With a network of national coordinators connected to over 1.000 local information providers and partners in 36 European countries, Eurodesk is the main source of information on European policies and opportunities for young people and those who work with them. The Eurodesk network updates and manages content on the European Youth Portal. Eurodesk Brussels Link coordinates […]
Erasmus+KA3-Youth Dialogue Projects Call
This is an EU grant for the organisation of Youth dialogue projects: meetings, conferences, consultations and events promoting the active participation of young people in democratic life and their interaction with decision-makers. Through these events, young people are able to make their voice heard, providing proposals and recommendations, on how youth policies should be shaped and implemented […]
EU and World Health Organisation team up to boost access to health services in developing countries
The EU will sign a €102 million contribution agreement with the World Health Organisation (WHO) at the European Development Days in Brussels today. The EU will invest in building health care systems to provide quality services in more than 80 African, Caribbean, Pacific, and Asian countries. The “Health Systems Strengthening for Universal Health Coverage Partnership […]
GoCamp volunteering programme
GoCamp is a volunteer programme in Eastern Europe, where volunteers from around the world motivate kids to learn foreign languages and introduce the world to children from all over Ukraine. GoCamp is looking for English/German/French-speaking volunteers who would come to Ukraine and interact with the children in English, German or French, get a great time, new friends […]
EU-funded ROCK project: Using culture to breathe new life into historic city centres
Researchers are using cultural heritage to drive cities’ regeneration, sustainable development and economic growth. Urban decay, social conflict and low living standards are not uncommon in many of Europe’s historic city centres. Is it possible to breathe new life into these areas while doing it in a sustainable way? Researchers working on the EU-funded ROCK […]
Horizon 2020: Secure, clean and efficient energy Programme. The role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions
This call for proposals focus on the role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions, subprogramme “Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future (LC)” A precondition for active demand is for consumers to be aware of their own potential to permanently or temporarily reduce energy consumption; and moreover, for them to […]
Safe drinking water and sanitation: Council approves EU guidelines
On 17 June 2019 the Council adopted conclusions approving EU human rights guidelines on safe drinking water and sanitation. 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and 4.5 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services in the world. Climate change will increasingly affect water availability and access. Across the globe, tensions […]
H2020: Secure societies: Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects of border and external security
The project’s priority is to address the human factors and social and organisational aspects of EU border and external security within the Secure Societies-Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens sub-programme within the Horizon 2020 Programme. Objective Border and external security may depend on a variety of human factors, and social and societal […]
2019 Innovation Scoreboards: The innovation performance of the EU and its regions is increasing
The European Commission’s 2019 European Innovation Scoreboard and Regional Innovation Scoreboard recently published show that the EU’s innovation performance has been improving for four years in a row For the first time ever, Europe’s innovation outperforms that of the United States. However, the EU continues to lose some ground to Japan and South Korea, and China is […]