This is the tag for all posts relating to Inclusion.

The regional perspective on “Women in emergency situations”

22 April, 2016 By Editor

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 ... 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

Early school leaving: working group meets at AER plenary

13 April, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

The first presentation on the working group meetings in Timis was about the efforts and achievements to combat drop-out in Catalonia by the representatives of the Employment Service of Catalonia ... Read More

Women Entrepreneurship Academy

5 April, 2016 By Editor

Discover the good Equal Opportunities idea of the week! At the initiative of AER Vice President for Equal Opportunities, Anna Tomanova Makanova, members of the AER executive board met representatives ... Read More

Self esteem key to combat school dropouts

25 March, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

Early school leaving (ESL), is a growing severe problem in Europe which has long-term effects on economic growth, societal developments and individuals. The future of Europe depends on young people’s ... 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

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

1st Call of Urban Innovative Actions is open!

17 February, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

AER would like to raise the awareness of member regions and partners on the launch of the 1st call for proposals of the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative, which is open ... 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 continues its focus on migration: open Call on Integration

11 February, 2016 By Agnese Pantaloni

AER welcomes EU Neighbourhood Policy but criticises Commission's aviation policies

The European Commission’s DG Home Affairs launched a Call for Proposals on the Actions in the area of Integration within the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (2014-2020). The Fund aims ... Read More

Polish Local Governments attitude towards the refugee crisis

1 February, 2016 By Editor

Adriana Skorupska, expert from AER’s Observatory on Regionalisation, published an analysis on the attitude of Polish Local Governments towards the refugee crisis in the Bulletin of the Polish Institute of ... Read More

Meet Ana Tomanova Makanova, AER Vice-President for Equal Opportunities and Inclusion

25 January, 2016 By Editor

After four year smartly spent at raising awareness on the topics of equal opportunities, Monica Carlsson (Norrbotten-SE) passed on the baton to Ana Tomanova Makanova (Vojvodina-SR) who was unanimously elected by the ... Read More

Dutch EU Presidency focuses on four of AER’s main policies

25 January, 2016 By Editor

An agenda in line with AER’s The Netherlands Presidency of the European Union (from January to June 2016) aims to promote prosperity, freedom and security in the EU during the ... Read More

Migration challenge, first follow up of the AER Bureau discussion

19 January, 2016 By Mathieu Mori

Following the bureau discussion on migration, Secretary General Mathieu Mori met with European Commission’s DG Home Affairs, in charge of migration and integration of migrants and refugees. An action plan for ... Read More