February 2013 Eurodesk Brussels Link Bulle tin Deadlines up to 15 May 2013 Documentation European Opportunities Highlights Upcoming Events
Deadlines Deadlines up to 15 May 2013 Deadline Reminder: http://www.eurodesk.eu/edesk/SearchDb.do?go=1 Reference Deadline Programme Title number EU0010000360
28 February 2013
Lifelong Learning - Languages (Key Activity 2)
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28 February 2013
EU0010000362
28 February 2013
EU0010000436
28 February 2013
EU0010000210
1 March 2013
EU0010000349
1 March 2013
Lifelong Learning - Policy Co-operation and Innovation in Lifelong Learning (Key Activity 1) Lifelong Learning - Development of Innovative ICTbased Content, Services, Pedagogies and Practice for Lifelong Learning (Key Activity 3) Lifelong Learning – Dissemination and Exploitation of Results and Exchange of Good Practice (Key Activity 4) Young European of the Year Award - Travel Fellowships & InterRail-Global-Passes Fulbright - Schuman Programme
EU0010000515
1 March 2013
Student Grants Programme
EU0010000468
1 March 2013
Heinrich Boll Foundation Scholarships
EU0010000005
8 March 2013
Lifelong Learning - ERASMUS
EU0010000513
15 March 2013
Safer Internet Day Competitions
EU0010000329
17 March 2013
BEST courses for students of technology
EU0010000252
22 March 2013
Public Health (2008-2013)
EU0010000199
25 March 2013
ECF Project Grants Scheme
EU0010000034
26 March 2013
Tempus IV
EU0010000020
31 March 2013
Traineeships at the Committee of the Regions
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31 March 2013
EU0010000227
31 March 2013
Traineeships and Fellowships at the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) Roberto Cimetta Fund
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31 March 2013
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31 March 2013
Traineeships at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade marks and Designs) Marco Biagi Awards for young scholars
EU0010000021
1 April 2013
Traineeship at the Council of the European Union
EU0010000085
1 April 2013
EU0010000152
1 April 2013
European Youth Foundation - Grants for international youth activities Traineeships at the Economic and Social Committee
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1 April 2013
EU0010000501
12 April 2013
EU0010000282
15 April 2013
EU0010000352
15 April 2013
International youth activities held in co-operation with the European Youth Centres MEDIA 2007-Support for the development of on - and off-line interactive works Erasmus Mundus (2009-2013) Traineeships at the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe
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EU0010000413
15 April 2013
Bogliasco Fellowships Programme
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15 April 2013
ILO Photo Contest - WORK4YOUTH
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30 April 2013
Traineeships at the Council of Europe
EU0010000147
30 April 2013
Traineeships at the European Ombudsman
EU0010000150
30 April 2013
EU0010000180
30 April 2013
Internship programme at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Traineeship at the Court of Justice
EU0010000389
30 April 2013
EU0010000493
30 April 2013
EU0010000035
1 May 2013
EU0010000355
1 May 2013
EU0010000356
1 May 2013
EU0010000357
1 May 2013
EU0010000165
3 May 2013
EU0010000172
14 May 2013
EU0010000004
15 May 2013
EU0010000320
15 May 2013
EU0010000345
15 May 2013
EU0010000393
15 May 2013
Traineeship at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) MEDIA 2007-Audiovisual Festivals YOUTH IN ACTION - Action 2: European Voluntary Service YOUTH IN ACTION - Action 3.1 Cooperation with the neighbouring countries of the EU YOUTH IN ACTION - Action 4.3. Training and networking of those active in youth work and youth organisations YOUTH IN ACTION - Action 5.1 - Meetings of young people and those responsible for youth policy Culture (2007-2013): Strand 1 - Support for Cultural Actions Information and Communications Technologies Policy Support Programme - ICT PS Traineeships and Study Visits at the European Parliament Traineeships at the European Free Trade Association EFTA Traineeships at the European Parliament for people with a disability ICI ECP - Cooperation in higher education and training between the EU and Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea
