Posts Tagged ‘European Commission’

Eve is an innovative, promotional tool available for project beneficiaries of the “Lifelong learning”, “Culture”, “Youth in Action” and “Citizenship” programmes, to have visibility on the European Union website. It showcases plenty of useful information about thousand of projects and their results supported by programmes managed by the European Commission in the fields of Education, Training, Culture, Youth and Citizenship. Eve is a rich source of information. You can access a wide range of learning materials, handbooks, websites, policy papers, photos, personal testimonials from project participants and much more.

Always up to date on the latest EU affairs? Try a Commissioner’s blog for a personal, insider’s view on EU affairs. Several EU Commissioners have their own blog. Here you can find a list of EU blogs.

Or visit bloggingportal.eu, a portal for EU political blogs, that bring together the content of (currently 558) blogs related to EU affairs.

The European Commission invites print, online and video journalists from all 27 EU Member States, Iceland and Norway to participate in the European Year Journalist Award 2010. Their articles or news reports must cover the issues of poverty and social exclusion in the European Union and must be published or aired between 1 October, 2009 and 31 August, 2010. The European Year (EY) Journalist Award 2010 has been created in order to support and recognize journalists who contribute to an increased awareness and a broader understanding of poverty and social exclusion through their work. Interested? Simply complete the online submission form and upload your entry before the deadline of 31 August 2010. Find out more.

The European Commission has recently published a Eurobarometer survey which shows that many Europeans do not understand what is meant by biodiversity and do not feel well informed about biodiversity loss. The Commission has at the same time launched a Biodiversity campaign to raise awareness about the loss of biodiversity in the EU through a website, a video clip, PR actions, street art and media, including social media. The campaign is built around the slogan: ‘Biodiversity – we are all in this together. Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik said: “Biodiversity is the natural engine for our future, and we must learn to treat it with care. I hope this campaign will help do that, and raise awareness about the need to be kinder to the natural world we depend on.” Find out more on the campaign website or join the Biodiversity Facebook community.

How to increase your chances of having your project selected? What are the European funding possibilities in the field of culture? What is the latest news on the Culture Programma? Visit the Culture Infoday which will take place on 17 May 2010 in the Charlemagne Building in Brussels to find the answers to all your questions related to the Culture Programme of the European Commission. There will also be a ‘live’ streaming of all sessions and direct chat with the Culture programme teams. This information day is brought to you by the European Commission and the Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency EACEA) to give useful information on the priorities and what’s new to the programme, as well as practical advice on the preparation and submission of proposals, and on the management of grants. Please register online by 7 May 2010 at the latest. For further information about the programme, please visit the EACEA website.

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The European Commission has selected the official logo and slogan for the European Year of Volunteering 2011. The slogan will be: ‘Volunteer! Make a difference.’

Europatweets brings together the Tweets of all members of the European Parliament who use Twitter. During the last European elections, in June 2009, Europatweets was released as a twitter-based platform to deliver more information to the people and bring Europe closer to its citizen.

The winners of the Sustainable Energy Europe Awards were announced today at the Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels. The five winners were chosen from among 272 projects, one for each of the five award categories. Do you want to know more about the five award winners? Please check out the European Commission press release.

The EU Sustainable Energy Week is the reference event for sustainable issues in Europe. It forms part of the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign which is an initiative of the European Commission. More than 3500 participants are expected to gather at the events that will take place across Europe. For a full list of events and news about the week, please visit the EU Sustainable Energy Week website.

There are tentative signs that youth unemployment in the EU may be starting to level off according to the latest Monthly Labour Market Monitor from the European Commission. Youth unemployment has been rising more moderately since November, compared to the previous steeper increases observed since mid-2008. Nevertheless, the rises in the youth unemployment rate have weakened recently, they are still higher than the recent more limited increases in the rate for adult, which stabilised in January. Further details.