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Friday, September 14, 2007

The new EU-US Atlantis programme: paving the way for innovative transatlantic university degrees

The European Commission, jointly with American authorities, has launched 14 new transatlantic cooperation projects. On the whole, the Commission will invest 3.8 million euros in these projects, and the American authorities a similar amount. The aim of these projects is to promote transatlantic cooperation in higher education.The Commission chose 14 projects out of 56 funding requests. These projects are:
- 8 transatlantic joint diplomas
- 2 mobility project on the Erasmus model
- 4 strategic measures to improve transatlantic cooperation.

The selected projects concerns 32 European universities from 12 member states and 22 American ones. These funding will support the academic exchanges of 380 students.

Since this programme was launched, in 1995, 136 projects have been financed, concerning nearly 400 universities and more than 4000 students.

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EU states are encouraged to implement national programmes for Roma integration

A report adopted by the European Commission calls for implementing national strategies aiming at integrating Roma population socially and economically. Roma population represents 10 to 12 million of people in Europe.

Youth enemployment: european efforts are required

Several proposals aiming at tackling youth unemployment are on the agenda at the European Parliament: a "European Investment Plan", reallocating EU structural funds for youth employment and a "European Youth Guarantee".

The European Parliament is funding your projects!

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Pre-accession assistance instrument (IPA): seven Western Balkan countries are given the possibility to participate to large scale flooding exercise in Croatia

During four days, exercises simulating a large scale flooding are organized in Zagreb for civil protection intervention teams from seven Balkan countries.

The EU launches a pilot phase on European project bonds

A pilot phase on European project bonds was decided today between the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. This remains an important milestone, and the Danish presidency has therefore played an important role in the efforts t...

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