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Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum – 3 September 2010

Presentation of Platform 4 Work Programme (2010-11) ecdc.europa.eu

Eastern Partnership Platform 4 « Contacts between People » •

Covers a wide range of issues which are common to a large number of citizens:

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Education, research, youth, culture, information society

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Input from civil society is welcome and needed for the work of Platform 4

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Eastern Partnership Platform 4 Education •

Higher education: large regional information campaign for universities on Tempus and Erasmus Mundus (beg. 2011)

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Event on EU-EaP mobility (in Poland - July 2011). Will cover education, youth and culture.

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Round table on the possible extension of the E-twinning programme for schools (4-5 Oct, Chisinau)

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Information event on the Jean Monnet programme - for European integration (25-26 October in Kiev and follow up in Brussels in Dec 2010)

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Eastern Partnership Platform 4 Youth •

Proposal to open an Eastern Partnership Window under the “Youth in Action” Programme (beg of 2011)

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Set up a policy dialogue on Youth focusing on strategies for youth participation and volunteering (possible meeting in Ukraine end 2010)

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Eastern Partnership Platform 4 Culture •

Policy dialogue in Culture

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Proposal to launch an Eastern Partnership Culture Programme: organisation of preparatory measures under way

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Enlarged meeting of Cultural Points (March 2010) with a possible follow-up

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Exchange of views on audiovisual & media policies

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Eastern Partnership Platform 4 Information Society + Research •

Establishment of a network of national regulators in electronic communications (7-8 October 2010 in Vienna)

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Research: promoting increased participation in the 7th Framework Programme for research and technological development: invitation of EaP experts to attend meetings of National Contact Points of FP7 (June & Nov 2010)

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