AER Training Academy

To be able to fully participate in a regional and European democracy policy makers and officers need to be well informed of the workings of the European Union. Therefore the AER Standing Committee on Institutional Affairs initiated the AER Training Academy. This Academy provides tailor-made basic training in European affairs to officers and politicians from AER member regions. The training consists of a 2-day module held usually in Brussels (BE). The module covers 3 core topics (i) European Institutions and Decision-making (ii) Effective Lobbying, and (iii) EU Funding Opportunities.

The aim of the Training Academy is: - to provide free-of-charge training to officers and politicians from AER member regions in the workings of the European Union

- to ensure that AER member regions are well-equipped to optimise the benefits offered to them by the European Union

- to ensure that AER member regions have the capacity and skills to fully engage in the AER's lobbying work - to introduce participants to AER tools, such as policy and funding trackers and partnership pools.