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  • Enthusiasm in learning and success in times of pandemic

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    We are pleased to invite you to two webinars on tackling early school leaving by improving information, support, and mutual learning How to encourage young people and provide them with adequate support so they remain interested in learning in a global context that is particularly challenging? These two events will provide an opportunity to share […]

  • Intercultural Regions: Active Participation & Social Inclusion

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    We are pleased to invite you to a webinar on how regions can foster active participation & social inclusion of third-country nationals, together with IOM and the Council of Europe   When? 16 February 2021 10:00 CETWhere? Gotowebinar   Organised in the framework of the Includ-EU project, an EU-funded project which contributes to building more inclusive […]

  • 2021 Innovation Show – How Smart is Your Food?

    We live in a world where thanks to technology, everything is getting "smarter". Our watches monitor our blood-pressure, our cars can drive themselves, and since the pandemic, the high-rise, multi-story workspaces that dominate our city skylines have been replaced by "virtual" meeting rooms we can carry around in our pockets. But can the food that […]

  • National Recovery & Resilience Plans – Working Together in Renewed Partnership with Regions

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    Date: 4 March Time: 16:00 - 17:30 CEST In response to the impacts and challenges posed by COVID-19, the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council agreed on a Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The RRF will offer support for investments and reforms undertaken by Member States to make their economies and societies more […]

  • Advocacy Training for Young European Activists – Europe is what you make of it!

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    The Assembly of European Regions, in partnership with JEF, is organising a training seminar on advocacy that will offer 30 young Europeans the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the European Institutions and the Youth Strategy, as wells as develop advocacy plans to promote their rights and priorities among local and regional authorities. The training seminar is being organised […]

  • Multi-stakeholder Approaches for Innovative Societies

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    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 […]

  • Cluny Training Seminar: Local democracy & European citizenship

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    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Social Inclusion in TVET and Skill Development – Leaving No-one Behind

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    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Improving the attractiveness of Technical and Vocational Education & Training for women

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    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 […]