AER proposes a new deal to the European Parliament: further subsidiarity for a better Europe, focused on the citizens and closer to their needs Statement adopted at the AER General Assembly in Wroclaw, on 28 May 2014. Rapporteurs: Anna Magyar (Csongrad-HU), Jean-Luc Vanraes (Bruxelles-Capitale-BE), Rodrigo Oliveira ( Açores-PT) and Johan Edstav (Uppsala-SE) Wroclaw, … [Read more...]
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Next AER Summer Academy (SA) well on track
Novi Sad and the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (RS) are ready to welcome 120 participants from 17 to 23 August 2014 to discuss and experience "Multicultural, Multiethnic and Multilingual regions – Regional diversity for socio-economic growth". This is the conclusion of the SA's Orginising Committee meeting, held on 27 March in Novi Sad. During the SA week, as in … [Read more...]
AER in Poland: Regions gathering to stimulate European growth
Michèle Sabban, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), will visit Poland at the occasion of the 22nd European Economic Forum, taking place from 4 to 6 September in Krynica-Zdroj. AER is a partner of the Institute for Eastern Studies, an organiser of this Forum gathering each year over 2000 guests from 60 countries, including EU representatives, Prime Ministers, … [Read more...]
One year after the revolution, European regions confirm their support to the regions of Tunisia
Tunis (TN), 14 June 2012 Michèle Sabban, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), has placed training at the heart of her three-day official visit to Tunisia, the third since the beginning of the Jasmine Revolution. During a meeting with Moustapha Ben Jaafar, President of the National Constituent Assembly, she emphasized the importance of training for young … [Read more...]
Equality for all is everybody’s business
Vienna (A), 9 May 2012 9 May is Europe Day. It is on the 9th of May 1950 that Robert Schuman proposed to create a democratic and peaceful Europe, paving the way to European integration. But no integration, no peaceful relations would be possible without ensuring that equal opportunities for all are in place. 62 years later, we can only regret that equality has not … [Read more...]
A brand new AER project ‘Promoting Youth Employment’ (PYE) Step one: Vojvodina
Novi Sad, Vojvodina (SRB), 14 September 2011 Vojvodina is the first region to host the Assembly of European Regions’ (AER) Peer Review on youth employment. During the opening of this one-week session, Ms Maja Sedlarevic, Vice-President of the Assembly of AP Vojvodina, highlighted the importance of an open-minded approach when a region is been reviewed. “For us, this peer … [Read more...]
AER and the Tunisian Ministry for Women organize a seminar for Tunisian women standing for election
Strasbourg (F), 1st September 2011 The Assembly of European Regions (AER) has established close ties with Tunisia since the events that took place in the beginning of the year and strongly supports the challenge the country has set itself in instituting the principle of gender parity for the next election of a constituent Assembly on 23rd October. As gender equality has … [Read more...]
AER Elections 2010: Michèle Sabban re-elected President
Under the lead of its President, AER elects a new Bureau in order to tackle the numerous challenges that regions will be facing until 2012 Istanbul (TR), 11th November 2010. Mrs Michèle Sabban, Vice-President of the Region Ile-de-France (F), was this morning re-elected President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) for a second two-year mandate, during the AER’s … [Read more...]
“Wanted: Wonder women to clean up Golden Boys’ mess”
Valencia, Comunitat Valenciana (E), 22 September 2010 “It is important to avoid the recession being used, as is already the case in some Member States, as an argument for scaling back gender equality measures,” said Monica Carlsson, President of the AER Standing Committee on Equal Opportunities (SCEO), during a seminar on ‘Women and social policies at times of economic … [Read more...]
AER places women entrepreneurs at the heart of its actions
Istanbul, 25 March 2010 Turkey is paving the way for women entrepreneurship. The Assembly of European Regions (AER) has held a conference in Istanbul with the objective of advising regional politicians and officers on their policy on women entrepreneurship. The conference has examined this issue from a practical perspective by presenting relevant studies and examples of … [Read more...]
“Citizens of Europe, a fairer society is yours if you want it: take action now!”
This was the call of Monica Carlsson, President of the AER Observatory on Gender Issues and County Commissioner in Norrbotten (S), during the Observatory’s meeting in Brussels on May 28, 2009. Indeed, citizens across Europe are about to elect their new Parliament and, over the next five years, our lives will be shaped by these representatives. While election day approaches, AER … [Read more...]
International Women’s Day: AER to fight violence against women more than ever
Strasbourg (F), 16 march 2009 Against the backdrop of International Women's Day (March 8), the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and its President, Michèle Sabban, participated in several initiatives in Lyon, Orleans and Paris, thus reasserting AER’s commitment in tackling gender equality issues. Within AER, these issues are championed by the AER Observatory on Gender issues, … [Read more...]
Michèle Sabban elected AER President
Tampere (FIN), 13 November 2008. Michèle Sabban, Vice-President of the Ile-de-France region (F), was today elected President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER), the largest independent network of regional authorities in wider Europe. A former AER vice-president (2006-2008), Ms. Sabban was elected from among three candidates to the two-year post during AER’s annual … [Read more...]
Regions take aim to shatter Europe’s glass ceiling AER declaration calls for equal access to job market
Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana (E), 19 September 2008 Figures are still poor in relation to gender equality in Europe: although women's success rates at school and university are higher than men's, their rate of employment is much lower (57.2%) and the average pay gap between women and men is still around 15% for the same work and equal skills. In addition, women hold the … [Read more...]
Launch of the AER Observatory on Migrant Women
"The AER Observatory on Migrant Women is born" announced Michèle Sabban, Vice-President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) and of the Region Ile-de-France (F), at the Conference on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women, in Timis County (RO). It follows two days of debates with international and local experts, where an in-depth consideration of the special issues … [Read more...]