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13 May 2019

#EUmovers social media contest winners announced

(From ec.europa.eu ) 2018 marked the 60th anniversary of EU rules on the coordination of social security systems and the 50th anniversary of the founding regulations on freedom of movement for workers. To celebrate these two milestones, the European Commission encouraged citizens who have benefited from these rights to share their stories on social media via the #EUmovers campaign. Here are the five winners and their posts: Juho-Pekka Palomaa (Finland) A year ago, this time I was facing a life change that I wasn’t quite sure about what to expect. I had been unemployed for six months after my...
19 January 2018

Call restricted to Member States for projects aiming to increase law enforcement cooperation to address migrant smuggling

Identifier: ISFP-2017-AG-SMUGGPillar: Organised crime and human traffickingOpening Date: Deadline: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018Latest information: The submission session is now available for: ISFP-2017-...
28 January 2016

Highlighting progress and shortcomings in 14 countries benefiting from privileged EU market access

The European Commission and the EU High Representativepublished today the first report on the concrete effects of the GSP+, the EU trade policy instrument devised to encourage third countries to comply with core international standards in the areas of hum...

Syrian refugee crisis in Turkey: EU allocates additional €18 million

(From www.enpi-info.eu ) NEWS Civil Society Contributions to Human Rights and the Reform Agenda were the subject of an advocacy conference held in Brussels on 8-9 June, organized by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF). Discussions mainly focused on strengthening democracy, human rights and stability in the EaP region as well as the civil society contribution...