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SUMMARY:1st AER-ENoP Forum on New Forms of Democratic Engagement
DESCRIPTION:How to actively involve citizens in policy development in order to regain political trust and add legitimacy to political decisions?\nOn 1-2 June 2022\, in Comet Meeting-Louise\, and Online\, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and the European Network of Political Foundations (ENoP) will co-organise a Forum dedicated primarily to innovative and more participatory forms of democratic engagement. \nA new form of politics is gaining steam. Providing an alternative to traditional representative routes\, citizen assemblies and other forms of deliberative democracy try to help governments through discussing and developing recommendations on needed steps to safeguard a healthy and stable world. Practical examples on direct involvement of citizens in democratic processes enable an open discussion on particular policy challenges and giving recommendations to elected governments. Involved citizens are randomly selected to reflect the demographic diversity of the population. The process is typically facilitated by an independent and apolitical organisation\, which brings in experts across a wide range of disciplines\, as well as competing interest groups and the voices of those personally affected by the issue in question. Building up on this\, ENoP and AER are initiating a project that would capitalise on successful examples and good practices\, while at the same time discussing the full potential and future of such direct involvement of citizens in democratic processes. \nHow the project is built?\nThe first part of the project consists of a 1.5-day forum where different examples and experiences of citizen assemblies from different country contexts are presented\, aiming to: \n\nHelp the EU to formulate/design its deliberative policies/approaches in Europe and for its\ninternational cooperation programmes;\nHighlight the opportunities and challenges of direct involvement of citizens in democratic\nprocesses\, as well to allow for an exchange of lessons learned from different forms of deliberative\nprocesses ;\nDiscuss the options of relationship between those assemblies and representative\nbodies/governments and elaborate recommendations for different options of structured\nengagement of citizens in policy making (based on the experiences from the case studies).\n\nFollowing the forum\, a series of studies will be compiled\, based on the following criteria: \n\nThe good practice model has innovative elements\nThe good practice model has achieved and recorded concrete results\nThe achieved results are relevant to the people living in the region\, municipality\, commune\nThe good practice model is sustainable and replicable to other regions\, municipalities\, communes\n\nSpeakers Include\n\nMarcin Gerwin\, PhD\, Center for Blue Democracy\, Specialist in Deliberative Democracy and Sustainability\nToma Šutić\, Member of the Cabinet of Dubravka Šuica\, European Vice President for Democracy and Demography\nAleksandra Dulkiewicz\, Mayor of Gdansk\, Poland\nMathilde Bouyé\, Démocratie Ouverte & World Resources Institute – presenting the French Ctizens’ Convention on Climate\nProf. David Farrell\, The Irish Citizens’ Assembly Project\nKarl-Heinz Lambertz\, Rapporteur of Congress of Local Regional Authorities\, and President of German-speaking Community of Belgium\nLukas Mandl\, Member of the European Parliament; and Vice President for European Integration & Wider Europe\, Assembly of European Regions\n\nMore speakers are to be confirmed so stay tune! \n  \nCheck out the Programme HERE\nInterested in attending?\n \nContacts: \nAnna Comacchio\, Project and Policy Officer\, a.comacchio@aer.eu \nGisela Guari Cañada\, Institutional Relations & Advocacy Officer\, g.guari@aer.eu
URL:https://aer.eu/events/1st-aer-enop-forum-on-new-forms-of-democratic-engagement/
LOCATION:Comet Louise\, Place Stéphanie 20\, 1050 Brussels\, Belgium\, Comet Louise\, Place Stéphanie 20\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
CATEGORIES:AER Events,Other Events,Partner Events
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SUMMARY:Inclusion\, Creativity & Human Potential: Includ-EU Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is organised in the context of the Includ-EU project co-financed by AMIF programme of the European Union. It will look at labour market inclusion from a skills\, creativity and human potential angle. \nThe opening and roundtable (09:30-11:00) will be streamed\, you can register here to get the link to attend online: \n \n  \nThe objective is to take a holistic approach to labour market inclusion\, which takes into account space\, skills and the realisation of potential. Participants will share policies and practices which support stakeholders to build on their ideas\, motivation\, competences and experiences. \nMigrant entrepreneurs contribute to economic growth\, create jobs and can support the post-COVID-19 recovery. Effective inclusion of migrants and EU citizens with a migration background into the labour market requires the active collaboration of a large variety of actors\, including public authorities at local\, regional\, national and European level\, civil society organisations\, economic and social partners and employers. \nThis workshop aims to: \n\nGive visibility to inclusion policies and practices shared in the context of the project and which can be of use to stakeholders across wider Europe\nstrengthen the collaboration between partners\, support them in mobilising both their local and international networks\nFacilitate the exchange of policies and practices for inclusion between local and regional stakeholders in Europe\nEncourage the development of new collaborations between local and regional stakeholders\n\nAGENDA
URL:https://aer.eu/events/inclusion-creativity-human-potential/
LOCATION:The Home of The Human Safety Net  Procuratie Vecchie – Piazza San Marco 105\, Venezia\, Venice\, Italy
CATEGORIES:AER Events
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SUMMARY:AER Working group on the bioeconomy: first meeting
DESCRIPTION:The newly created Working Group on the bioeconomy will meet online for the first time to define its action plan for the coming months. This meeting is open to all AER members \n \nThe proposal to develop a working group on the bioeconomy was lead by Innlandet (NO)\, and is supported by Värmland (SE)\, Lower Austria (AU)\, Gelderland (NL). \nDuring this first meeting\, AER members interested in sharing experiences and knowledge on the topic of the bioeconomy will: \n\nget to know each other (pitch on the region)\nshare why the topic matters for them now\nshare how the working group would create value for them: what they expect\, how they would like to contribute\ndefine activities for the coming months\n\nThe group will also agree on who should be the Chair of the Working Group \n  \nMore information on how to set-up a working group at AER here. \nFor any questions\, please contact AER Coordinator for Policy & Knowledge Transfer Johanna Pacevicius \nPhoto by Olena Sergienko on Unsplash
URL:https://aer.eu/events/working-group-bioeconomy-meeting1/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:AER Events
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