EBL Bulletin June 2012

Eurodesk Brussels Link B u l l e t i n June 2012

Deadlines up to 15 October 2012 Documentation European Opportunities Highlights Upcoming Events

Deadlines Deadlines up to 15 October 2012 Deadline Reminder: http://www.eurodesk.eu/edesk/SearchDb.do?go=1 Reference Deadline Programme Title number EU0010000347

30 July 2012

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30 July 2012

EDULINK - ACP-EC Cooperation Programme in Higher Education CEDEFOP - Photomuseum Award

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31 July 2012

Preparatory Action in the field of Sport

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31 July 2012

Global Junior Challenge Award

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31 July 2012

EU Health Prize for Journalists

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31 July 2012

International Citizen Media Award 2012

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2 August 2012

The James Dyson Award

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15 August 2012

Translation Traineeships at the European Parliament

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16 August 2012

People (FP7) - Marie Curie Actions

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31 August 2012

Traineeship at the Council of the European Union

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31 August 2012

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Traineeships at the European Commission Administrative in- service training periods Traineeships at the European Commission Translation traineeships Traineeships at the European Ombudsman

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31 August 2012

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1 September 2012

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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 Europe for Citizens: Action 1: Active citizenship for Europe - Town Twinning Young European of the Year Award - Travel Fellowships & InterRail-Global-Passes Heinrich Boll Foundation Scholarships

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9 September 2012

Generation 1992 Creative Competition

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16 September 2012

Viral Video Award 2012

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17 September 2012

Lifelong Learning - COMENIUS

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Lifelong Learning - GRUNDTVIG

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Internship at the European Commission Delegation to the United Nations in New York Partnership Programme on European Youth Worker Training YOUTH IN ACTION - Action 1: Youth for Europe

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17 September 2012

MEDEA Awards

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18 September 2012

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26 September 2012

Culture (2007-2013) : Strand 2 - Support for bodies active at European level in the field of culture LIFE + (2007-2013)

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28 September 2012

Electric December 2012 - Video competition

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30 September 2012

Traineeships at the Committee of the Regions

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30 September 2012

Traineeship at the Court of Justice

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30 September 2012

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1 October 2012

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1 October 2012

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Traineeships and Fellowships at the European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML) Traineeships and Study Visits at the European Parliament European Youth Foundation - Grants for international youth activities Traineeships at the Economic and Social Committee

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1 October 2012

EU prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards

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1 October 2012

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1 October 2012

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1 October 2012

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1 October 2012

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3 October 2012

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12 October 2012

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International youth activities held in co-operation with the European Youth Centres YOUTH IN ACTION - Action 5.1 - Meetings of young people and those responsible for youth policy Culture (2007-2013) : Strand 3 - Support for analysis and dissemination activities International Postgraduate Research Scholarships Australia Culture (2007-2013) : Strand 1 - Support for Cultural Actions Study visits for education and vocational training specialists Lifelong Learning - Policy Co-operation and Innovation in Lifelong Learning (Key Activity 1) BEST courses for students of technology

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15 October 2012

Traineeships at the European Parliament for people with a disability

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Documentation Erasmus Manifesto Developed by the 66 Erasmus Student and Staff Ambassadors for the 25th Anniversary of the Erasmus Programme, the manifesto highlights ten points to remember the results achieved in the 25 years and present actions to take in the future. http://ec.europa.eu/education/erasmus/doc/manifesto_en.pdf Social determinants of health and well-being among young people. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children The study examines the physical and mental health of children and teenagers from a sociological perspective. It provides a wealth of information and analysis, presenting findings on patterns of health among young people aged 11, 13 and 15 years in 43 countries across the WHO European Region and North America. http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/163857/Socialdeterminants-of-health-and-well-being-among-young-people.pdf ILO: Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012 The study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends. Nearly 75 million youth are unemployed around the world, an increase of more than 4 million since 2007. Medium-term projections (2012–16) suggest little improvement in youth labour markets. By 2016 the youth unemployment rate is projected to remain at the same high level. http://tinyurl.com/c6lv9x7 Better Skills, Better Jobs, Better Lives. A Strategic Approach To Skills Policies New skills strategy to boost jobs and growth published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The publication calls on investment in education and skills to be prioritised in OECD Member States. Among its recommendations, it underlines the necessity to improve the quality of learning outcomes by focusing on the skills-oriented learning first instead of qualificationsfocused education. It also recommends to Member States to facilitate the internal and cross-border mobility of skilled workers. http://skills.oecd.org/documents/oecdskillsstrategy.html Claim Your Voice! Stand up for VET Website of the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU) campaign to raise awareness of the key role-played by vocational education and training (VET) for a better transition into the labour market and for youth employment. Take a look at initiatives taken by the European Union to learn how our choices make a difference to our personal wellbeing, and that of the planet. http://www.obessu.org/vet Vote at 16 campaign Website created by the European Youth Forum to further the platform’s and its Member Organisations’ work on the issue of lowering the voting age to 16. From here you can learn more about the legal situation, the main arguments for lowering the voting age to 16, national campaigns in Europe, what are the various paths youth organisations are taking across the continent to lower the voting age in elections and how to be involved.

