This is the tag for all policy news relating to education.

Education, Training and Youth Forum 2016

25 October, 2016 By Editor

Connecting Education, the Labour Market and Society: Delivering the New Skills Agenda for Europe Brussels, 20-21 October 2016 The European Education, Training and Youth Forum is an annual event which ... Read More

AER declaration: status quo is not an option

25 October, 2016 By Editor

Political declaration Status quo is not an option for the European regions Adopted by the AER Bureau on 24 October 2016 in Vienna (AT) The Assembly of European Regions ... Read More

Youth empowerment & employment

14 October, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

What is the role of the AER network for youth empowerment and employment? The Assembly of European Regions has a history of working on participation and inclusion and more specifically ... Read More

AER youth representatives challenge European politicians about their future

13 October, 2016 By Editor

On 12 October 2016, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) organised a workshop at the Committee of the Regions (CoR), entitled “EU Regions Partners for Youth”, with Harghita County Council ... Read More

When the medical world faces the migration and refugee crisis

11 October, 2016 By Editor

On 29 September, AER President Dr Hande Özsan Bozatli, her special advisor Laurent of Belgium and the AER Secretary General Mr Mathieu Mori visited Saint-Pierre University Hospital with the aim of kick-starting AER’s ... Read More

DG Growth event on attracting investment and upgrading skills

23 September, 2016 By Editor

On 14 October 2016, the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs is organising a high level event on “Attracting investment and upgrading skills in textiles, clothing, leather and ... Read More

Update on projects and grants

20 September, 2016 By Editor

The Executive Board in Batumi (Ajara-GE) on 15 September reviewed the state of play of AER’s involvement in projects and grants. This new service to members has been operational for ... Read More

Wind of change for the Eurodyssey programme

20 September, 2016 By Editor

In its meeting on 15 September in Batumi (Ajara-GE), the Executive Board took stock of AER’s 30-year youth mobility programme and agreed on a series of measures and changes necessary ... Read More

Entrepreneurship as a tool for regional growth

7 September, 2016 By Elin Berglie

Entrepreneurship is a vital component of economic growth and development. The creation of new business entities not only generates added value, fiscal revenues, employment and innovation, but is an essential ... Read More

Awarding youth-friendly practices in European Regions

17 August, 2016 By Elin Berglie

Ms. Sonja Steen, President of the AER Committee on Youth, Education and Culture, announced during the opening ceremony of AER’s Summer Academy in Sarpsborg the 2017 edition of the MYFER award, recognising the ... Read More

Partner search: Erasmus + KA2 project on co-working

16 August, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

AER would like to disseminate and share with its member regions and partners a project opportunity developed by its partner network ALDA – The European Association of Local Democracy. The ... Read More

Final conference school dropout: Just another brick in the wall?

24 June, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Young people are the future Yet judging by the figures the perspectives are rather gloomy: according to Eurostats, one sixth of all young people were neither in employment nor in ... Read More

Urgent partner search for a project on the role of older women in societies

15 June, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

The AER member Donegal County Council is urgently seeking partners to participate in a funding bid to the recent DEAR funding call Lot 4 “Global Learning Education and Campaigning and ... Read More

AER at e-health week

15 June, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Coalition of the willing AER participated in a session organised by ECHAlliance on a new “Coalition of the Willing”. This digital health journey across Europe aims at speeding up the ... Read More