This tag is for all posts relating to Youth.

Follow up on youth mental health: join our working meeting at 2017 AER General Assembly

24 May, 2017 By Agnese Pantaloni

Following the discussion on youth mental health on occasion of the AER Spring Plenaries, AER Secretariat is fully supporting the development of actions on this topic having AER members chosen to create a specific working group aimed at both sharing experiences and defining a joint European project proposal. To this extent, AER Committee 2 on Social ... Read More

AER elects a new Executive Board!

1 June, 2017 By Editor

Monday (31 May), during AER’s General Assembly, a new Executive Board was elected. It has a mandate of 2 years, as stated in the AER statute. Below you can find the list of the new elected members: President Magnus Berntsson (Västra Götaland – SE) Treasurer Christian Debève (Grand Est – FR) Vice-Presidents Nina Björby (Västerbotten – SE) Albert Castellanos ... Read More

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, 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 inclusion ... Read More

#ShineBright Timis

5 June, 2017 By Editor

At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Timis (RO) was recognised in the #ShineBright session in recognition of its leading role in Committee 3 on the topic of youth mobility. Two years ago, Timis applied for the presidency of the Eurodyssey youth mobility programme and has been involved in reforming the programme to ensure its ... Read More

European College of Cluny Summer Workshop – A few places left for Youth delegates!

7 June, 2017 By Editor

The European College of local self-government and territorial innovation is organizing from 5 to 11 July 2017 a Summer Workshop on “What’s going on with democracy in your corner of the world?”. The organisers are looking for a few more youth people to be involved. The European College of Cluny The European College of Cluny is ... Read More

#ShineBright Nordland

12 June, 2017 By Editor

At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Nordland (NO) was recognised in the #ShineBright. The region of Nordland received a special recognition for the work it has carried out on the Most Youth Friendly Region Award. The award is a way of raising awareness on youth participation and inclusion while shining a light ... Read More

Democratic innovation: are regions up for the challenge?

12 June, 2017 By Editor

OPINION PIECE by Valentin Dupouey Regions are, along with cities, the first ring of the democratic chain that links local to global, cities to continents, grassroots initiatives to global challenges, citizens to institutions. This democratic chain is under heavy pressure but we cannot afford to see it break. The health of democracy is ... Read More

European Young Leaders is looking for Candidates!

15 June, 2017 By Editor

Friends of Europe invited AER members to participate in the nomination process for their 2018 European Young Leaders (EYL40 programme). What you have to do? Send your suggestions for someone you admire, from the age of 30 to 40, who would be a high-potential candidate for EYL40! Friends of Europe Friends of Europe is a ... Read More

#ShineBright Antalya

16 June, 2017 By Editor

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 equal opportunities ... Read More

#ShineBright Harghita

19 June, 2017 By Editor

At the AER Spring Committee meetings in London, the region of Harghita (RO) was recognised in the #ShineBright session in recognition of its leading role in Committee 3 on the youth. Harghita organised a workshop together with AER on the occasion of the European Week of Cities and Regions entitled “EU Regions Partners for Youth” which looked at ... Read More

Project on Youth Career Centre for EEA and Norway Grants

7 July, 2017 By Editor

Searching for projects targeting youth employment? If so, you are at the right place for finding your Consortium. The Inter-municipal Development Centre of the Municipalities Grosuplje, Ivančna Gorica and Trebnje (Slovenia) are currently looking for partners to develop an innovative project which will be submitted within the framework of the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth ... Read More

AER: a frontrunner for territorial innovation

7 July, 2017 By Johanna Pacevicius

This week an AER delegation composed of members of the Summer Academy and the Youth Regional Network is participating in the Summer Seminar of the College of Cluny to identify cooperation opportunities. AER: a history of territorial innovation The cooperation of AER with the European College of Cluny is a continuation of AER’s longstanding support ... Read More

#ShineBright Catalonia

10 July, 2017 By Editor

On the occasion of the 2017 AER MYFER Award, the region of Catalonia in Spain received the special prize for its project on New opportunities and unique programs. Confronted with the daunting task to curb a 48.9% unemployment rate for young people under 25 in 2013, this region developed its own Youth Guarantee model based ... Read More

Host the next AER event! Visibility, good practice exchange & experience

11 July, 2017 By Editor

Dear members, the Assembly of European Regions is looking for hosts for its future events! Since AER’s creation, we have brought our member regions together all across Europe. In 2018, we would love to arrive at your doorsteps! 2016-2017 was very fruitful in terms of good practice exchange and experiences from the whole of Europe. ... Read More

Join the V-CEG project on Active Youth for EEA and Norway Grants!

14 July, 2017 By Editor

AER received another project ready to be submitted for the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment. The Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean aims at combatting youth employment and addressing the needs of NEETs in their project proposal, called ‘Virtual Campus for Employability & Growth (V-CEG) in the non-financial business economy’. Who can join the Consortium? ... Read More