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WelcomeCroeso
Cardiff EDC NewsSeptember 2012
helping you find out about the European Union and the countries of Europe
promoting debate about the EU
and European issues
encouraging you to ask questions, give your opinions and make suggestions to the EU
Cardiff EDC is on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/CardiffEDC
Cardiff EDC Internship ProgrammeJoin us as a part time or full time intern at the
Cardiff EDC for the academic year 2012-13
Part time interns work with us for three hours a week and also participate in
Cardiff EDC events
Enjoyable and InstructiveFurther information
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/edc/internships/index.html or email: [email protected]
http://www.active-ageing-2012.eu
European Capitals of Culture 2012
Guimarães (Portugal) and Maribor (Slovenia)
Cyprus holds the EU Presidency for the period July-December 2012http://www.cy2012.eu/en/page/home
Forthcoming talks and events in Cardiff with a European theme
Details of 2012 language courses now available French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
plus Croat, Polish, Russian and Turkish
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn/choices/courses/languages
Cardiff is named European Capital for Sport Cardiff has been successful in securing the prestigious title of European Capital of Sport 2014. The announcement was made by officials from the European Capitals of Sports Association (ACES) at an event held in Valencia this week. It was recognised that Cardiff has firmly established itself as a leading city for sport, offering state of the art stadiums and facilities including the Millennium Stadium, SWALEC Stadium and Cardiff International Sport Stadium. Leader of the Council, Cllr
Rodney Berman said: "There is no denying the city already has a fantastic sporting pedigree”.
There is no denying the city already has a fantastic sporting pedigree
”.
Cardiff has been namedEuropean Capital of Sport 2014
http://www.aces-europa.eu/
Recently published reports on topics relating to Wales and Europe …
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Click on image to download report
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New publications received by the EDC
New publications received by the EDC
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New publications received by the EDC
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In the News…Thursday 6 September 2012
EU High Level Group presents recommendations to increase level of
literacy in Europe
In the News…Tuesday 11September 2012
OECD and European Commission present
2012 Education at a Glance report
In the News…Wednesday 12 September 2012
European Commission President Barroso delivers the
State of the Union Address 2012
In the News…Wednesday 12 September 2012
Banking Union European Commission to propose a single
banking supervision mechanism
In the News…Wednesday 19 September 2012
European Commission proposesa Regulation for the set-up of the
European Voluntary Corps in Humanitarian Aid
In the News…Wednesday 19 September 2012
[provisional date]
European Commission adopts its Cloud Computing Strategy
In the News…Wednesday 26 September 2012
European Commission presents report on boosting the contribution of cultural and
creative sectors to growth and jobs
Travelling around Europe?Find out your rights…
Rail – Air – People with reduced mobility…
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/passenger-rights
is the common telephone number to ring in ALL EU Member States
to get through to the Emergency Services
http://ec.europa.eu/112
Looking for information on these subjects
or anything else connected with Europe?
Please ask EDC staff
or use
http://www.europeansources.info
April 2008 – March 2013
is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales
Please ask for details
http://www.europeansources.info
Information for citizens …http://euroacademyonline.eu/
http://www.the-eu-and-me.org.uk/
European Citizens’ Initiative
Launched 1 April 2012
http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/welcome
A new electronic one-stop-shop for access to justice information throughout the EU
https://e-justice.europa.eu/
http://www.ukecc-services.net/
New website from the EU bringing together information for children about the EU
http://europa.eu/kids-corner/index_en.htm
CITZALIAA virtual role-playing game
and social networking forum to boost citizens' understanding
of how the EU works
Two new educational games from the European Central Bank
http://www.ectarc.com/european-training/working-abroad_117.html
Fraternité2020Their goal is to make European exchange programmeslike Erasmus or the European Voluntary Service (EVS)
more attractive in order to enable more European citizensto spend time in another country
http://www.fraternite2020.eu/index.html
Find out what is happening …
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Welsh Members of the European Parliament 2009-2014
• Jill Evans
• Kay Swinburne
• Derek Vaughan
• John Bufton
Click on image to connect to MEP’s website
Elections in Europe September 2012
NetherlandsLegislative Election12 September 2012
BelarusLegislative Election22 September 2012