The national winning entries for the annual European Charlemagne Youth Prize, now in its seventh year, have been announced. Twenty-eight national projects were chosen from 370 projects in total. The competition is open to young people aged between 16 and 30 who have been involved with projects helping to promote understanding between peoples of different …
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The Language Game
How well can people understand a language that is closely related to their native language? The MICReLa research group, based at the University of Groningen, developed an online game to investigate this matter. To make a meaningful analysis, they need more than 24.000 participants from 16 countries. Languages that are mutually intelligible are closely related …
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European Union jobs – sitting the test to be a civil servant
http://www.bbc.com/ One of the regular competitions to become a European civil servant has opened for applications for anyone wanting to be a civil servant in Brussels. For Politics Europe, Adam Fleming took the test to see what was needed to keep the EU wheels turning, when he spoke to European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) director David …
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Generation Awake – Respect the Nature
Your choices make a world of difference! Do you want to live life to the full while respecting nature? Then Generation Awake is for you. It’s all about opening our eyes to our consumer choices and the consequences they have on the Earth’s natural resources. When you’re part of Generation Awake, you’re aware that your …
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SOLVIT – Solutions to Problems with Your EU Rights
SOLVIT is a service provided by the national administration in each EU country and in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. It is mainly an online service. Although there is a SOLVIT centre in each country, the best way to contact them is via this website. SOLVIT aims to find solutions within 10 weeks – starting on the day your case is taken …
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New opportunities to work with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) launches a selection process today to set up two new Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), with partners from higher education, research and business. The two KICs will focus on innovation for healthy living and active ageing, and on raw materials – sustainable exploration, extraction processing, recycling and …
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Grant Applications Open for the MENA Partnership for Democracy & Development
The MENA Partnership for Democracy & Development (MPDD) announces that it has commenced its matchmaking and service mediation activities and will give out grants to that effect to five sets of service providers and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) based in the MENA region. The needs-based matchmaking and service mediation will provide assistance to CSOs working …
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Where’s The Coin From
Each country has its own euro coins. In this game you should match the coin to its country by clicking on the correct country and the flag. You can find the “Where’s The Coin From” game here. The European Central Bank (ECB) maintains the Our Money website to enhance public access to information about the euro …
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Youth Employment—A Fundamental Challenge for African Economies
From http://blogs.worldbank.org/ In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s sprawling capital, Mulu Warsa has found a formal-sector job as a factory worker thanks to her high school education. In Niamey, a city at the heart of the Sahel region, Mohamed Boubacar is a young apprentice training to be a carpenter. And in Sagrosa, a village in Kenya’s remote Tana …
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