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Documentation Results of the EC Public consultation on the EU Citizenship A Flipbook with the key findings and a Report of the Public consultation on EU Citizenship are the results of the online consultation, open from May to September 2012, asking citizens and organisations about their experiences and ideas on how to overcome hurdles encountered by citizens when travelling, studying, working, living, shopping or taking part in elections in Europe, whether as voters or candidates. Highlights of the public consultation on EU Citizenship: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/reding/multimedia/flipbook/index.html Public consultation on EU Citizenship (full report): http://ec.europa.eu/justice/citizen/files/report_eucitizenship_consultation_en.pdf 2013 Youth in Action Programme Guide Guide for anybody willing to participate in the Youth in Action Programme. It gives the necessary information about the priorities, actions and main features of the Programme as well as the criteria and conditions to participate. The document is for the moment only available in English but soon other linguistic versions will be provided. http://ec.europa.eu/youth/documents/guide13_en.pdf Global Employment Trends 2013 The study offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including employment, unemployment, working poverty and vulnerable employment. It also presents a number of policy considerations in light of the new challenges facing policy makers in the coming year. http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/global-employmenttrends/2013/WCMS_202215/lang--en/index.htm The history of youth work in Europe - Volume 3 Published by the partnership between the European Commission and the Council of Europe, this publication follows on from the first two volumes of History of youth work in Europe. The third volume aims at building bridges between past and future, East and West, North and South, and to inform contemporary debate on youth work and youth policy in Europe. http://youth-partnership-eu.coe.int/export/sites/default/youthpartnership/documents/Publications/Others/TheHistoryOfYouthWorkVol3.pdf European Skills Passport Launched by the European Commission, the Passport helps people to assemble their skills and qualifications online and to improve the presentation of their CVs by bringing together their educational and training certificates in one place, providing evidence for the qualifications and skills declared in the CV. It is available for free in 26 languages. http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/european-skills-passport Debating Europe Schools This is a new section of the Debating Europe platform, specifically designed to give students the chance to question policy makers, debate with fellow students from other European countries, and learn more about the work of the European Union. http://www.debatingeurope.eu/schools
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Code of EU Online Rights As part of the Digital Agenda for Europe actions, the Code compiles the basic set of rights existing in EU legislation and related to the digital environment. It helps citizens to find simple explanations of their legal rights and obligations, set out in a transparent and understandable way and to protect them when acceding and using online networks and services. PDF versions of the full Code of EU Online Rights are available in 22 languages. https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/code-eu-online-rights European Language Label Multilingual database The new European Language Label database is now multilingual and also has two new sections: the "Label of the day" and the "Statistics". http://ec.europa.eu/education/language/label/label_public/index.cfm?
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World Youth Report 2013 calls for participation of young people The United Nations are in the process of preparing their 2013 World Youth Report (WYR) on Youth Migration and Development. The Report will offer a multidimensional account and perspective of the life experiences of young migrants and young people affected by migration. As part of the process, the UN Focal Point on Youth has launched an online interactive discussion platform aimed at bringing together young migrants and other young people affected by migration to share their stories and experiences. Worldwide young people between 15 and 35 years old can participate in many of the online interactive activities including econsultations, Google+ hangout and surveys. Find out more: http://www.unworldyouthreport.org Designing the 2013 International Anti-Corruption Day Theme/Logo The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are inviting young people across the world, between 15 and 25 years old, to join the anti-corruption campaign by creating a theme and a logo. The theme/name should aim to be less than five words, embody the message that everyone has the responsibility to address corruption, be catchy and appealing, and be able to mobilise public, state and non-state actors. The theme message should be translatable or adaptable to other UN official languages, should capture the message of the theme in other UN official languages, be clean, simple and in primary colours. The winner(s) will be announced publicly through the UNDP and UNODC websites and on the website of the 2013 campaign; and be invited to New York to receive an award at an event to mark the 2013 International Anti-Corruption Day, 9 December. Entries should be sent with the application forms to iacdcompetition@gmail.com by 15th March 2013, 