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Deadlines Deadlines up to 15 January 2013 Deadline Reminder: http://www.eurodesk.eu/edesk/SearchDb.do?go=1 Reference number EU0010000329

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BEST courses for students of technology

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CIPE Blog Competition 2013

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Study visits for education and vocational training specialists Traineeships at the European Parliament for people with disabilities Traineeships and Study Visits at the European Parliament Traineeships at the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe Lifelong Learning - Policy Co-operation and Innovation in Lifelong Learning (Key Activity 1) European Union Women Innovators Prize

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Europemobility Video Contest

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Financial support for European environmental organisations Young European of the Year Award - Travel Fellowships & InterRail-Global-Passes Juvenes Translatores - translation contest for schools

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Daphne III Programme

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This is my Europe photo competition

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European E-learning Award – EureleA

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Internships at the World Bank

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Internship programme at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Traineeships at the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market European Human Rights Moot Court Competition

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European Development Days 2013 video contest

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Translation training placements at the European Parliament Translation Traineeships at the European Parliament for university graduates Partnership Programme on European Youth Worker Training Traineeships at the Council of Europe

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Support for information measures relating to the Common Agricultural Policy Preparatory Action-Your first Eures job

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Most Youth Friendly European Region Award

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Raoul Wallenberg International Essay Competition

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Documentation Entrepreneurship Education – A Guide for Educators Published by the European Commission, the guide is targeted to educators in entrepreneurship. It is a collection of examples of inspiring practice in training and supporting teachers in introducing entrepreneurial learning in the classroom. At the moment it is available only in English in electronic format. Translations and printed copies will be produced soon. Printed copies can be requested for free from the Commission. http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/promotingentrepreneurship/files/education/entredu-manual-fv_en.pdf EP Eurobarometer survey: "One year to go to the 2014 European elections" According to the new Eurobarometer survey of the European Parliament, a majority of EU citizens would be more inclined to vote in the May 2014 European elections if political families named their candidates for the next Commission President.

For the first time, the next Commission President will be elected by the newlyelected Parliament, taking into account the results of the European elections. The survey also shows that a growing number of EU citizens subscribe to an EU as well as a national identity.

More Europeans described their identity as both national and European (49% of respondents, a six-point increase since June 2012). And 72% said that what brings them together is stronger than what divides them.

The survey was conducted in June 2013, with views collected from over 27,000 respondents across the 28 EU member states. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/aboutparliament/en/00191b53ff/Eurobarometer.ht ml?tab=2013_3 Ready to make the move?

This booklet, produced by EURES, is designed for anyone who is thinking of moving to live and work abroad. It includes tips on looking for and applying for work in each European Union Member State, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. EURES Advisers from each country share their expert local knowledge to help jobseekers look for work in another country, apply for jobs, succeed at interviews, prepare the paperwork for living and working abroad, and settle into their new environment. The publication is available in printed format and as an eBook in all EU official languages as well as in Icelandic and Norwegian. http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=10439&langId=en ESNSurvey 2013: Creating Ideas, Opportunities and Identity The survey focuses on the employability of mobile and non-mobile students and shows the beneficial effects of going abroad. The survey inquires in which ways studying or working abroad plays a role in creating ideas, opportunities and identity for young Europeans. The report highlights how acquiring new marketable ideas abroad may spur entrepreneurship and how opportunities such as building an international network may have positive effects on employability and entrepreneurship. http://www.esn.org/content/esnsurvey-2013-creating-ideas-opportunities-andidentity

