The restricted call for proposals will focus on the gender gaps over the life-cycle, looking at work-life balance for women and men, including through a better sharing of care. The aim is to support Member States in raising awareness and tackling gender stereotypes with regard to roles in work and in private life, and in […]
LIFE PROGRAMME: Mitigation
Provides financial support for the preparation of a proposal for an Integrated Project in order to implement specific set of strategic climate plans or strategies: – Climate change mitigation IPs: national, regional or industry-/sector-specific greenhouse gas mitigation strategy or low carbon economy roadmap. – Urban climate change mitigation IPs: should aim at the implementation of urban or […]
EU Prize for Literature 2019 winners announced
Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, and Romanian Culture Minister Valer-Daniel Breaz announced the 14 winners of this year’s European Union Prize for Literature. The Prize is awarded annually to new and emerging authors, recognising literary talent from all corners of Europe. It highlights the wealth of contemporary European literature as well as Europe’s rich cultural and linguistic […]
rescEU: EU establishes initial firefighting fleet for next forest fire season
To prepare for the risk of forest fires during the upcoming summer, the Commission is launching today the first fleet of firefighting aircraft under the new rescEU system to tackle natural disasters. So far seven firefighting airplanes and six helicopters will be part of the rescEU fleet during an initial transition period, and the Commission […]
The latest culprit of poor health and early death? Low socioeconomic status
Is healthy ageing possible for both rich and poor? To find out, EU-funded researchers studied the processes driving healthy ageing in a person’s lifespan. Ageing affects us all, both as individuals and as communities. For poorer people, the impact of ageing is even greater. Being more likely to experience worse health throughout their life, their […]
Europe in My Region “Stories” Contest
Launched by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy, the contest is inviting anyone, from 18 years old, to write stories about an EU-funded project or programme in their country. Stories can take any form: photo, video, blog post, audio, posts on social media platform, canvas, Twitter threads, etc. Stories must be […]
EC Midday press briefing of 24/05/2019
Título: EC Midday press briefing of 24/05/2019 Autor: Comisión Europeo Duración: 01:34 Resumen: Conferencia de prensa del mediodía de la CE del 24/05/2019 Fecha de Publicación: 24-05-2019
ECF Mobility Programmes-STEP Travel Grants
STEP Travel Grants support creative and critical individual cultural workers who are travelling across Europe and neighbouring countries, to help foster a society with greater solidarity, equality and a stronger sense of social justice. The aim is to support culturally active and engaged individuals for international return travels within Europe or to/from its neighbouring countries to […]
Pilot VET mobility scheme for the Enlargement countries and Africa
The European Commission has launched a new pilot initiative aiming at enabling vocational education and training (VET) colleges in the EU to set up student and staff exchange programmes with colleges in the Western Balkans, Turkey and Africa. Besides student and staff mobility between colleges, these mobility partnerships will also share good practice in their countries and […]