23:30 GMT. Find out more: http://www.actagainstcorruption.org/actagainstcorruption/en/competition_tor.html EPC Competition - The European Parliament: Why should I care? Young citizens from 18 to 30 years old, from EU Member States and Croatia are invited to express in an innovative and convincing manner why the European Parliament is important to them, and why there is a need to vote in the next EP elections. Entrants can write, sing, paint, dance, film or use any other creative ways to present their opinions. Twenty winning participants will be awarded a trip to Brussels, where they will have the chance to present their successful entries, learn more about the EU institutions, and exchange ideas with EU decision makers and like-minded young Europeans. Deadline to submit entries: 28th March 2013. Find out more: http://www.epc.eu/prog_forum.php?forum_id=30&prog_id=1 OECD Global Youth Competition 2013 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is inviting young people from 18 to 25 years old, worldwide, to create a short video on the theme: “Education and Skills - what are the big issues today?. Any spoken language used in the video that is not English or French must be accompanied by subtitles in English or French. The video can be maximum three minutes long. Three winning videos will be selected by a special Jury and their authors will be
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invited to Paris to attend the OECD Forum on 27th-28th May 2013. Deadline to submit videos: 2nd April 2013. Find out more: http://www.oecd.org/document/2/0,3746,en_21571361_49034050_49049154_1_1 _1_1,00.html Competition Migrants in Europe The European Commission is inviting students over 18 years of age, at schools of art, graphics and communication, from all the 27 European Union Member States and Croatia, to answer this question "What is the role and place of migrants in Europe?" by producing art works on the following categories: Poster, Photography and Video. They should express their views on the issue, capturing the role migrants play in our lives. The aim of the competition is at stimulating a constructive debate, while reflecting on the situation of migrants in Europe. The competition is open to communication, art, journalism and audiovisual schools, as well as related organisations delivering degrees/diplomas/certificates in the listed domains. Each school can present one or several pieces of work in one or several categories. They will be judged at national level and those shortlisted (up to 10 per country) will be put forward to a European jury that will select the 30 finalists and decide on a European winner for each category. The 30 European finalists will be invited at the prize-giving ceremony in Brussels in October 2013. A special prize will also be awarded based on the results of a public vote, which will take place via the competition website. The schools whose students win first prizes in the three categories and the first prize in the public vote will receive an award of â‚Ź10,000 each, to be used for educational purposes. Schools should register before 30th April 2013. Deadline to submit entries: before 21st June 2013. Find out more: http://www.migrantsineurope.eu Call for candidates for the 2013 North-South Prize The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe has launched the call for nominations for the North-South Prize 2013. The Prize has been awarded every year since 1995 to two candidates who have stood out for their exceptional commitment to promoting North-South solidarity. Candidates, preferably a man and a woman, must have distinguished themselves in the following areas: protection of human rights, defense of pluralist democracy, public awareness raising on issues of global interdependence and solidarity, and strengthening the North-South partnership. The Prize Ceremony will take place in Lisbon in Spring 2014. Deadline to submit nominees: 1st June 2013. Find out more: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/nscentre/NSPrizeguidelines2012_en.pdf PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival 2013 Young people from 9 to 25 years of age worldwide are invited to submit short videos of one to five minutes and share their thoughts, experiences, opinions, questions and suggestions about migration, diversity, social inclusion, and related topics. Videos must have been completed after January 2011 and, if not in English, must have English subtitles. An international jury will award prizes in three agebased categories: 9 to 12, 13 to 17, 18 to 25 years old. The three winners will each receive US$ 1,000 as well as an invitation (travel and accommodations expenses paid) to attend the PLURAL+ Awards Ceremony held in New York City. PLURAL+ festival is a platform for young people to express themselves on key migration and diversity issues and reinforce the belief that youth are powerful and creative agents of social change in the world. Deadline to submit entries: 30th June 2013.
