Tuesday, September 26, 2017 - 14:26 The 2017 theme of the International Day of Older Persons is crucial to build an inclusive, fair, and sustainable future for us all. The Silver Economy Awards are meant to support this call, by tapping of talents, contributions and participation of older persons in society. As outlined by the United Nations, “preparing for an … [Read more...]
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#ShineBright Antalya
On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER Award, the region of Antalya, in Turkey presented its project of School League. The initiative aims at creating social inclusion among young people through sport. It targets school-aged youngster, especially children with fewer opportunities within municipalities of Antalya: Muratpasa, Konyalti and Dosemealti. Sport competitions create … [Read more...]
MYFER Award ceremony
The Most Youth Friendly European Region Award ceremony took place yesterday in Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria on the occasion of the 2017 AER General Assembly. This ceremony, chaired by Sonja Steen, outgoing President of the AER Committee for Culture, Youth and Education, highlighted the efforts region make to become more youth-friendly territories. Youth participation and … [Read more...]
Gender Budgeting: the example of Vojvodina
In AER, the topic of Equal Opportunities is mainstreamed across the thematic work in the Committees.This is an opportunity to engage in mutual learning, share challenges and celebrate good practice. One of the topics, which was addressed on the occasion of the AER events on Equal Opportunities was gender budgeting, a practice which has been successfully implemented in … [Read more...]
MYFER Award jury meeting
Today, Tuesday 16 May early in the morning the jury of the Most Youth Friendly European Region Award met in Brussels, Belgium. Together, they evaluated the 10 shortlisted applications. After passionate debates, the jury selected MYFER 2017's grand winner. The winner will be publicly announced on 31 of May at the AER General Assembly in Austria. A special prize will also be … [Read more...]
URGENT partner search: project for groups at risk of discrimination
Abi Foundation - a Romanian non-profit organisation active in initiating and supporting projects in the field of education, culture and sports - is working on the launch of a Diversity Chart in Romania and is looking for European partners to join their project that will be submitted within the call for proposal 'Action grants to support national or transnational projects on … [Read more...]
#BeBoldForChange for the 2017 International Women’s Day
March 8, 2017 marks the 106th year that International Women’s Day (IWD) is recognised. IWD is a worldwide event that celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and calls for gender equality. Since full gender equality has yet to be achieved, IWD calls for women across the world to come together to force the world to recognise these … [Read more...]
Women entrepreneurship and citizenship in Guadeloupe
As women entrepreneurship is an important issue in which the Assembly of European Regions is involved, we featured the Youth Women Win project in one of our success stories from a member region – Guadeloupe (FR). The project, which is spearheaded by Arrimage Good’iles in collaboration with C for C NGO and Groupe One, is funded by the Erasmus+ programme and aims to give … [Read more...]
Come discover a Turkish Women Lobby Association
Under the framework of the topic of Equal opportunities and Inclusion, lies the topic of Gender Equality, which has been a key priority of AER for many years. In this vein, we are sharing information on the About All Women Lobby Association (AWLA or TÜKAL in Turkish), a leading Turkish Women Lobby Group. Founded in May 2006, AWLA is a NGO which provides support to Turkish … [Read more...]
AER at European Day of Persons with Disabilities 2016
Ángel Bonafé Osca, Director of the Valencian Institute for Social Action and María Sorzano Castellón, European Project Manager represented AER on 29 and 30 November at the European Day of Persons with Disabilities 2016 organised by the European Disability Forum and the European Commission in Brussels. UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities: 10 years! The … [Read more...]
COP22 – AER at the forefront of regional climate change fight in Marrakech
After the COP 21 in Paris last year that led to a historic agreement in the reduction of 40% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2013, the COP 22 in Marrakech is the COP of implementation measures. With the danger of a State like the United States withdrawing its engagement, the mood is bleak in the COP corridors. Another illustration of the importance of local and regional … [Read more...]
Strengthen young women’s support toward entrepreneurship
The Assembly of European Regions is always very proud to share information about the success stories in its member regions. Today, we would like to highlight a project from Guadeloupe (FR) called Youth Women Win. Why ? Worldwide, including Europe, young women are the first affected by unemployment, with an average rate of 52%. Youth Women Win aims to give to the vulnerable … [Read more...]
Urgent partner search for a project on the role of older women in societies
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 Advocacy Projects led by a local authority”. Donegal County Council is a local authority in the north west of Ireland and has responsibility for the delivery of a range of public services to a … [Read more...]
What topic for the next AER Equal Opportunities conference?
The AER Equal Opportunities Group is preparing its next move. What are the most relevant issues to address this year? What are the hot topics on the agenda of your region? We want your input! In recognition of this topic's importance within AER’s work, the Equal Opportunities Group (EOG) has worked on a number of activities for this year's agenda with the aim of ensuring that … [Read more...]
The regional perspective on “Women in emergency situations”
On 14 April 2016 AER organised the Equal Opportunities Forum on “Women in Emergency situations” in Timis County (RO) in the framework of the Committees’ spring plenary meetings. The Forum gathered around 50 participants from AER member regions, to speak about European experiences, solutions and the regional perspective on this hot topic. As the European Parliament has urged … [Read more...]