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EU budget for 2021: Council and Parliament reach common understanding
The Council and the Parliament today reached a common understanding on the content of the EU budget for 2021, based on the multiannual financial framework for 2021-2027 preliminarily agreed earlier this year. EU budget for 2021: Council and Parliament reach common understanding
The new SkillsMatch platform tackles skills assessment and matches your skills with training
The European labour market requires new skills to meet the demands of the Digital Age. EU citizens should have the right training, skills and support to empower them to find quality jobs and improve their living standards.
Inclusion for all: Commission presents action plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027
The Commission presented the action plan on Integration and Inclusion for the period 2021-2027. The action plan promotes inclusion for all, recognising the important contribution of migrants to the EU and addressing the barriers that can hinder participation and inclusion of people with a migrant background, from newcomers to citizens, in European society.
Gender Action Plan – putting women and girls' rights at the heart of the global recovery for a gender-equal world
The European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy put forward ambitious plans to promote gender equality and women's empowerment through all external action of the European Union.
Exscalate4Cov performs the most complex supercomputing experiment to identify new therapies for COVID-19
The Exscalate4CoV consortium, coordinated by Dompé farmaceutici, has conducted the biggest supercomputing experiment ever done on the SARS-CoV-2 virus in order to find potential drugs to treat COVID-19.
Social rights: Coronavirus pandemic continues to hamper access to education and healthcare
The rights to education, healthcare and fair working conditions are among the rights most affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. The Fundamental Rights Agency’s (FRA) latest bulletin reveals the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on people’s social rights and the groups most at risk.
The European Parliament presents six different possible scenarios in case there is a delay or a persisting obstruction of the new Multiannual Financial Framework
A group of experts of the European Parliament’s Budget Committee have explored the various scenarios that may apply in case of a delay or a persisting obstruction of the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the recovery package. It is important to note that in their opinion they attempt to screen the range of possible options and neither what is more realistic or more desirable. The group of experts has presented the following six different scenarios.
Boosting Offshore Renewable Energy for a Climate Neutral Europe
To help meet the EU's goal of climate neutrality by 2050, the European Commission presented the EU Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy. The Strategy proposes to increase Europe's offshore wind capacity from its current level of 12 GW to at least 60 GW by 2030 and to 300 GW by 2050. The Commission aims to complement this with 40 GW of ocean energy and other emerging technologies such as floating wind and solar by 2050.
Emerging trends: What are the environmental impacts of artificial meat, delivery drones, blockchain and synthetic biology?
Assessing the environment’s prospects in a fast-changing world requires the consideration of emerging trends. A series of published joint European Environment Agency (EEA) and Eionet briefings, explore the potential environmental and policy impacts from four emerging technological innovations.
Member News
NEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY PAFOS: FULL MEMBERSHIP IN THE INITIATIVE OF “EUROPEAN DOCTORAL SCHOOL ON THE COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY (CSDP)”
Neapolis University Pafos and more specifically its Department of History, Politics and International Studies, is now a full member of the European Doctoral School on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Initiative.
ONLINE START-UP IDEA COMPETITION: “GO GREEN, GO DIGITAL, GO START-UP!”
The Europe Direct Information Centre (EDIC) Nicosia, the European Documentation Centre University of Nicosia (EDC-UNIC) and the European Documentation Centre University of Cyprus (EDC-UCY) are proud to announce the “Go Green, Go Digital, Go Start-up!” Online Start-up Idea Competition for Cyprus-based young people between 18-30 years old.
THE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY "BRAINSTORMING WORKSHOP FOR PARTNERS OF THE EMPATHYINHEALTH PROJECT"
The Physiotherapy Department of University of Thessaly is participating in the project ‘Curriculum Development using VR technology to enhance empathetic communication skills in future health care professionals’ (EmpathyInHealth) which is funded by the Erasmus+ programme (KA203 Strategic Partnerships for higher education).
OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS: NEW BOOK ENTITLED “POSTHUMAN AND POLITICAL CARE ETHICS FOR RECONFIGURING HIGHER EDUCATION PEDAGOGIES” BY PROFESSOR MICHALINOS ZEMBYLAS
“Posthuman and Political Care Ethics for Reconfiguring Higher Education Pedagogies” is the title of the new book co-edited by Michalinos Zembylas, Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (MA in “Educational Sciences”) at the Open University of Cyprus, Honorary Professor and Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation at the Nelson Mandela University, Dr. Vivienne Bozalek (University of the Western Cape), and Joan C. Tronto (City University of New York and University of Minnesota).
OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS: “SKYLINES AND OTHER DOMINANCE-BASED QUERIES” THE TITLE OF THE NEW BOOK CO-AUTHORED BY PROFESSOR YANNIS MANOLOPOULOS
“Skylines and Other Dominance-Based Queries” is the title of the new book co-authored by Professor Yannis Manolopoulos, Vice-Rector of the Open University of Cyprus, and Apostolos N. Papadopoulos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - AUTh), Eleftherios Tiakas (AUTh), Theodoros Tzouramanis (University of Thessaly) and Nikolaos Georgiadis (AUTh). The book, published by Morgan and Claypool, is a valuable source for academics, researchers, students and professionals in the field of data management.
THE HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY PARTICIPATES AS PARTNER TO THE ONLINE CONFERENCE OF TeleICCE
The project promotes the adoption of innovative business-to-freelancer models facilitated by teleworking platforms and a skills building framework that uses the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms, that will enhance the competitiveness of SMEs and the employment of professionals.
The University of Central Lancashire Cyprus (UCLan Cyprus) supports the 7th Advertising, Marketing & Communication Conference as Academic Partner
For the seventh consecutive time, IMH, the leading organization for corporate events and media, organized the Advertisement, Marketing & Communication Conference and the University of Central Lancashire Cyprus (UCLan Cyprus) supports the organization as an academic partner
CyI organised IAEA Regional Training Course on assessing Energy and Climate strategies
On 2-13 November 2020 the Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC) of the Cyprus Institute organized jointly with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) an online Training Course on assessing policies for decarbonizing energy systems.
The University of Nicosia organises Decentralized Learning Series 2020-2021
The University of Nicosia organized the decentralized Learning Series on 11 November 2020, with a discussion between Dr. W. Scott Stornetta (Partner and Chief Scientist, Yugen Partners) and Mr. Antonis Polemitis (CEO, University of Nicosia), as well as a specialised Ripple Workshop on the RippleX open-source platform addressed to developers.
10 Dec
Third European Education Summit
Watch the event live online on 10 December 2020.
14 May
Neapolis University Pafos and the International University of Greece co-organises the 13th International Conference of Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries 2021
The 13th International Conference of “the Economies of Balkan and Eastern European Countries – EBEEC 2021” will be held from 14 – 16.05.2021 in Pafos.
02 Jun
RISE IMET International Conference on Emerging Technologies and the Digital Transformation of Museums and Heritage Sites
The RISE IMET International Conference on Emerging Technologies and the Digital Transformation of Museums and Heritage Sites will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus, on June 2-4 2021. The conference is organised by the Research Centre on Interactive media, Smart systems and Emerging technologies (RISE).