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Find out more: http://pluralplus.unaoc.org
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Highlights EU’s Top Young Translators Announced The names of the 27 winners of the European Commission’s annual “Juvenes Translatores” contest for secondary school pupils were announced on 28th January. The contestants translated a one-page text list based on their choice of any of the 506 combinations possible among the EU’s 23 official languages. More than 3,000 pupils from 750 schools sat the contest in November 2012. The winners, one per EU country, will be invited to an award ceremony in Brussels on 11th April 2013 to receive their prizes from Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou and will also have the chance to see the Commission’s translators at work. http://ec.europa.eu/translatores/archi ve/2012/winners_en.htm Professional qualification card will ease mobility of young people A legislative resolution adopted by the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market on 23rd January gave the green light to amending a new draft law on recognition of professional qualifications and introducing a professional qualification card aimed at promoting the mobility of young professionals and graduates. The project is part of a series of measures to improve EU legislation on the recognition of diplomas and professional qualifications. MEPs also voted to extend the Directive's scope to cover traineeships, as an integral part of a professional's experience. Furthermore, they voted to include unpaid traineeships, and not just paid ones, as proposed by the Commission, because unpaid traineeships may form part of the training giving access to a regulated profession. The Committee will decide later when to start informal negotiations with the Council on the
updated Directive. http://tinyurl.com/au7quhj UN Secretary-General appoints Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhindawi, 29 years old, from Jordan, was appointed on 17th January as the first UN Special Envoy on Youth by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. Mr. Ban Ki-moon had already announced within his Five Year Action Agenda last year that working with and for young people was one of his top priorities. This appointment reinforces the importance of a meaningful engagement of young people on an international scale. The Envoy on Youth will play a crucial role in driving forward the UN priorities on youth: advocating for the interests and needs of young people, promoting the effective participation of young people, democratic membership-led youth organisations in global governance and in the UN system, acknowledging their legitimate and valuable contribution to development and the goals of the UN. http://tinyurl.com/afvfetp European Parliament resolution on a Youth Guarantee adopted On 16th January 2013 the European Parliament adopted a non-legislative resolution on a Youth Guarantee, confirming the MEPs' support to the Commission’s proposal for a Council Recommendation on establishing a Youth Guarantee. The Youth Gurantee should help all young EU citizens and legal residents up to the age of 25 years, and recent graduates under 30, to receive a good-quality offer of employment, continued education or apprenticeship within four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education. More specifically, MEPs also stressed that Youth Guarantee schemes should effectively improve the situation of NEETs and
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should be eligible for specific forms of European funding, especially in the Member States with the highest youth unemployment rates. The Resolution calls on Member States to allocate sufficient funding to the initiative and to adopt it during the Employment and Social Affairs Council of 28th February. http://tinyurl.com/aojmubn Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan On 9th January the European Commission presented an action plan to support entrepreneurs and revolutionise entrepreneurial culture in Europe. The plan stresses the key role of education and training to
nurture new generations of entrepreneurs, and includes specific measures to help budding entrepreneurs among young people, women, seniors, migrants, and the unemployed. The high level of EU unemployment leaves untapped human resources, especially amongst women and young people. The plan also tackles obstacles to entrepreneurship such as ambitious measures to facilitate start-ups and new businesses, make transfers of business ownership more successful, improve access to finance, and give honest entrepreneurs a second chance after bankruptcy. http://tinyurl.com/azf6sux
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Upcoming Events 15th February 2013: Meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport (EYCS) Council, Brussels, Belgium The Council will be devoted to education issues only, starting with the adoption of conclusions on investing in education and training, which are a response to the Commission's communication "Rethinking Education" and to the education aspects of the 2013 Annual Growth Survey, as called for by the European Council of 13 th14th December 2012. In the follow-up, Ministers will hold a public debate, on the basis of a presidency background paper, on Europe 2020 and the Annual Growth Survey, focusing on immediate practical actions in the field of education to improve skills levels and employability given also the urgent need to reduce youth unemployment. Ministers will also have informal discussion with social partners on these issues. The event will be streamed live on the Council website: http://video.consilium.europa.eu/default.aspx?siteLanguage=en Find out more: http://europa.eu/newsroom/calendar/event/418098/education-youth-culture-sport-council 19th February 2013: EU Citizenship Hearing - Making the most of EU citizenship, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium Jointly organised by the European Commission and the European Parliament (LIBE and PETI Committees), the Hearing aims at looking at obstacles EU citizens still encounter in their daily lives when exercising their EU rights, notably their right to free movement and their political rights (the discussion will notably draw on the outcomes of the online public consultation on EU citizenship), and to discuss solutions to remove these obstacles, notably in view of the 2013 EU Citizenship Report. All interested stakeholders are invited to register. Find out more: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/events/eucitizenship_hearing_2013/index_en.htm 28th February 2013: Joint European Youth Forum/Eurofound Event "Youth disengagement-what costs and what remedies?� Brussels, Belgium A discussion with policy makers and stakeholders jointly organised by the Eurofound and the European Youth Forum and hosted by the European Parliament Intergroup on Youth will be held on 28 th February 2013. The event will focus on the Eurofound's report on NEETs and address youth unemployment policy responses, considering in particular the release of the Youth Employment Package and the European Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation on Youth Guarantees. Deadline to register: 15th February 12:00 (CET). Find out more: http://database.youthforum.org/public/events 28th February-1st March 2013: Europe 2020 Conference - Agenda for new skills and jobs, Dublin, Ireland Organised by the Committee of the Regions, the conference will focus on how local and regional authorities can improve education and respond to the need for more flexible careers, contributing to Europe's growth strategy. The event is primarily aimed at policy makers and senior experts of national, regional and local public administrations, including ESF, ERDF and EAFRD Managing Authorities, as well as employment specialists from academia, networks and associations.
