The Commission has adopted a proposal for fishing opportunities for 2020 for the commercially most important fish stocks in the Baltic Sea. Based on the latest available scientific advice, the Commission proposes to increase fishing opportunities for herring in the Gulf of Riga and maintain the same levels for salmon in the Gulf of Finland. For […]
European Solidarity Corps – Quality Label
The European Solidarity Corps – Quality Label Is a compulsory accreditation for organisations interested to participate in the European Solidarity Corps volunteering, traineeships and job activities. It ensures consistently high standards in Solidarity Corps’ activities and help organisations find partners. What it is Depending on the type of solidarity activity an organisation wants to be involved […]
Postdoctoral Researcher on Wine Culture and Cosmopolitanism
The Faculty of Social Sciences is Finland’s is looking for a postdoctoral Researcher on Wine Culture and Cosmopolitanism in the Finnish and Nordic Contexts. The University of Helsinki is the oldest and largest institution of academic education in Finland, an international scientific community of 40,000 students and researchers. In international university rankings, the University of Helsinki […]
H2020: European Innovation Council: Transition to Innovation Activities
This call (FETPROACT-EIC-06-2019), whose objective is to convert promising results from projects financed with FET funds into real technological or social advances, belongs to the Towards the next EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation: European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot sub-programme of the Horizon 2020 Programme. The specific challenge is to turn the promising results […]
Auditors assess EU support for industry 4.0 and digital innovation in Europe
The European Court of Auditors is conducting an audit of EU support and funding for digitising industry and boosting digital innovation in Europe. The auditors will examine whether the European Commission provides effective support to Member States for digitisation of their industries, and helps start-ups and small- and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in their efforts to […]
ECB European Cultural Days 2019: Celebrating 20 years of the euro
Since its launch in 2003 the European Cultural Days of the ECB has featured artists from 15 EU countries. This year’s events mark the euro’s 20th anniversary and will be dedicated to Europe. Four concerts, including an open air riverside concert and a chamber music evening at the ECB, will bring a wide variety of […]
Traineeships at the General Secretariat of the Council
Each year the General Secretariat of the Council offers around 100 places for paid work experience and around 20 places for unpaid compulsory work experience. An internship contract at the General Secretariat of the Council (GSC) offers: first-hand experience of the work of the GSC; knowledge about the EU: understanding of the processes and policies […]
Milk, fruits and vegetables distributed to schoolchildren thanks to EU programme
With the start of a new school year, the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme will resume in participating EU countries for 2019-2020. EU school scheme The EU school scheme aims at promoting healthy eating and balanced diets through the distribution of fruit, vegetables and milk products while also proposing educational programmes on agriculture […]
Four MEDIA-supported films will compete for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
The 76th Venice Film Festival starts today featuring 12 films supported by the MEDIA programme – the EU’s programme for supporting the European film and audiovisual industries. Four of the MEDIA-supported films have additionally been shortlisted to compete for the Golden Lion: ‘The Truth’ by Hirokazu Kore-eda (France, Japan), ‘About Endlessness’ by Roy Andersson (Sweden, Germany, Norway), ‘Martin Eden’ by […]