This is the tag for all posts relating to citizen participation.

Highlights of the 2026 Regions Forum – General Assembly & Spring Bureau meeting in Timiș

12 June, 2026 By Barbara Polin

On 2-4 June 2026, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and Timiș County Council convened the Regions Forum featuring the 2026 General Assembly, the Spring Bureau meeting, and the ... Read More

Towards Inclusive Participation – What Does Genuine Youth Participation Look Like In Practice?

19 May, 2026 By Alba Romeu

While many regions and institutions aim to involve young people in decision-making, ensuring that youth participation reaches people from different social and economic backgrounds can remain a challenge. How can ... Read More

Debating Europe: Regional MEET Debate in Krapina-Zagorska, Croatia

18 October, 2023 By Mirjam de Jong

The second regional debate of our MEET project will take place in Krapina-Zagorska, Croatia on November 10th, 2023. The intergenerational debate will be held in Croatian and will bring together ... Read More

A Whole-of-Society Approach to Inclusion

5 May, 2023 By Johanna Pacevicius

The Includ-EU Workshop “Whole-of-Society Approach: Cross-sectoral and Multistakeholder collaboration for inclusion” in Cluj-Napoca gathered around 70 representatives from the Netherlands, France, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Romania to explore ... Read More

‘Elevating Citizens’ Voices’ – AER-ENoP Publication on Participatory Democracy at National, Regional and Local Levels

13 March, 2023 By Anna Comacchio

#Democracy is solid because it is not static: it constantly develops new forms of #citizenengagement. The AER is proud of the joint publication with ENoP- European Network of Political Foundations, ... Read More

SOLD OUT: AER Summer Academy 2022 – Donegal, Ireland

20 June, 2022 By Justin Sammon

***PLEASE NOTE: ALL TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT. IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR TICKET, PLEASE CONTACT THE AER SECRETARIAT*** With the European Year of Youth in full-swing, the ... Read More

Call for participants – CoE Study session: Climbing the ladder | Deadline: 20 Feb

8 February, 2022 By Editor

The AER is happy to announce a new partnership with the DYPALL Network and the Youth Department of the Council of Europe to host the study session Climbing the ladder – Capacitating youth leaders to ... Read More

Lead experience exchange: propose a new working group!

25 November, 2021 By Johanna Pacevicius

An AER working group provides a space for experience and knowledge exchange. The ground for mutual learning is the community the AER creates between member regions that have very diverse ... Read More

Knowledge Transfer for Integrated Care – Sharing the Results with the International Healthcare Community

15 October, 2021 By Birgit Sandu

After almost a year of knowledge exchange and capacity-building support to healthcare authorities willing to adopt or scale-up integrated care, the AER and the project partners were eager to share ... Read More

Technical Vocational Education & Training and Civic Participation

21 September, 2021 By Johanna Pacevicius

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 engagement efforts and organisational ... Read More

Advocating for Youth Participation at Regional Level

22 March, 2021 By Gisela Guari Cañada

Do you want to learn more about the European Youth Goals and its Youth Strategy, the opportunities and challenges for youth participation at local and regional level, and how to ... Read More

How Smart is Your Food?

23 February, 2021 By Johanna Pacevicius

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 ... Read More

AER selected for the European Youth Event 2020! Apply now!

21 November, 2019 By Editor

We are eager to announce that the European Parliament has granted AER to participate in the European Youth Event 2020 in Strasbourg! (Keep reading to join us in this exciting ... Read More

The Role of Culture in Non-Urban Areas

5 November, 2019 By Shubhaangi Srivastava

The role of culture and social infrastructure in rural areas was discussed at the AER autumn plenaries in Podčetrtek. Indeed building on existing social infrastructure to develop cultural and economic ... Read More

Takeaways of AER-YRN’s activities at the 20th University on Youth and Development

1 October, 2019 By Editor

From 15 to 19 September, the Youth Regional Network of the Assembly of European Regions (AER-YRN) celebrated its Autumn Plenaries for the first time in the framework of the 20th ... Read More