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

Political declaration: call for amendments

4 May, 2016 By Editor

The AER Bureau in Nordland (NO) on 22 June will address the issue of (R)e-inventing Democracy and the impact of technologies on the democratic process. All member regions are invited ... Read More

Circular economy: the main focus of YRN Spring Plenary Meeting

29 April, 2016 By Editor

The 2016 Youth Regional Network spring plenary meeting that took place in Oppland (NO) from 30 April to 2 May proposed an ambitious programme. First, during the opening session, the welcome ... Read More

(R)e-inventing Democracy

25 April, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

The AER Spring 2016 Bureau (22-24 June, Nordland-NO) will focus on the ways technology helps innovation in democracy, highlighting the disruptive nature of technology and the need to renew existing models. The ... Read More

Erasmus+ Key Action 3: call open on policy reform & social inclusion

15 April, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

Following the outcomes of the AER Comittee’s plenaries in Timis (RO) and the high interest of member regions on the issues of social inclusion of migrants and integration of refugees, we ... Read More

Communication & Actions in times of crisis

15 April, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

The Committees’ spring plenary meetings, gathered over 180 delegates from all over Europe in Timisoara (Timis, RO) from 11 to 14 April 2016 on the theme “Communication and Actions in ... Read More

AER/EC on Erasmus+ and European Voluntary Service

21 March, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

In view of scheduled meeting with commissioner Tibor Navracsics, AER met the European Commission – Directorate General for Education and Culture to bring the perspective of regions and to get ... Read More

Erasmus+ Key Action 3: Policy Reform Call

10 March, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

Erasmus+ aims at boosting skills and employability, and modernising Education, Training and Youth work, providing opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to study, train, gain work experience and volunteer abroad. In addition to ... Read More

2016 Summer Academy & Erasmus+ project

7 March, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Østfold County Council is inviting AER members to join an Erasmus+ project proposal Østfold is going to lead. The idea is to develop a joint project, which will be rolled ... Read More

Engage citizens?

26 February, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Participation requires space as is very well highlighted in this 2010 video from the AER Youth Regional Network. And by space it’s not just physical space that is meant, such ... Read More

“On y va – auf geht’s – let’s go!” is open for applicants

18 February, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

The ideas competition “On y va – auf geht’s – let’s go!” aims to support active citizenship in Europe and projects which benefit the community. The award is a recognition of ... Read More

Registrations for 2016 Spring plenaries now open!

16 February, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Registrations for the plenary meetings of the AER committees open today. This series of events will feature a joint thematic session on “Communication & actions in times of crisis”. The theme ... Read More

AER Youth Regional Network back in force

5 February, 2016 By Mathieu Mori

We are glad to announce that the region of Oppland (NO) will welcome the YRN Spring plenary meeting from Saturday 30 April to Monday 2 May. Practical information and agendas ... Read More

AER participation to Dr Sully’s Good Governance Series

1 February, 2016 By Editor

Dr. Melanie SULLY, professor of Political Science and Director of Go-Governance Institute – Vienna, is building a book on the highly successful conference 2015 held in Yerevan, Armenia, based on ... Read More

Does open government trigger innovation?

29 October, 2015 By Editor

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit is currently taking place in Mexico. The OGP was launched in 2011 to provide an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making ... Read More

Social media use in governments