Deadline: 30 December 2013
Open to: all Assembly of European Regions (AER) member regions as well as other European regions that would be eligible to join the AER
Award: AER Cup and flag bearing the mention “Most youth-friendly European Region”
Description
The Assembly of European Regions (AER) takes the development of the innovation of young people and youth policies to heart in order to improve the integration of young people in society and to increase the number of young people in the public life of the Regions and to ensure that these people have adequate opportunities for education, training and leisure.
The competition for the most youth-friendly Region in Europe seeks to highlight the importance of youth policies, including at regional level, to improve the living conditions of young people and to encourage the creation of, or simply encourage, general social understanding for the work of young people.
The 2014 edition of the Most Youth Friendly Region award (MYFER) will seek to underpin the topic of youth participation in democratic life with examples of best practice from the European regions. This year’s theme has been chosen in relation to the political report on “The involvement of young people in democratic life at regional level” which is being drafted by the Assembly of European Regions.
It addresses one of the AER priorities 2013-14 and is in line with the efforts on the European scale to include young people in democratic life. Especially in the context of the elections to the European Parliament in 2014 youth participation in democratic life becomes important. By rewarding a region and highlighting its best practices, AER hopes that other regions might be inspired and take up the challenge of supporting youth participation.
Further details are available on the guidelines page HERE.
Eligibility
The award is open to all AER member regions as well as other European regions that would be eligible to join the AER. Organizations and other bodies authorized by the regional administration can represent the region in the Award.
Award
Each participating region will receive a certificate.
The winner will be awarded an AER Cup as well as a flag bearing the mention «Most youth-friendly European Region» combined with the indication of the current year.
Application
The application form can be downloaded HERE and must be accompanied by the requested annexes. These annexes should obligatorily include promotional materials (two photos of the project and logos of the organization). The application form with requested documents should be sent before 30 December 2013 to:
Anastasia KIRILOVA
AER Committee 3 Policy Officer
6 rue Oberlin, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Tel./Fax: +33 (0)3 88 22 74 45
a.kirilova(at)aer.eu
For more information please visit the official website.