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Open Education Europa Portal Launched by the European Commission, as part of the Opening Up Education initiative, the Open Education Europa portal is an online meeting place for practitioners and educational institutions. It serves as a hub where learners, teachers, and experts can come together to find relevant, credible, open resources and meaningful connections. http://www.openeducationeuropa.eu MyVote2014 "Voting calculator" for the European Parliament elections based on MEPs’ actual voting records. It is addressed to young people from 18 to 35 year olds. It aims to raise awareness about the forthcoming European Parliament elections among young voters and making European politics fast, fun and easy. MyVote2014 is available in English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish. It is an initiative of VoteWatch Europe, the independent organisation that monitors the voting records of the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers, in partnership with the European Youth Forum / League of Young Voters. http://www.myvote2014.eu Video of the Lithuanian Presidency EU Youth Conference The Lithuanian Presidency EU Youth Conference took place in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 9th to 12th of September 2013. The conference was a part of the Structured Dialogue with young people and focused on concrete proposals on enhancing social inclusion of the youth, especially of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs). The video presents highlights of the seven workshops and the conclusions drafted by more than 250 young people and policy-makers from all 28Member States of the EU. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UUaV3baSrE European Youth Week 2013 Video The European Youth Week 2013 took place from the 26 th of May to the 2nd of June, with numerous events organised across Europe. The video presents the highlights of the various European Youth Week events that took place in Brussels, including the different opportunities that young people had to engage with high-level decision makers and actively participate in European society, the Youth in Action exhibition and presentations to celebrate 25 years of European youth programmes. http://ec.europa.eu/youth/news/2013eywvideo_en.htm

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European Opportunities Travel Video Contest 2013 Young people from 18 years old, from around the world, already enrolled or planning to enrol in college or university outside their home country are invited to join this contest. All they have to do is make a short video of maximum five minutes, explaining their reasons to travel or study abroad. If entrants are already studying abroad, they could make a video about a trip they would like to take. The author of the best video will be awarded with $4,000. There will also be great runner up prizes.

The winner will have to maintain a blog documenting the trip. The blog will start immediately after the winner is announced and will continue through the trip until return to school. Contributions are expected at least once a week during the preparation for the trip and daily during the trip.

Deadline to register and submit videos is 23rd October 2013, 11:59 PM, EST. Find out more: http://www.internationalstudent.com/contest "This is my Europe" photo competition In the context of the “European Year of the launched an EU-wide photo competition on Residents of one of the 28 EU Member States, invited to submit a photo in one of the following

Citizens”, Relaunching Europe has the theme "This is my Europe". who are 18 years old or older, are categories:

- “My vision of Europe”: photos of people, events or places that represent these and other ideas about the future of Europe.

- “Europe in my daily life”: photos of people, places or objects that show the role of Europe in the daily life.

Prizes include a city trip for two to the 2014 European Capital of Culture (Riga), a train pass to travel around Europe or a compact photo camera.

Deadline: 30th October 2013 Find out more: http://www.relaunchingeurope.eu/photo-competition/ EDD 2013 Video Contest: "Young voices against poverty: What would you change?"

Launched by the European Commission, in the run-up to European Development Days (EDD) 2013, the contest invites young people worldwide, from 13 to 24 years old, to make their voices heard in the dialogue on addressing global poverty. They will have to make a short video (no more than 120 seconds) answering the following question: “If you could have your say, how would you fight poverty?”.

Entrants will have to make videos in one of the 5 official contest languages (English, French, German, Portuguese or Spanish), upload it on YouTube, and get friends to vote for it. Video entries not submitted in English must be accompanied by a full video transcription in English. There will be four contest winners who will each receive an all-expenses trip to Brussels to attend European Development Days (26th-27th November 2013) and have their video screened and made available on the website. The winners will be determined by those videos attracting the highest number of votes on Facebook.

Deadline: 1st November 2013.

Find out more: http://edd13.eudevdays.eu/stakeholders/video-contest

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Traineeships at the Council of Europe The Council of Europe offers two traineeship sessions each year, lasting from eight weeks to five months. Traineeships take place in March/July, September/January.

Trainees will be given an opportunity to find out about the Council's structures, activities and international co-operation procedures, including the implementation of the European Convention of Human Rights. The next traineeship session will be from 17th March to 31st July 2014.

Deadline: 29th November 2013.

