Category Archives: Youthweek Blog

VIDEO: EYW OVERVIEW

“European Youth Week? Structured Dialogue? What’s that?” Watch this – and you’ll know.

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NEWS ALERT & PICTURES: EU-CHINA

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Young Chinese and European delegates got together in Brussels on Thursday, 19 May, to discuss ways to foster “an entrepreneuring spirit” among youth from both regions. Lu Hao, the First Secretary of the Chinese Communist Youth League and Chairman of … Continue reading

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VIDEO: YOUTH ON THE MOVE DEBATE

On Tuesday, 17 May, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso and European Commissioner for Education, Culture and Youth, Androulla Vassiliou, took part in a debate with around 200 young people in Antwerp, the European Youth Capital 2011, on … Continue reading

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NEWS ALERT: STRUCTURED DIALOGUE CONCLUSIONS

Young representatives from National Working Groups across Europe have delivered their verdicts on the priorities for Europe, going into the next 18-month EU Trio Presidency of Denmark, Poland and Cyprus. The Structured Dialogue (SD) with young people and youth organisations … Continue reading

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PICTURES: EVS AWARDS

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NEWS ALERT & PICTURES: EVS AWARDS – WINNERS

There are thousands of European Voluntary Service projects; there were 36 nominees for prizes. All of them show enterprise, charity, love and hope – but three exceptional projects have been honoured with supreme European acclaim, in three categories, at an … Continue reading

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NEWS ALERT: VIDEO – DIALOGUE UNDER WAY!

European young people are speaking up! The Structured Dialogue, between young representatives from around Europe and policy-makers, is in full swing. Check out the video from the first full day of action on Monday 16 May:  

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STRUCTURED DIALOGUE: POLITICAL EVOLUTION

By Lem Leon ‘Structured Dialogue’: initially, it’s all to easy to balk at the very mention of these two words and recoil in sheer confusion or simply gawp at them quizzically as if you had just been asked to recite … Continue reading

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YOUNG ICELANDERS WANT TO MOVE

By Sunneva Gudlaugsdóttir At least 85% of Icelandic young people would be willing to work in another European country, and more than two in five would move abroad for the long term. Iceland’s youth are therefore the most ready in … Continue reading

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ARTISTIC OUTLETS FOR THE DISABLED

By Ivana Veselkova “We all have some kind of handicap which we often try to hide from others; we still have the right to be perceived as equal and unique human beings – so do people with mental handicaps.” When … Continue reading

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