In the last months of 2013, “A Soul for Europe” and its Cultural Coalition for a Citizens’ Europe prepared the Berlin Conference 2014 that will take place on 3 March. Highlights of this busy period included the Amsterdam Conversation, Brussels Conversations, a meeting with three MEPs from our Advisory Board Parliamentarian Working Group at the…
Erasmus+ aims at boosting skills and employability, and modernising education, training and youth work. The 7 year programme will have a budget of €14.7 billion. This represents a 40% increase compared to current spending levels and shows the EU’s commitment to investing in these areas. Erasmus+ will provide opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to…
The International Session of the Model European Parliament is hosted at the Hall of the Act of 11 March of the Seimas this week. The additional event related to the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU is attended by more than 150 young people from 23 European countries. In her welcome address, Loreta…
Sixty-two European networks of associations and non-governmental organisations backed by 22 coalitions at the national level joined forces to form the European Year of Citizens Alliance 2013 (EYCA) with the aim of engaging civil society in a broad debate on what European citizenship means today, identifying the challenges ahead and formulating solutions. One of the…
European culture, cinema, television, music, literature, performing arts, heritage and related areas will benefit from increased support under the European Commission’s new Creative Europe programme, which was approved on 19 November by the European Parliament. With a budget of €1.46 billion over the next seven years – 9% more than current levels – the programme…
The new €14 billion Erasmus+ education programme for 2014-2020, approved by the Culture and Education Committee last week, will enable over 5 million young people to go to other countries to study, train and join in voluntary activities including sport. In future, it will fund scholarships for non-university students, and back loan guarantees schemes for…
We invite you to join us for a conference on November 21, at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. The conference offers a number of perspectives, from academics, authors and politicians, on European identity and the narrative – story – of Europe, before and in the future. The morning part of the conference will…