Find out more: http://www.coe.int/t/jobs/traineeship_en.asp Preparatory action call for proposals - Your first EURES job Your first EURES job aims at filling bottleneck vacancies with available youth workforce at EU level and to foster youth job mobility across EU Member States.

The preparatory action, launched in 2011, is now in its last year and this last call for proposals has been extended to traineeship and apprenticeship placements. A budget envelope of EUR 5 million has been earmarked for this call to ensure the work placement of around 1,500 young people. The objective of this call is to select public, private or third sector employment organisations, with a legal profit or nonprofit status, with the necessary employment expertise and management capacity to implement the preparatory action at European level. Activities will start being implemented in early 2014. The EU's financial contribution will not exceed 95% of the total eligible costs of the proposed activities and the maximum EU grant will be approximately EUR 1 million per beneficiary. The duration of projects should be 12 months maximum.

Deadline: 10th December 2013.

Find out more: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=629&langId=en&callId=391&furtherCalls =yes Bogliasco Fellowship Programme 2014-2015 Approximately 50 fellowships are awarded, without regard to nationality, to qualified persons doing advanced creative work or scholarly research in the following disciplines: archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film or video, history, landscape architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theatre, visual arts.

The duration of the residency at the Liguria Study Center is 30 to 34 days depending on the geographic origin of the fellow, their discipline, and various scheduling requirements of the Foundation.

The deadlines for the Bogliasco Fellowship Programme 2014-2015 are the following: - First deadline is 15th January 2014 for residencies during the fall-winter semester beginning in September 2014 - Second deadline is 15th April 2014, for the winter-spring semester beginning in February 2015.

Find out more: http://www.bfge.org/english/fellowships.cfm Vulcanus in Japan 2014 EU students of engineering or science in at least the third year of a course at an EU University are invited to apply to the Vulcanus in Japan and get the chance to follow a one-week seminar on Japan, a four-month intensive Japanese language course, and then an eight-month traineeship in a Japanese company. The programme aims to study the range of advanced technologies used by a Japanese host company, to learn Japanese and to understand and appreciate Japanese culture with a view to

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an enriching one-year experience abroad. The selected students will receive a grant to cover the cost of travel to and from Japan and living expenses in Japan.

Deadline: 20th January 2014.

Find out more: http://www.eu-japan.eu/vulcanus-japan-0 The Young Researcher of the Year Award 2014 The International Transport Forum has launched “The Young Researcher of the Year Award 2014�. Researchers under 35 years of age who have undertaken their research in an institution, university or consultancy firm located in a member country of the International Transport Forum are invited to submit an original paper, which has made an outstanding contribution to transport research under the theme: "Transport for a Changing World". The research paper may analyse any aspect of the interlinkages between the transport sector and the evolving economic, social or sociological, historical, geographical, demographical and political context.

The best author will be awarded with a prize of EUR 5,000 and will also be invited to attend the award ceremony taking place in Leipzig, Germany, during the International Transport Forum from 21st to 23rd May 2014.

Deadline: 7th February 2014.

Find out more: http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/2014/pdf/YRA2014call.pdf

Please also look at the Programmes folder within the Eurodesk intranet for news on European and international (funding) opportunities.

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Highlights Eurodesk Awards 2013 "Champions of European Youth Information" On 17th September 2013, the Eurodesk Awards 2013 for "Champions of European Youth Information" were presented at a ceremony during the annual European Seminar for Eurodesk Multipliers in Brussels. Eurodesk established these awards in 2011 to celebrate the dayto-day work of the local multipliers, who are helping young people discover and seize the numerous opportunities Europe has to offer. A jury of experts awarded three local partners, or "multipliers", for their outstanding information and dissemination activities over the past year, while a fourth partner received a special recognition award.

The Information & Dissemination award went to Stowarzyszenie Elblag Europa (Poland) for the Network of Warmia and Mazury Youth Organizations – ATOMS in the Net. This initiative reaches out to organisations that otherwise would not be involved and promotes national cooperation through a network of 32 Youth NGOs. Together, they organised 1,600 hours of advice sessions, coaching, informational meetings and 32 training courses with around 400 participants.

