This tag is for all posts relating to Youth Employment.

MYFER Award ceremony

1 June, 2017 By Editor

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, ... Read More

MYFER Award jury meeting

16 May, 2017 By Editor

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 ... Read More

YRN at the European Platform on Learning Mobility

12 May, 2017 By Editor

The Youth Regional Network (YRN) participated in the Steering Group meeting of the European Platform on Learning Mobility (EPLM) that took place on 17-18 May in Bordeaux (FR). YRN was ... Read More

Join the EU pilot-initiative “Interreg Volunteer Youth”

7 April, 2017 By Mathieu Mori

The Interreg Volunteer Youth (IVY) initiative is part of the broader European Solidarity Corps Initiative launched by the European Commission in December 2016. IVY officially started on 1st March 2017 ... Read More

Combatting school dropout: the Handbook is out!

9 March, 2017 By Editor

The Handbook with regional good practices to combat school dropouts compiled by Västernorrland has just been published. It brings together examples from 11 regions to help young people evolve on ... Read More

Q&A: Regions as partners for youth?

13 January, 2017 By Editor

The Assembly of European Regions has a long history supporting youth issues, with a particular focus on lifelong learning and economic development since its creation in 1985. A recent example of ... Read More

Handbook on early school leaving: send your region’s good practices!

6 December, 2016 By Johanna Pacevicius

In order to conclude a 3 year engagment on combatting early school leaving in the regions via mutual learning, the AER working group on early school-leaving is now compiling a ... Read More

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

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

How to make it into the business jungle without a degree?

7 September, 2016 By Elin Berglie

Florence, Max and Jeremy are three young entrepreneurs from Brussels. They came to Sarpsborg to present their experience in Eyecone. Through their very different personal paths, they explained the difference between entrepreneur, ... Read More

Did you miss the Summer Academy?

25 August, 2016 By Editor

Find out what happened in Øsfold (NO) from 16-20 August with the story from our social media. A big thank you to all the participants who actively shared information and pictures ... Read More

Keynote speech #AERSA2016: Youth entrepreneurship and self leadership

17 August, 2016 By Elin Berglie

Looking forward to inspiring and productive discussions on Youth Entrepreneurship in this Summer Academy 2016, after the keynote speech delivered by Staffan Taylor, one of the most talented young speakers ... 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

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