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October 2021
REGISTER NOW: EU Regions Week Workshop – Engendering Equality in Europe’s Regions
Date: 14 October 2021 Time: 11:30 – 13:00 CET Venue: Online (via Zoom) An Equal Europe? A truly democratic Europe demands an equal voice for all. Indeed, making “significant progress” towards a gender-equal Europe by 2025 is a key objective of the European Union, and ‘achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls’ is enshrined as goal number five of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, at the current rate of progress, the World Economic Forum estimates that…
Find out more »September 2021
Innovating Cultural Heritage, A workshop by AER Working Group on Culture and CUBES Project
Cultural heritage has an inspiring and creative role in present European societies and communities. It has a positive impact on social cohesion as well as regional development and sustainable tourism. In the context of cultural heritage, innovation has a key role to play in the field of technology, social impact, policymaking, administration, and entrepreneurship. The workshop “Innovating Cultural Heritage”, jointly organised by the AER working group on culture, chiared by Fereshteh Jalayer Hess, and the CUBES Project, c0-funded by the…
Find out more »REGISTER NOW: Unboxing the MFF Session II — Accessing Direct Grant Funding Programmes
***UPDATE — LINE-UP ANNOUNCED!*** Date: 24 September 2021 Time: 10:30 - 12:30 CET Venue: Online (via Zoom) Background On 17 December 2020, after months of painstaking inter-institutional negotiations against the backdrop of a global pandemic, the European Union adopted the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), its long-term budget for 2021-2027. Together with the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, the MFF represents an unprecedented €1.8 trillion of funding to support Europe's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the EU's long-term priorities across different policy areas.…
Find out more »July 2021
Improving the attractiveness of Technical and Vocational Education & Training for women
We are pleased to invite you to the webinar on Improving the attractiveness of Technical and Vocational Education and Training for women. The Technical and Vocational Education and Training sector has a major role to play in providing the skills Europe will need in the future. Moreover, countries with well-designed vocational training programmes find it easier to avoid youth unemployment, even in times of crisis. However, this sector has traditionally been a predominantly male environment. This is why the European…
Find out more »June 2021
SAVE THE DATE: Includ-EU – First Regional Network Workshop 30 June & 1 July
The first regional workshop for our Includ-EU Project will take place on Wednesday, 30 June (09:00-12:30 CEST) & Thursday, 1 July 2021 (09:00-12:00 CEST)! What is the Includ-EU Workshop about? Our Includ-EU Project brings regions together to share insights, experiences and ideas for creating more targeted, successful migrant integration policies at local and regional level. Creating venues for knowledge-sharing is key to this process. With that in mind, we are delighted to invite you to our first workshop for…
Find out more »Social Inclusion in TVET and Skill Development – Leaving No-one Behind
TVET policies and programmes are of core importance to ensure that all people can enjoy inclusive skill development leading to both individuals’ affirmation and the creation of diversified learning environments. As reported by Srinvas Reddy, Chief of the ILO Skills and Employability Branch, “inclusive skills development and lifelong learning opportunities are vital to prevent people from being left behind, to maintain people’s employability, and to ensure that economies and enterprises recover promptly from the crisis”. (Guide on making TVET and…
Find out more »Partner Event: World Sustainable Energy Days
The World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) is a yearly event taking place in Wels, Austria - in member region of Upper Austria. This years edition will take place as a Hybrid Event from 21-25 June. How can the EU achieve a climate-neutral society by 2050? What can be done to drive a sustainable EU economy? How can this be financed? This event, like in previous editions, includes 6 conferences and Innovation Workshops: European Pellet Conference Energy Efficiency Conference Energy Efficiency…
Find out more »Mobility as a Service: low carbon mobility & improved accessibility
For the 2021-2027 programming period, digital transformation is in focus and the European Commission has recently launched the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy. The Chair of the AER Working Group on Transport & Mobility, Martin Tollén from Region Östergötland (SE) is pleased to invite AER members and partners to a webinar focusing on Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Focus: Mobility as a Service (MaaS) The aim of the webinar is to share experiences on the topic of Mobility as a…
Find out more »REGISTER NOW! – Back to Our Future – Regions leading Europe’s Green Recovery
Date: 9 June Time: 10:00 – 11:30 CEST ***UPDATE *** We are delighted to announce we will be joined by Dominique Riquet, Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur on the Opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism on the Just Transition Fund. The COVID-19 crisis brought the world to a standstill in 2020. City centres became ghost towns, economic activity slumped, and political priorities fell by the wayside as managing the pandemic became the all-consuming political focus. Yet, though…
Find out more »May 2021
Last Chance to Register: Unboxing the Multiannual Financial Framework – Cohesion & Rural Development Funds
Date: 26 May Time: 10:30 - 12:30 CEST On 17 December 2020, after months of painstaking inter-institutional negotiations against the backdrop of a global pandemic, the European Union adopted the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), its long-term budget for 2021-2027. Together with the NextGenerationEU recovery instrument, the MFF represents an unprecedented €1.8 trillion of funding to support Europe's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the EU's long-term priorities across different policy areas. It is therefore essential that Europe's regions get training with…
Find out more »BRIGHT IDEAS – The Role of Regions in Improving Energy Efficiency
Eva Hallström, Chair of the AER Working Group on Energy and Climate Change invites all AER members and friends to join an event on the role of regions in improving energy efficiency. Regions will share their experience, challenges, and enablers. This event is co-organised by Värmland (SE) and Viken (NO) Energy Efficiency: how to achieve the transition in the industry? This webinar aims to build a platform for discussions regarding the EU's work on energy efficiency, focusing on the green…
Find out more »Last chance to Register! – AER Bureau Debate: The Future of Democracy in the Hands of Regions
Date: 12 May Time: 16:00 - 18:00 CEST Rising populism, widespread misinformation, and a loss of trust in governments and institutions. Add a global pandemic to that list of ailments, and it's clear that democracy in Europe is not in the best shape. But what is the best course of treatment to restore Europe's democratic health? The answer is a wholesale 'lifestyle change' for our democratic system, starting at local level. The Conference on the Future of Europe is a…
Find out more »April 2021
Cluny Training Seminar: Local democracy & European citizenship
How to build a European grassroots democracy? Is the European Union irremediably riddled with the distrust of citizens and the rise of Euroscepticism? Although quite common, this dire depiction is neither accurate nor a fatality. And what if a reinvigoration of the European project could come from the local level? This seminar aims to discuss and brainstorm around this intuition that underlies the very purpose of the European College of Cluny. Content of the Training Seminar: • Lectures and discussion…
Find out more »Multi-stakeholder Approaches for Innovative Societies
We are pleased to invite you to two webinars examining the ways in which multi-stakeholder approaches help build more innovative societies. To build innovative and creative societies, it is necessary to work both at a system level to improve innovation ecosystems and at an individual level to encourage young people from diverse backgrounds to participate in society. The events are part of the Skillnet webinar series organised by the AER, which provides an opportunity for mutual learning around topics identified…
Find out more »March 2021
Territorial approaches to innovation: spotlight on rural areas
We are pleased to invite you to two webinars that will look at the need for territorial approaches to innovation, based on strong rural-urban links and ambitious and forward-looking skills strategies What are the main challenges and opportunities for European regions and rural areas in particular when it comes to fostering innovation? These two events will provide an opportunity to share regional experiences and hear about support initiatives at EU level. The events are part of the Skillnet webinar series AER…
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