Offer Description Providing social support from the perspective of one’s health: conditions and temporal dynamics. The Polish-German “PROSPECT” project, funded by the National Science Centre (NCN) in relation to the Beethoven competition, examines the effects of social support. The aim of the project is to a) define, operationalise and identify the conditions under which the provision of […]
European Commission and United States sign health agreement
Following the statement by President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Joe Biden marking the second Global COVID-19 Summit, the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have signed an arrangement to strengthen cooperation on preparedness and response to public health threats. This will enable the Commission and the U.S. to work […]
Youth in Action for Peace volunteering
Join the Youth Action for Peace international mouvement and look for international volunteering projects across the world. If you are between 14-17 years old you can take part in workcamps in Europe. From 18+ you can challenge yourself with projects in more than 60 countries across the world (Europe, Africa, Asia, North, Central and South […]
EU and OHCHR discuss cooperation at Strategic Dialogue on Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the European Union (EU) held their second Strategic Dialogue on Human Rights to discuss areas of respective interest and advance cooperation within the framework of the UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action for Human Rights and the EU Joint Communication on strengthening the […]
MEPs endorse the largest EU’s fisheries agreement, with Mauritania
Parliament gave on Wednesday its green light to a new fisheries agreement with Mauritania, which should strengthen environmental, economic, social and scientific cooperation. With 557 votes to 34 and 31 abstentions, MEPs backed the largest fisheries agreement concluded by the EU with a third country. Valid for six years, it will enable vessels from France, […]
European Commission approves Spanish and Portuguese measure to lower electricity prices
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €8.4 billion Spanish and Portuguese measure aimed at reducing the wholesale electricity prices in the Iberian market (MIBEL) by lowering the input costs of fossil fuel-fired power stations. The measure was approved under Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European […]
EU Mission for Adaptation to Climate Change
The European Commission announced the first 118 regions and local authorities that will participate in the EU Mission for Adaptation to Climate Change, the so-called Mission Adaptation, which will support the European Green Deal and the EU Climate Adaptation Strategy. These regions and local authorities will sign the Mission Charter at the Committee of the Regions’ first Forum […]
Women on boards: deal to boost gender balance in companies
After being blocked in the Council for a decade, EP and EU countries’ negotiators finally agreed on a bill to increase the presence of women on corporate boards. The provisional agreement reached on Tuesday night on the draft legislation aims to ensure gender parity on boards of publicly listed companies in the EU. At least […]
Project officer Position
The European High Performance Computing (HPC) Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) was established by the Council Regulation of 2021/1173 of 13 July 2021 stablishing EuroHPC JU and repealing the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 of 28 September 2018. The mission of the Joint Undertaking is to develop, deploy, extend and maintain in the Union a worldleading federated, […]