The Multimedia & Online Activity award went to Eurodesk Oldenburg / Europe Direct Oldenburg / MCON (Germany) for their QR-Code campaign: going abroad with just a scan.

Recognised for using a technology that is still not very much used along with the traditional poster format, the jury highlighted the fact that the project is very well targeted to young people. It is an easy and attractive initiative and, as a result, the Eurodesk office in Oldenburg received more visits from young people, more telephone calls and more information enquiries sent by email.

The Volunteer Involvement award went to the Turkish Red Crescent Izmir Branch (Turkey) for the project Let’s Puzzle Volunteering Out! The jury appreciated in particular the clear information on European opportunities that was given to approximately 1,000 disadvantaged young people and the cooperation with local organisations.

The jury also highlighted the training sessions for volunteers with a total of 75 participants.

Finally, the Asociacion Cultural Ingalicia from A Coruña (Spain) won the Special Recognition Award for the project My Way – Europportunities.

The jury especially recognised the collaboration with other Eurodesk multipliers in other countries with the first Leonardo exchange programme inside the Eurodesk network. Sixteen young Spanish people had the opportunity to have a practical experience in a Eurodesk multiplier organisation abroad. The jury also underlined the project’s promotion of Eurodesk with a variety of quality information services targeted at different groups.

Awards were handed by Chiara Gariazzo (Director for Youth and Sport, European Commission), Cláudia Köver (Secretary General European Youth Press), Miroslaw Krzanik (Board Member European Youth Forum) and Reinhard Schwalbach (Eurodesk President). http://www.eurodesk.org/edesk/Awar ds.do EUROSTAT Release: August 2013 Euro area youth unemployment rate According to new data on unemployment, published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, 5.499 million young persons (under 25) were unemployed in the EU28 in August 2013, of whom 3.457 million were in the euro area.

Compared with August 2012, youth unemployment decreased by 123,000

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in the EU28 and by 52,000 in the euro area. In August 2013, the youth unemployment rate was 23.3% in the EU28 and 23.7% in the euro area, compared with 23.1% and 23.4% respectively in August 2012. In August 2013, the lowest rates were observed in Germany (7.7%) and Austria (8.6%), and the highest in Greece (61.5% in June 2013), Spain (56.0%) and Croatia (52.0% in the second quarter of 2013). http://europa.eu/rapid/pressrelease_STAT-13140_en.htm?locale=en Act. React. Impact: New European Parliament information campaign towards 2014 elections launched The European Parliament information campaign towards 2014 elections has been launched in September.

The campaign consists of four phases.

- Phase one started with the presentation of the baseline ACT.REACT.IMPACT. This phase aims to explain the European Parliament’s new powers and their implications for people living in the EU. - Phase two, from October 2013 to February 2014, highlights five key topics: the economy, jobs, quality of life, money and the EU in the world, at a series of interactive events in European cities.

- Phase three, the election campaign proper, will start in February 2014 focusing on the 22nd-25nd May election dates. These dates will be added to the logo as the elections draw near.

- Phase four, after the elections, will focus on the newly-elected European Parliament, its election of the next European Commission President and the inauguration of the new Commission. http://tinyurl.com/nnqfcf6 EU programmes for research and small firms in 2014-2020 approved On the 26th of September, the Industry and Research Committee of the European Parliament approved the research and innovation programme Horizon 2020 and the SMEs

programme COSME. The final votes in Parliament's plenary session and the Council of Ministers will take place once the EU's long-term budget has been approved.

The budgets for the new programmes are expected to be €77bn for Horizon 2020 and €2bn for COSME for 20142020. http://tinyurl.com/mpq4hus Fundamental rights, social issues and the environment top EU citizens' petitions Protecting citizens against discrimination, defending their rights to property and free movement and safeguarding the environment are key concerns for the EP Petitions Committee, according to its 2012 activity report, approved on 17th September. Any European Union citizen or resident may, individually or in association with others, submit a petition to the European Parliament on a subject which comes within the European Union's fields of activity and which affects them directly.

