Blended Erasmus + for Higher Education professionals – a leap into the future
European Economic and Social Committee, Brussel, Belgium, 24th October 2018
After two years of implemented some sorts of blended mobility, it was organised by European Economic and Social Committee a conference in order to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the programs behind BEST + (Blended Erasmus Staff Training) as the Alcala Staff Training, the BEST+Lodz – International student experience, and the BEST+ Joensuu – International attractiveness of universities.
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Session about plurilinguanism and promotion of minority/regional languages
European Committee of the Regions (Brussels), 25th September 2018
On the 25th September a working session about plurilingualism, intercultural understanding and promotion of minority and regional languages took place in the European Committee of the Regions in order to celebrate the European Day of Languages (26 September).
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Progressive Society Conference
Change the European Economic Model, for the many
European Parliament (Brussels), 5th September 2018
Nowadays inequalities affect all of us: social, economic, regional and environmental inequalities involve almost every facet of the everyday life of EU citizens. Many are the challenges in the fields of social inclusion, innovation, education social housing and renewable energy infrastructure. In order to ensure a more equal, sustainable and progressive society, Europe needs to change its economic model.
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H2020 Energy Info Day: Smart citizen-centred energy system and Smart Cities and Communities
Charlemagne building (Brussels), 5th October 2018.
The Horizon 2020 Energy info day took place on the 5th October in Brussels, in the Charlemagne building. It presented the upcoming funding opportunities offered by the EU's H2020 Programme to projects focusing on smart energy systems and smart cities and communities concepts.
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Civil society and municipalities: building sustainability through collaboration
Committee of the Regions (Brussels), 20th September 2018
The conference was organized by ECOLISE and the EESC (European Economic and Social Committee), together with Transition Network and the European Committee of the Regions. Its aim was to discover and to share new ways to support and achieve common objectives through a bottom-up approach, in order to create an equitable, sustainable and low-carbon society.
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A Europe closer to citizens?
The urban and territorial dimension of Cohesion Policy post-2020
European Parliament (Brussels), 4th September 2018
Cohesion policy is the European Union's strategy to promote and support the ‘overall harmonious development’ of its Member States and regions. It is enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Art. 174) and it aims to strengthen economic and social cohesion by reducing disparities in the level of development between regions.
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Energy efficiency and energy management: Tailored approach and roadmap for SMEs and other stakeholders
CEN-CENELEC Center (Brussels), 27th September 2018
The conference was celebrated the last 27 of September in CEN-CENELEC Centre, to provide the vision about what is coming in energy efficiency for 2030 in EU territories.The plenary started with a policymaker needs presentation giving the different point of view by the various sectors related.
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Cluster meeting for European Policy experimentation projects 2016
Support for policy reform, initiatives for policy innovation
European Commission (Brussels), 18th September 2018
Under the Project of EACEA 34/2015 ten European policy experimentation projects were selected in the field of education, training and youth. On the 18 September 2018 participants met for the third time to share information about how their projects, which sometimes are shared with partners from others countries, are going, to expose their difficulties and to try to find common solutions.
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Whither European asylum policy?
Brussels, may 30th 2018
It is unquestionable that the recent waves of population who have fled their home in Syria and other Middle Eastern countries have caused one of the most severe humanitarian crisis in modern history. The geographical proximity, the relatively easy accessibility by land and the welfare-based State governance of Europe have turned into the main destination point for the more than two million refugees who arrived since 2015.
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