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Newsletter no. 25 - January 2011 pdf
INTERVIEW
Smaranda ENACHE - Member of the Board of Directors of the European Institute of Romania
The today’s society is in perpetual movement, the young segment being the most dynamic, a fact which determined the European Commission to declare 2011 as the European Year of Volunteering. How do you evaluate the involvement of the young people in voluntary activities and what do you think are the most attractive areas for such actions?
By declaring 2011 the European Year of Volunteering, the European Commission aimed to honour the European citizens of all ages who practise this form of civic generosity and, at the same time, to highlight the need to implement public policies to encourage voluntary activities, especially among young people ... For the full text of the interview please see the pdf file
EVENT
“Romania France: Together in Europe”
The public conferences launched in the spring of 2007 to mark Romania’s accession to the EU and the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome are among EIR’s successful projects. The project is conducted in partnership with the French Embassy in Romania ... For the full text of the article please see page 3
A new series of strategy and policy studies under the auspices of EIR
During 2010, the team of the European Studies and Analysis Unit of the EIR coordinated the publishing of a new series of studies aiming at supporting the process of drawing up and substantiating Romania’s strategies and policies in the postaccession period, the Strategy and Policy Studies Project SPOS 2010. The studies have been finalised and will be launched during the first quarter of the current year in a public conference dedicated to this event ... For the full text of the article please see page 3
IN FOCUS
EIR in the international networks: EPIN, EADI
The EIR partnerships shaped during the ten years of activity as a result of the implication of the institute in various research, training and communication projects developed both at national and international level, either within some think tank networks or institutes with similar activity profile in the European Union ... For the full text of the article please see page 4
EIR facilitates students’ transition from school to working life
On 31 January 2011 the strategic project Facilitating the transition from school to working life for the students in Economics International Affairs has been launched. The project is co-financed by the European Social Fund through the Sectoral Operational Programme for Human Resources Development 2007 - 2013 ... For the full text of the article please see page 4
2011 European capital of culture
The European Commission announces on its website1 that this year two north cities, both harbours, will have the role of European Capital of Culture: Tallinn (Estonia) and Turku (Finland) ... For the full text of the article please see page 6
The European Year of Volunteering - EYV 2011
Volunteering under all its aspects will be celebrated in Luxemburg between 16 – 19 February, following an EYV 2011 tour stop in Lisbon, in early February, during which meetings of the youth in national and international relevant associations took place. The purpose of these meetings was the creation of a database of the volunteering associations ... For the full text of the article please see page 7
Launch of the first European Semester
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council has announced on 18th of January 2011 the launch of the first European Semester, a six-month cycle aiming to reinforce the coordination of Member States’ economic and budgetary policies ... For the full text of the article please see page 7
Euro – official currency in Estonia
The euro currency was created in 1999, when 11 states blocked the conversion rates of the national currencies and adopted a single monetary policy administered by the European Central Bank located in Frankfurt. In 2001 the euro area extended to Greece, but the notes and coins began to circulate one year later ... For the full text of the article please see page 8
PUBLICATION
EIR Policy Memo
In a European context in which Poland and Hungary are due to hold the Presidency of the EU Council in 2011, the policy memo intends to analyze the possible topics where Romania might deepen its cooperation with the two countries mentioned. As part of the Visegrad Group, Poland and Hungary have shared a long and strong tradition of political consultation, which has been materialized into reinforced cooperation on issues of mutual interest and coordinated positions on certain policies, at the European level ... For the full text of the article please see page 5
ANALYSIS | OPINION
2011 – Challenges for the EU
Opinion article on the keynote speech by Mr Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, at Europe House – London, 13 th of January 2010
Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council, held a speech on January 13th 2011 at Europe House – London, following a meeting with the British Prime Minister David Cameron, in preparation for the workings of the upcoming European Council meetings. During his intervention, the European official presented the European Union’s main challenges for 2011, from the perspective of last year’s achievements and challenges ... For the full text of the article please see page 8
EIR staff news 2010
In 2010, the EIR team became larger as some members of the staff returned from parental leave: Carolina Ionescu, Legal Reviser, and Mona Răus, Linguistic Reviser, at the Translation Coordination Unit and Mădălina Neacşu Paraschiv, Legal Advisor ... For more details please see page 9
PROMO
EIR training courses - March 2011 ... For more details please see page 10
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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.
ISSN 2065 - 457X
Editor-in-Chief: Mădălina - Paula Magnusson
Editors: Mariana Bara, Agnes Nicolescu, Alice Olaru, Mihai Sebe
Graphics: Monica Dumitrescu
English version: Loredana Licuţa, Mihaela Papa, Diana Popa, Mona Răus
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