In 2012, the European Parliament received 1,985 petitions, mostly from German, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and British citizens. http://tinyurl.com/py6ccdj ESNSurvey2014 Launched yearly by the Erasmus Student Network, ESN, the survey aims to explore the current issues connected to academic and nonacademic mobility. This year's survey focuses on “International Experience and Language Learning”. All current students and former students are invited to complete the survey, which takes less than 15 minutes, and have the chance to win an iPad or a camera. All answers will remain anonymous. The results will be used for internal and scientific purposes.

The survey will be open until mid October 2013. http://esn.org/survey 2013 Sakharov Prize finalists announced Belarusian political prisoners Ales Bialatski, Eduard Lobau and Mykola

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Statkevich, US spying whistleblower Edward Snowden and Pakistani campaigner for girls' education Malala Yousafzai are the shortlisted finalists for this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

The laureate will be announced by the Parliament's Conference of Presidents on 10th October in Strasbourg and the â‚Ź50,000 prize will be awarded on 20th November, also in Strasbourg. http://tinyurl.com/pooq8tg Emily O'Reilly begins work as European Ombudsman Following her election by the European Parliament in July, Emily O'Reilly stepped down as Irish Ombudsman and began work as

European Ombudsman on 1st October 2013. She follows P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, who retired after serving as European Ombudsman for more than ten years. The role of the Ombudsman, established in 1995, is to investigate complaints about maladministration in the EU institutions and bodies. Any EU citizen, resident, or an enterprise or association in a Member State, can lodge a complaint with the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman offers a fast, flexible, and free means of solving problems with the EU administration. http://tinyurl.com/nczh9x9

Please also look at the News folder within the Eurodesk intranet for other European news from the network.

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Upcoming Events 23th September - 23th October 2013: Online debate on the Single Market Since the 23th of September and until the 23th of October 2013, the European Union is holding one month of online debates on the Single Market. The Single Market is all about bringing down barriers, simplifying rules and empowering EU citizens to make the most of direct access to 28 countries and 506 million people. The aim of the Single Market Month is to stimulate a dialogue between Europeans and collect as many ideas as possible that could be taken into account when policy is being made. Discussion focuses on four themes: - Jobs (23rd-25th September), - Social rights (30th September-2nd October), - Banks (7th-9th October) and - e-commerce (14th-16th October).

Find out more: http://www.yourideasforeurope.eu 4th-10th October 2013: World Space Week, Worldwide The World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The week is coordinated by the United Nations with the support of World Space Week.

Government agencies, industry, non-profit organisations, teachers and even individuals can organise events to celebrate space. This year’s theme is: "Exploring Mars, Discovering Earth".

Find out more: http://www.worldspaceweek.org 7th-13th October 2013: European Move Week European Move Week is an annual Europe-wide campaign week promoting sport and physical activity and their positive impact on European societies. It engages individuals, organisations and cities from across Europe.

Find out more: http://nowwemove.com 11th-12th October 2013: Comenius Conference 2013 The conference focuses on implementation issues of the Comenius sub-programme of the Lifelong Learning Programme. During the conference, the influence of the Comenius programme on school education, students, teachers, school communities and education systems is examined. It is anticipated that the conference will be attended by representatives from 33 countries participating in the Lifelong Learning Programme, and representatives from six Eastern partnership countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Find out more: http://www.eu2013.lt/en/events/politicalmeetings/conferencesandseminars/comenius-conference-2013 19th October 2013: European Night Without Accidents The European Night Without Accidents is an awareness campaign organised each year in nightclubs all over Europe on the 3rd Saturday of October. The action takes place in two phases. First, at the entrance of the nightclubs the volunteers, aged between 17 and 29 years old, encourage each group to choose a “designated driver”, who agrees to make a promise: they commit to be sober when they sit behind the wheel of their vehicle. The volunteers ask the clubbers who want to

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participate to wear a bracelet to be recognisable. When the “designated drivers” leave the nightclub, they are given the opportunity to undergo a breath test to check if they have honoured their commitment. In some nightclubs, drivers will also be asked, on a voluntary basis, to do a drug test. If they are under the legal limit, the “designated drivers” are rewarded with small presents. If this is not the case, they are encouraged to leave their car on the side or to hand the keys to a friend who did not drink any alcohol or use drugs.

