EU Funding: European Awards for Lifelong Learning recognise outstanding mobility projects
Vendredi 13 juin 2008
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Archive pour la catégorie ‘Youth’
EU funding: Parental responsability and children protection: new common rules?
Vendredi 6 juin 2008
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Commission strongly supports setting up of “EU Coalition of Stakeholders against commercial sexual exploitation of children on the Internet”
Mardi 6 mai 2008Vice-President Barrot, Commissioner responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security, has expressed his strong support for the advanced plans to set up an EU Coalition of Stakeholders against commercial sexual exploitation of children on the Internet, presented by Missing Children Europe and other stakeholders at a press conference today
In 2007, there was a 16.4% increase in child abuse images reports processed by the Internet Watch Foundation hotline compared to the same period in 2006.
The coalition will bring together all stakeholder groups engaged in the fight against the commercial distribution of images of child sexual abuse on the Internet, in particular law enforcement authorities, non-governmental organisations, banks, credit card and on-line payment companies, internet service providers and other internet based private operators.
In this area, the Commission is contributing to setting up a mechanism to stop payments made with a credit card or an electronic payment when purchasing images of sexual abuses of children on the Internet. Several preparatory meetings with the main stakeholders have taken place and a draft document moots the possibility of a platform for all the partners (banks, credit card and on-line payment companies, Internet access providers and national authorities).
Conclusions from the European Youth Event, Slovenia
Lundi 5 mai 2008
Between 18 and 21 April 2008, around 150 young people from European Union and EFTA Member States, EU candidate countries and the Western Balkan Countries participated at the Youth event “Promoting the Participation of Young People with Fewer Opportunities in Society” which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia
A list of specific conclusions was drawn up in the conference’s five workshops, which dealt with: mobility, employment, non-formal education and competence building, integration in society and political participation of young people with fewer opportunities and, finally, the role of young people in intercultural dialogue. The participants formulated a declaration that was presented to the EU’s Youth Ministers and the Directors-General at the end of the conference. The discussion over the declaration will be wrapped up during the forthcoming meeting of Youth Ministers in May 2008.
Hungary scoops first Charlemagne Youth Prize
Mercredi 30 avril 2008
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Discover Welcomeurope ’s database to find EU partners
Lundi 17 mars 2008
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Lifelong learning as a key factor in a knowledge-based society
Mercredi 12 mars 2008Lifelong learning is an increasingly topical issue. It is one of the European Union’s priority guidelines and, as a foundation for establishing a knowledge-based society, also an integral part of the Lisbon strategy and the Bologna process. The conference entitled “Universities and Lifelong Learning” organised by the Slovenian Presidency featured presentations by some leading experts on lifelong learning. The conference was also attended by representatives of the EU Member States, the Western Balkans countries, higher education institutions, ministries, various international associations and networks, and student organisations.
The two-day conference was opened on 10 March 2008 with a welcome address from Mojca Kucler Dolinar, the Slovenian Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology.The core message of the conference was that these knowledge and skills should be given the kind of public recognition which would further stimulate individuals to continue their education.
Participants at the conference also pointed out that demographic changes and the increased retirement age had changed the outmoded thinking that a person’s learning career was over once they had completed their formal higher education. They agreed that higher education institutions should offer education and training programmes not only to the conventional student population but also to all the population groups and to the economic sector. These programmes should be officially recognised in the same way that formal education currently is.
The emphases and conclusions of the conference will be used in future as material for the EU Commission in drawing up documents and will also serve as a basis for debates during the French Presidency. They will also be discussed within the Bologna Process monitoring group.