The EU makes it easier and faster for decisions on divorce, legal separation and marriage annulment, as well as on parental responsibility issues and international child abduction to be applied across borders. The Council recently adopted a revision of the so-called Brussels IIa regulation which sets out rules on the jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of […]
First 17 “European Universities” selected: a major step towards building a European Education Area
The European Commission has today announced the higher education institutions from all over Europe that will be part of the first “European Universities” alliances. They will enhance the quality and attractiveness of European higher education and boost cooperation between institutions, their students and staff. Out of 54 applications received, 17 European Universities involving 114 higher education institutions from […]
European Development Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP): New drugs and vaccines for priority pathogens in antimicrobial resistance 2019
This call focuses on the development or improvement of medicines and vaccines for priority antimicrobial resistance pathogens (RIA2019AMR) needed in the fight against diseases and epidemics and it is part of the European Development Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). Background Antimicrobials are designed to kill or stop the growth of disease-causing pathogens, but many of […]
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Pilot project: Supporting Europe’s cultural and creative sectors: Finance, Learning, Innovation and Patenting for Cultural and Creative Industries
This project to support financing, learning, innovation and patents in the cultural and creative industries (EAC/S11/2018) is part of the Pilot Project’s support to Europe’s cultural and creative sectors. The 2019 Annual Work Programme for the implementation of the Pilot Project ‘Finance, Learning, Innovation and Patenting for Cultural and Creative Industries (FLIP for CCIs)’ foresees […]
European Commission statement on the judgment of the European Court of Justice on Poland’s Supreme Court law
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the Polish ‘Law on the Supreme Court’, lowering the retirement age of judges of the Supreme Court, is contrary to EU law and breaches the principle of the irremovability of judges and thus that of judicial independence. In response to the judgment of the Court, the European […]
WWF Young Adult Volunteer Programme
The World Wide Fund (WWF) Young Adult volunteer programme aims to provide motivated and committed young people with an opportunity to engage in the conservation of the environment, regardless of their backgrounds, and work on WWF conservation projects internationally through a facilitated 3-6 month assignment, including hands-on engagement in WWF field projects and exposure to local conservation practitioners, scientists […]
H2020: Secure Societies: Demonstration of applied solutions to enhance border and external security
The project’s priority is to demonstrate applied solutions to improve EU border and external security within the Secure Societies-Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens sub-programme of the Horizon 2020 Programme. Secure Societies aims to promote the security of European societies in a context of unprecedented transformations and growing global interdependencies and threats, […]
EU set to sign trade and investment agreements with Vietnam on Sunday
The Council of Ministers today approved the EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements, paving the way for their signature and conclusion. EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström and Romanian Minister for Business, Trade and Entrepreneurship Ștefan-Radu Oprea will sign the agreement on the EU’s behalf in Hanoi on Sunday 30 June. The agreements are set to bring unprecedented […]