Find out how to participate: http://www.europeannightwithoutaccident.eu 6th-8th November 2013: Conference "ICT2013: Create, Connect, Grow", Vilnius, Lithuania Organised by the European Commission together with the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the event will gather more than 4,000 researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, industry representatives, young people and politicians in Vilnius. With an intense programme including conference, exhibition, networking sessions, investment forum and activities for students and young researchers, the event will focus on Horizon 2020 - the EU's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2014-2020.

Find out more: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/ict-2013 12th-13th November 2013: European Employment Forum, Brussels, Belgium The European Employment Forum is an annual conference and exhibition focusing on the major social and economic issues surrounding employment and creating an effective discussion and meeting forum. The theme of this year's Forum “Attaining growth through change” highlights the need for the European Union to introduce and drive change in order to achieve sustained growth. In three key sessions, the conference will be devoted to three issues that are high on the agenda in every EU country: youth employment, social inclusion and enterprise.

Find out more: http://www.europeanemploymentforum.eu 13th-14th November 2013: Youth policy symposium with EECA countries, Yerevan, Armenia Organised by the EU-Council of Europe youth partnership, the symposium will focus on the "role of youth work in education for democratic citizenship and participation". The aim of the symposium is to better understand, demonstrate, exemplify and promote the role of youth work in education for democratic citizenship and participation. The symposium is addressed to stakeholders of the youth field, national governmental authorities in charge of youth and education, youth workers and youth leaders with interest and experience in the topic, but also representatives of municipalities/districts, researchers and other relevant stakeholders, from all over Europe and in particular from the region of Eastern Europe and South Caucasus.

Deadline to submit applications: 10th October 2013, noon (CET).

Find out more: http://youth-partnership-eu.coe.int/youthpartnership/news/attachments/Youth_policy_symposium_with_EECA_countries_20 13.pdf 13th–15th November 2013: Seminar on the role of local youth participation for enhancing access to social rights for young people, Strasbourg, France The seminar aims to identify strategies and ways forward for supporting youth participation on the local and regional levels as a means to ensure access to social rights for young people. The seminar is addressed to youth workers and youth leaders, local decision-makers, young people and researchers, from 18 to 30 years

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Eurodesk Brussels Link Bulletin December 2011 old, resident in one of the countries of the European Cultural Convention of the Council of Europe. The working languages of the seminar will be English and French. The seminar is organised by the Youth Department of the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, within the Enter! project on access to social rights.

Deadline to submit applications: 14th October 2013.

Find out more: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/youth/Source/News&Calls/2013_Seminar_call_for_partici pants.pdf 18th-22nd November 2013: Conference "Youth Policy and Youth Work in EuroMediterranean Area", Italy Organised by Salto, the conference aims at looking into the results of research carried out in some Arab countries about youth work in order to develop a process of exchange, mutual cooperation and joint actions between the fields of youth research, youth work and youth policy development in the broader Euro-Med context. Participants will have the opportunity to share, compare and learn from each other’s experiences. The conference is addressed to youth workers, youth leaders, youth policy makers and researchers from the Euro-Mediterranean region and the EU Youth in Action programme countries.

Deadline to apply: 11th October 2013.

Find out more: http://tinyurl.com/no9o29t European Citizenship Training Courses 2013/2014 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.

• Training Course 7: ECTC-ES in Spain (24th February–2nd March 2014) Deadline: 24th November 2013.

All details are available here: http://www.salto-youth.net/rc/training-and-cooperation/tc-rcnanetworktcs/europeancitizenship 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/european-training-calendar

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