Newsletter no. 22 - October 2010 pdf

EPIN conference in Nicosia
This October at Nicosia, representatives from over ten EU Affairs institutes within the EPIN network, including EIR, gathered in Cyprus to debate upon the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU – Turkey – Cyprus relations and the energy safety in Europe – all of these being contemporary challenges for the EU ... For more details please see the first page of the publication.

EIR Agenda - November 2010
EIR Course: Seminar of Preparation for the competitions for employment in the European Institutions (2 – 4 November)
EIR Course: Infringement procedure according to Article 258 of the TFEU – a practical analysis (16 – 17 November)
EIR Course: Project Manager (22 November – 7 December)

INTERVIEW

Valentin Lazea - Chief Economist, NBR
The accession to the euro area is a national project
There are opinions at the European level according to which the wave of austerity in most EU countries is likely to compromise the fragile post crisis economic recovery and to become a threat for the single European currency. From your point of view, are there real reasons of concern regarding the fall of the Euro currency?
As regards the austerity measures in the EU countries, it must be pointed out that they are inevitable and that there is no alternative. The budget deficit has surpassed the threshold of 3% of the GDP in all EU countries (except Luxemburg) ... For the full text of the interview please see the pdf file.

EU POLICIES

Employment policy in times of crisis
Labour mobility in the European Union
2010 is, in the European Union, the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. Statistically, almost one out of five European citizens is at risk of poverty, by Union standards. While in 2008, their number amounted to 78 million1 in 2010, it reached 84 million2 following the sudden increase in the unemployment ... For the full text of the article please see page 3.

EVENT

The European Institute of Romania at EconomicFest
The second edition of the Economic and Legal Fair EconomicFest took place during 14-17 October at World Trade Center Bucharest. The organisers intended the event to depict an integrated concept combining an exposition and a series of conferences targeted to those interested in the area of European affairs and in the economic and legal area in general ... For the full text of the article please see page 4.

Improving vocational competencies among graduates and youths: a chance for the future
On 30 September 2010, EIR organised, in partnership with the UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education (CEPES), the round table on Improving vocational competencies among graduates and youths: a chance for the future. The conference agenda included both the study conducted by Ms Valentina Vasile, PhD, University Professor and Scientific Director at the ... For the full text of the article please see page 4.

High level European Conference Anticipation and management of the responsible restructuring – partnerships for protecting employees
The European Conference has reunited representatives from the public sector of all Member States, employers and trades unions and it was organised on the occasion of the finalisation of the ARENAS project developed by the International Training Center of the International Labour Organisation (ITC-ILO) financed by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities ... For the full text of the article please see page 5.

The Romanian language in the European institutions
The Representation of the European Commission in Romania hosted on 8 October the Conference for the establishment of the first network of Romanian
experts who will collaborate permanently with the European Commission’s translators. The RO+ Network or the Linguistic Network of Excellence for Institutional Romanian will ensure the linguistic and terminological collaboration between ... For the full text of the article please see page 5.

PROMO

The collaboration between EIR and EIPA on the occasion of the seminar on the infringement procedure Bucharest, 16 – 17 November
... For more details please see page 6

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 *The texts published in this Newsletter express the authors’ opinion and do not represent the official position of the European Institute of Romania or of the editors.

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