The AER Facebooks
AER expands its social media presence

Strasbourg (F), 4 October 2010.

The largest independent network of regions in wider Europe joins the biggest social network in the world! Now you can become a fan of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) by joining the new official Facebook pages: one dedicated to the latest developments of its committees and its President, and the other one focused on its Youth Regional Network (YRN), a common platform of youth regional organisations, councils and parliaments on regional level in Europe.

Facebook today has in Europe around 240 millions users, about the number of people represented by AER with its 270 member regions from 33 countries in Europe.

Now, with AER on facebook, Internet users can follow all the actions behind European regional policy. A click is enough to have access to AER’s latest events, press releases, pictures and videos. Everyone is welcome to like, comment, share or post in the pages, your opinion counts. The pages are available under:

•Assembly of European Regions

•AER Youth Regional Network

Other AER social media tools are:

• AER YouTube Channel
• The blog R.E.F.E.R (Responsible Energy for European Regions), a result of the partnership between  the AER and GE Energy aimed at facilitating thoughts and discussion on energy matters. This blog is held by Blogactiv - a blog platform dedicated to European affairs. This platform was launched in 2008 as a complementary service to EurActiv.com 
• And still the Facebook group “Subsidiarity is a Word”

The Assembly of European Regions (AER – aer.eu) is the largest independent network of regions in wider Europe. Bringing together more than 270 regions from 33 countries and 16 interregional organisations, AER is the political voice of its members and a forum for interregional co-operation.

AER Contacts
Francine Huhardeaux
Press & Communications Officer
+33 3 88 22 74 49

Valentina Guerra 
Press & Communication Assistants
+33 3 88 22 74 33

Antonio Buscardini
Press & Communication Assistants
+33 3 88 22 74 44