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http://voteat16.eu The Ex-Smokers are Unstoppable campaign The campaign celebrates the achievements of the ex-smokers from all over Europe and offers free help to stop smoking. Launched by the European Commission and its partners, the website also features an online digital platform called iCoach, available in the 23 EU official languages, free of charge, offering help for smokers to quit smoking. http://www.exsmokers.eu Volunteer Action Counts campaign Multi-media campaign from the United Nations Volunteers programme to showcase the importance of people’s participation and volunteering towards the achievement of sustainable development at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20 in Brazil. The campaign gives all volunteers, along with communities and organisations, a chance to show what they are doing for the future of our planet by getting volunteering stories featured and actions counted on the campaign website. http://www.volunteeractioncounts.org

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European Opportunities

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Young Audiences Music Awards 2012 The Young Audiences Music Award honours creativity and innovation in the field of musical productions for young audiences, from all corners of the world, created by community groups, schools, NGOs, companies, bands and ensembles of all forms, from solo artist to orchestra. Entries are unique musical performances created to awaken imaginations, stir emotions, address current issues and motivate the further musical explorations of children and youth (aged 0-18).

Online voting for the 2012 YAMAs will open on 15th September 2012.

The deadline for submissions is 15th August 2012.

Find out more: http://www.yama-award.com Information Right Now! Facebook Photo Competition The Information Right Now! Facebook Photo Competition is inviting young people’s pictures in order to promote the cause of the campaign and offers the chance to win one of many great prizes. Young people can take a picture that fits the theme “Young People Are Asking” and enter the photo competition directly. The uploaded picture should state the entrant’s full name, the date when and where it was taken and, possibly, a short message in the caption. Each month there will be a subtheme. Prizes will be awarded in three categories.

Deadline to submit entries is 31st August 2012.

Find out more: http://www.facebook.com/informationrightnow/app_254553244581393 Information Right Now! is the European campaign launched by the European Youth Information and Counselling Agency - ERYICA in partnership with the Council of Europe. The campaign aims to raise awareness among young people, decision makers and media on the special role of youth information.

2012 Europemobility Video Contest The Contest is meant for those who have been abroad for a study programme, youth exchange or work placement and got an amazing experience to tell. To join this contest, participants have to create a video of up to three minutes describing the most challenging incident that they have been through while abroad, the important things they have learnt and the funniest situation that happened to them. The contest is open to anyone involved in any mobility action regardless of age, business sector, nationality or supporting measure such as Erasmus, Leonardo, Youth in Action or other regional or national programmes.

There are two award categories, one for the videos elected by the Europemobility Jury and one for those elected by the online voters. Europemobility will award €500, for the best video nominated by the Jury, and an iPad, for the best video

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nominated by the online voters. The three best videos for both categories will win a trip to the Award Ceremony, which will take place in Paris on 22 November 2012.

Deadline to submit videos is 15 September 2012.

All details on how to participate can be found on: http://www.europemobility.tv The competition is organised by EfVET Europemobility and is supported by the European Commission within the framework of the Leonardo da Vinci - Lifelong Learning Programme.

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Highlights European Parliament CULT Committee Calls for Separate Funding for Youth The European Parliament’s CULT (Education and Culture) Committee met on 29th May 2012 to discuss “Erasmus for All,” a programme recently proposed by the European Commission. Among other objectives, Erasmus for All would combine several existing programmes in the field of education, training and youth and increase current funding by 70%.