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Deadline to apply: 11th February 2013. Find out more: http://cor.europa.eu/en/news/events/Pages/europe-2020-conference-agenda-fornew-skills-and-jobs.aspx 21st-22nd March 2013: 17th Conference DG Interpretation – Universities, Brussels, Belgium DG Interpretation of the European Commission cooperates very closely with universities to ensure professionally focused training of the highest quality. Once a year, DG Interpretation holds a universities conference with participants from universities, national governments and European and international institutions. This year's theme will be "New modes of learning". Commissioner Vassiliou will give a speech. The conference will be webcast worldwide. Find out more on: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/scic/cooperation-with-universities/universitiesconferences/17th/index_en.htm 2nd-7th April 2013: Young Citizens Assembly Wedia, Brussels, Belgium Organised by Le Bureau international Jeunesse (BIJ) and DG Education and Culture of the European Commission, the assembly will bring together 40 young people and youth workers from Europe, Africa and Québec, as well as a team of trainers and some media workers and specialists, all concerned by social injustice. Participants will explore different themes linked to social justice, social rights, and the fight for more equality in the youth field. Deadline to apply: 13th February 2013. Find out more: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/youth/Source/News&Calls/2013_Call_Young_citizens_ass embly_BIJ_YiA.pdf 9th -18th August 2013: 9th Annual International Leadership Training Programme: “A Global Intergenerational Forum”, Connecticut, USA The forum will focus on issues concerning poverty, education, health, conflict resolution and/or transformation. Specifically it will include issues such as human trafficking, the plight of children, refugees and war, hunger, HIV/AIDS, religious intolerance, gender discrimination, racism and classism, peace education and environmental concerns. Young people working in the human rights field from 18 to 30 years old from all over the world are invited to apply. Participants will be responsible for securing their own visa, air travel to the United States and travel to Connecticut. The UNESCO Chair Office will provide them accommodation, meals and ground transportation in Connecticut during the Forum. Deadline to apply: 8th March 2013. Find out more: http://www.unescochair.uconn.edu/upspecialevents.htm#application European Citizenship Training Courses 2013 The courses are meant to support youth workers and youth leaders developing their critical understanding of European Citizenship and encourage them to integrate the topic in their practical work. List of proposed Courses for 2013: •Training Course 6: ECTC-TR in Turkey (8th-14th April 2013) Deadline: 20th January 2013; •Training Course 7: ECTC-PT in Portugal (13th-19th May 2013) Deadline: 3rd February 2013; •EXTRA Training Course: ECTC-FR in France (25th Febraury-3rd March 2013) Deadline: 21st January 2013 All details are available here: http://www.salto-youth.net/rc/training-and-cooperation/tc-rcnanetworktcs/europeancitizenship
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Salto-Youth: Training Calendar The European Training Calendar contains current training offers of different institutions and organisations, such as SALTO, the National Agencies for the YOUTH IN ACTION Programme, non-governmental youth organisations, the European Youth Centres of the Council of Europe and the Partnership Programme on European Youth Worker Training. They are addressed to young people, group leaders, mentors, trainers and other specialists. Find out more: http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/training/find-a-training/?&pagerOffset=90
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