The agri-food sector is facing a revolutionary transformation within a complex operating environment characterised by technological and economic change, consumer concerns, climate change, and global value chains. The so-called Digital Farms, which combine precision farming techniques with the use of digital and high-tech tools, have been promoted by the EU Agenda to … [Read more...]
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AER adopts Recommendations on the Conference on the Future of Europe
The Assembly of European Regions (AER) has adopted its Recommendations on the Conference on the Future of Europe. The adoption of these Recommendations by our Executive Board follows the announcement by the EU Institutions that the Conference will officially be launched on 9 May 2021. The Conference on the Future of Europe aims to give citizens the chance to shape the … [Read more...]
Tourism & Remote Areas: A New Competitive Advantage after the Pandemic?
The Assembly of European Regions is delighted to share a unique peer-learning opportunity aimed at regional representatives responsible for cultural tourism offered by the European Regions Research and Innovation Network (ERRIN) In the framework of the recently launched Horizon 2020 funded project “Beyond Cultural Tourism (Be.CulTour)”, ERRIN is opening a call for regional … [Read more...]
Register Now – Technical Vocational Education & Training and Civic Participation
We are pleased to invite you on 20 April 2021 at 10:00 CET to a webinar on how to encourage citizen participation of stakeholders in Vocational Education & Training What is active citizenship? Civic participation is a process in which people take collective action to address issues of public concern and can adopt many forms: from individual volunteering, community … [Read more...]
Registrations are open! Creating Effective Innovation Ecosystems
We are pleased to invite you to the webinar "Creating Effective Innovative Ecosystems" which will take place on 19 April 2021 at 10:00 CET. Innovation ecosystems: a complex set of relationships The term innovation ecosystem derives from the analogy with biological ecosystems. These are a complex set of relationships among the living resources, habitats, and residents of … [Read more...]
A peer review service tailor-made for regions
The Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform offers a free on-demand peer review service, where a two-day knowledge-exchange experience can be designed to advise on a region’s policy frameworks. This service will be presented in detail on 25 March at the webinar "Ambitious Skills and Innovation Strategies: A territorial Approach" as one of the opportunities regions can use to … [Read more...]
Job Vacancy: EU Projects & Policy Officer
Are you a motivated professional who is passionate about European policy? Do you have experience in the management of EU funded projects? Are you enthusiastic about knowledge sharing activities? If this sounds like you, and you are eager to reinforce an enthusiastic, international team with a wide range of responsibilities, you might be our new Project & Policy Officer. … [Read more...]
Internship Vacancy: Project & Communications Assistant
Ready to train with the EU projects team of the largest independent network of regions in Europe? We are looking for a motivated intern (STUDENTS ONLY) to join the Project Unit at the AER’s Brussels Office, under the supervision of our European Projects Coordinator. The placement would be for 6 months, starting in May 2021. Your main tasks will be: Mapping calls for … [Read more...]
The Long Road to Recovery – working in Renewed Partnership with Regions
Europe’s local and regional authorities have been on the frontline of the pandemic; working tirelessly on the ground in villages, towns and cities across the continent to shield citizens from the worst impacts of the crisis. Yet, as member states prepare their national plans to access funding from the EU's Recovery & Resilience Facility (RRF), local and regional … [Read more...]
Registrations open! Innovation and Farming: Applications of Advanced Manufacturing in the Food Value Chain
We are pleased to invite you to the webinar "Innovation and Farming: Applications of Advanced Manufacturing in the Food Value Chain" that will take place on 26 March 2021 at 10:00 CET and focuses on advanced manufacturing solutions in driving sustainable change in the agrifood sector It will offer regions and stakeholders engaged with the agri-food sector the … [Read more...]
Registrations open! Ambitious Skills and Innovation Strategies: A territorial approach
We are pleased to invite you to the webinar "Ambitious Skills and Innovation Strategies: A territorial approach" that will take place on 25 March 2021 at 10:00 CET Including rural areas in innovation strategies to tackle EU challenges Rural areas, cover 44% of the EU territory, and are home to almost 1 in 4 Europeans. Education, vocational training and lifelong learning … [Read more...]
How Smart is Your Food?
At a time where every aspect of our lives is getting "smarter", can food get "smart", too? The answer is yes, as will be demonstrated on 3 March at the AER's 2021 Innovation Show - How Smart is your Food?, hosted by Gelderland (NL) in collaboration with Th!nk East Netherlands. Every link in the food value chain is being transformed by digital innovation, and in particular … [Read more...]
Active participation & social inclusion to harness the diversity advantage
On 16th February 2021, the Assembly of European Regions in cooperation with IOM and the Intercultural Regions Network hosted the webinar “Intercultural regions: Active Participation & Social Inclusion“. This was the third webinar co-organised within the framework of the Includ-EU project which works towards building more inclusive and cohesive European … [Read more...]
National Recovery & Resilience Plans – Working Together in Renewed Partnership with Regions
On 4 March AER will host a debate on the role of regions in overcoming the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) represents a ray of hope for regions as Europe sets out on long road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a recent study conducted by the European Committee of the Regions and the … [Read more...]
Building a better future: Generating enthusiasm for Vocational Education and Training (VET)
On January 27th, the Assembly of European Regions in cooperation with Skillman Alliance hosted the “New enthusiasm for Vocational Education & Training, Boosting self-confidence in young people” webinar. This was the ninth webinar on EU funding opportunities that are being co-organized by AER within the Skillnet project framework (co-founded by the Erasmus+ Programme) … [Read more...]
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