Speaking on behalf of the Parliament, Committee Rapporteur Doris Pack MEP voiced concerns with the Commission’s proposal. Advocating for the continued distinction of programmes, MEP Pack stressed that it is of “the utmost importance to create a separate Chapter for Youth in the Proposal, as well as a separate budget line”. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/comm ittees/en/CULT/home.html EP Youth Intergroup Roundtable on How to Improve Internships and Apprentices On 16th May 2012 the Youth Intergroup of the European Parliament hosted a Roundtable on Internships and Apprenticeships to discuss the urgent need for quality standards.

Speakers included European Parliament and Youth Intergroup Members Eider Gardiazabal, Karima Delli and Constance le Grip. MEP Constance le Grip highlighted the European Parliament’s legislative work on internships and apprenticeships. From the end of 2012 to 2014 the EU institutions will begin work on building a quality framework for such placements. Representatives from business also took part in the discussion. The message from the roundtable was that business and social partner involvement in the issue is vital to improve the quality of placements. The event was part of the European Youth Forum’s YO! Fest

Intern Action Day, to highlight the status of internships in Europe.

European Parliament President Martin Schulz and MEP Emilie Turunen also participated in the event, lending their support to the European Charter on Quality Internships and Apprenticeships. http://tinyurl.com/8y3r4bw Have your say, join the "Facing Facts!" survey on hate speech and hate crime UNITED (the pan-European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees) has launched a survey "Facing Facts!" on hate speech and hate crime. The survey aims to find out about the current methodologies and going practices used by local, regional, national and umbrella organisations committed to combating and monitoring hate crime. It is composed of 33 questions, divided into 5 sections. It only takes 15 minutes to complete. The results remain anonymous and will be presented in a single overview document, and made available to other NGOs and governmental institutions in the field. The survey will be open until 15th June 2012 and is accessible from: http://www.ceji.org/facingfacts/?page _id=158 The EU and South Africa intensify cooperation in education and training On 17th May South Africa and the EU signed their Joint Declaration on Cooperation in Education and Training. The Declaration is the formal endorsement of years of rapidly intensifying collaboration among the two partners. The Declaration opens the way for cooperation across the entire education system but in the years ahead there will likely be a bias towards higher education and vocational education and training.

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intensified collaboration will be mobility and postgraduate education and research, equity and quality in education, quality assurance mechanisms and stakeholder involvement. Other fields that are explicitly mentioned in the agreement are recognition, credit transfer and accumulation, qualifications frameworks and the transparency and transferability of qualifications, teacher education, benchmarks, lifelong learning policies and strategies and vocational education and training. http://ec.europa.eu/education/news/2 0120523_en.htm

youth-related cultural, social political events and activities. http://europeanyouthcapital.org

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MEPs request more EU efforts to tackle youth unemployment One in five under 25 cannot find a job within the EU. Parliament wants to use unspent 82 billion euros from structural funds to create new job opportunities in the member states.

Devising a "European Investment Plan" to create new jobs, reallocating EU structural funds to projects to create them for young people, and introducing a "European Youth Guarantee" to ensure that they are not without jobs for more than four months, are among the proposals set out by MEPs in a resolution, adopted on 24th May 2012, on measures to tackle youth unemployment. http://tinyurl.com/d4n6gny Who will be European Youth Capital 2015?

Twelve cities in Europe are on the list to be selected for the European Youth Capital 2015. Since the application deadline passed, the jury is working to decide which cities will be shortlisted. The candidate cities for 2015 are the following: Lecce (Italy), Badajoz (Spain), La Laguna (Spain), Ivanovo (Russia), Vilnius (Lithuania), Varna (Bulgaria), Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Perm (Russia), Tbilisi (Georgia), Katowice (Poland), Gothenburg (Sweden) and Ganja (Azerbaijan). The title is awarded to one European city for the period of one year, during which the chosen city has the opportunity to present

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Upcoming Events 16th–29th July 2012: Otranto Legality Experience, Lecce, Italy Organised by FLARE Network, the Otranto Legality Experience (OLE) is a unique opportunity to investigate issues related to the link between organised crime and globalisation, through workshops, seminars and discussions held by Italian and international speakers. The programme for this years’ edition is divided into three parts: Summer School, Summer Camp and Public Forum. The aim of the events is to develop and set a benchmark in Europe for the role of civil society in combating transnational organised crime.

