants on social dialogue and decent work now open

10 December, 2018 By Editor

EEA and Norway Grants 2014-2021 has released a new call for projects under their Social Dialogue – Decent Work Programme. Funding will be made available for projects favouring better working conditions, access to employment, and dialogue among workers, employers, and public authorities. Know the basics This grant scheme is funded by Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland with an … [Read more...]

Bring your talents to Road to the Future as external evaluator

27 November, 2018 By Editor

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...]

Romanian-Bulgarian cross-border regional cooperation: successes, challenges, and the way forward

16 November, 2018 By Editor

The Assembly of European Regions counts among its members four Romanian counties that share a border with Bulgaria. The Danube River winds along the southern edge of Mehendenti, Dolj, Olt, and Calarasi. For these regions, as with border regions across Europe, collaborations with neighbours across the border was not historically always the rule. With the beginning of the EU … [Read more...]

Fund your project on cultural cooperation with Creative Europe

16 November, 2018 By Editor

Regions involved in Committee 3, we have a great funding opportunity for you. The call Support for European Cooperation Projects 2019 from the European Union’s Creative Europe programme is currently open. While projects relating to culture may be admissible under calls from other programs (e.g. Interreg or Horizon2020), Creative Europe is the EU programme explicitly designed … [Read more...]

Build partnerships for sustainable cities around the world with EU funding

12 November, 2018 By Editor

Do you think global development initiatives can only be pursued by national or European authorities? Think again. Local authorities are encouraged to work together for sustainable development under the call "Partnerships for sustainable cities" from the European Commission's Non-State Actors and Local Authorities Programme. The Directorate General for International … [Read more...]

Are you an expert in European youth mobility projects? Join Road to the Future’s Advisory Board

29 October, 2018 By Editor

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...]

Are you a Silver Economy tech innovator? Get funding for testing!

12 October, 2018 By Editor

Though AER and its consortium partners have wrapped up work on the SEED project, opportunities for those innovating in the Silver Economy abound. The Activage project, funded by Horizon2020, is looking for SMEs, midcaps, and start-ups that have developed technologies oriented toward Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA). Their first open call provides an opportunity to test these … [Read more...]