Social Affairs & European Regions
Regions today are faced with a number of challenges that have a significant impact on their societies: demographic changes; the impact of the European internal market rules on health and social systems; the economic and social impact of globalisation; increasingly diverse societies and citizens' diverse needs. Regions need to understand these new realities and to develop policies that respond to their citizens' changing needs.
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Each Year since 1983, the EU has been implementing an awareness campaign in order to draw the attention of Citizens & Governments at every level on a specific topic. Objectives of the EY are defined by European Institutions in cooperation with civil society, governments, etc.
2010 will be the European dedicated to combating poverty and social exclusion.
The European Year 2010 aims to:
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Regions interested in organising events for their citizens can benefit from EU co-funding. The AER Secretariat has prepared a note on this, please log in to access this information.
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In Spring 2007, the European Commission published a consultation on Europe's Social Reality. This consultation was ment to provide a counterbalance to the EU Lisbon-Strategy and provided an opportunity to highlight the challenges that Europe and it's regions are facing today.
AER Committee 2 response to the consultation
The Secretariat-General of the Commission intends to publish all contributions received from institutional and individual contributors. For further information click here.
In March 2007, AER Committee 2 organised an international Seminar on questions related to the intgration of ethnic minorities.
Pécs declaration on the integration of ethnic minorities
Annex to the Pécs declaration on the integration of ethnic minorities
All contributions to the conference, together with some complementary information, can be found on the event's page.
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Europe is grounded in diversity and the regions are an excellent illustration of this. However, the AER member regions acknowledged the existence of a European Social Model, which is grounded in fundamental principles common to all.To read more about this, please click below to download the AER Declaration and the AER Glossary on the European Social Model.
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