Deadlines to apply are 10th and 15th June 2012.

Find out more: http://www.flarenetwork.org/act/ole_2012 29thAugust-9thSeptember 2012: Zabinki International Student Camp, Poland International event designed for young people, aged 18-30, from all around Europe. Participants are university students, graduates, youth workers, NGO members and young professionals. The programme includes different kinds of activities and fosters non-formal education, integration and intercultural learning.

Fees depend on the date of participants’ application and are: 240 EUR (until 15th June) 270 EUR (until 15th July) 290 EUR (until 15th August) Further information: http://www.zabinki.pl 17th-20th September 2012: Enter! Promoting Access to Social Rights for All Young People, Preparatory Seminar, Strasbourg, France The seminar aims to define the role, methodology and partners of the Long-Term Training Course (LTTC) as a strategic investment of the Enter! project, by engaging in the development of the LTTC strategic partners from the civil society and local and national authorities. The seminar is addressed to members of youth organisations working on access to social rights for young people, youth workers, youth leaders and trainers with an interest and relevant experiences on the seminar topics, representatives of local authorities and researchers, able to work in English or French.

Interested candidates should register by 29th June 2012.

Find out more: http://youthapplications.coe.int/Application-forms/Enter!-PreRegistration 4th-8th October 2012, Youth Assembly 2012: Youth and Democracy - The Young Generation Sacrificed?, Strasbourg, France The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the European Youth Foundation and the European Youth Centre, are inviting young people from all over Europe to join the event and have the opportunity to reflect on youth's current challenges to democracy and to formulate common

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recommendations to the World Forum on democracy on how young people can better benefit and develop more democratic and inclusive societies. Participants should be young people between 16 and 25 actively involved in youth work, civil society movements or processes for democracy.

Interested candidates should register by 10th June 2012.

Find out more: http://youthapplications.coe.int/Application-forms/YOUTH-ASSEMBLY-2012ASSEMBLEE-DES-JEUNES-2012 19th-23rd November 2012: 7th Tool Fair, Pułtusk Castle, Poland The 7th edition of the Tool Fair will give participants the chance to experience a unique combination of “laboratory” and “market” and to discover tools for learning developed under the Youth in Action programme. Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders and project managers from programme MEDA, EECA and SEE countries are invited to take part.

Deadline to apply is 10th September 2012.

Further details are available on: http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/europeantraining-calendar/training/tool-fair-vii-2012-poland.2596 19th-24th August 2012: M100 Youth Media Workshop, Potsdam, Germany The M100 invites young journalists from 16 to 26 years old, from all over Europe and countries of transformation in the Arab region, to join the workshop under the theme: “After the Web 2.0 Revolutions: New Media as an Instrument for Change and Democracy?”.

Application forms should be sent by 25th June 2012 to s.sasse@m100potsdam.org Find out more on: http://www.m100potsdam.de/index.php/m100-en/youth-mediaworkshop/2012.html European Citizenship Training Courses 2012 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 2012: •Training Course 5: ECTC-IT in Italy (29th October-4th November 2012) Deadline: 1st September 2012; •Training Course 6: ECTC-TR in Turkey (8th-14th April 2013) Deadline: to be announced; •Training Course 7: ECTC-PT in Portugal (May/June 2013) Deadline: to be announced; •EXTRA: ECTC-FR in France (25th Febraury-3rd March 2013) Deadline: to be announced.

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 Coming up: European Festivals On the European Festival Planner on the Yourope site of the European Festival Association, you can find information on the biggest pop and rock festivals in Europe. http://www.yourope.org Searching for more background information on festivals, have a look at Wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_festival European and worldwide Rock Festivals – although the layout is simple, it has an extensive list of festivals! http://members.a1.net/mtpios/Festivals/Festivals.htm More general site with links to cultural events and festivals, not only rock festival, in Europe. http://www.bugbog.com/festivals/european_festivals.html Summer Music Festivals Europe 2012 http://www.festivalsearcher.com/festivalslist.aspx http://festivalseurope.wordpress.com

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