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European Union Law and Policy on Immigration and Asylum

admin — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:25:43 +0000

The aim of the Summer School is to provide its participants with an comprehensive understanding of the immigration and asylum policy of the European Union from a legal point of view.

Symposium report: Committed to Making a Difference

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:22:11 +0000

From 26th to 30th October 2005, the European Youth Centres in Budapest and Strasbourg organised a symposium in Strasbourg under the headline "all different - all equal". The symposium celebrated the 10th anniversary of the European Youth Campaign against racism, antisemitism, xenophobia and intolerance by marking its continuation and restart.

"IMAGO EUROPAE" Contest

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:51:41 +0000

Europe Direct Firenze announces the "IMAGO EUROPAE" CONTEST, which is dedicated to the theme of Intercultural Dialogue. The purpose of this contest is to focus on the importance of intercultural dialogue in the following themes: discrimination and social exclusion, racism and xenophobia, asylum and integration of immigrants, human rights and sustainable development.

Neo-Nazi march prevented in Prague

admin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:23:27 +0000

Several thousand people marched in a counter-demonstration on Saturday, November 10th 2007, in protest against the gathering of the far-right MND group.

More than 1,500 armed police officers sealed off the Jewish quarter, where members of the far-right Movement for Young Nationalist Democrats (MND) had planned to meet.

Online consultation: Youth in Europe

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:41:35 +0000

On September 1st, the youth department of the European Comission hast started an online consultation among young people. The goal is to promote active citizenship and to implement the European Youth Pact: "We kindly ask you to participate in this open consultation and play an active part in the construction of the future European developments." The results of the consultation will be published on the European Youth Portal http://europa.eu.int/youth and will also be communicated to European and national authorities in December 2005. More information is available at:

Virtual Migrant

admin — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:01:46 +0000

Refugee Week Seminar Monday 20th June at Watermans Arts Centre, London
From Refuge to Freedom
Arts, Culture & Politics for Young Refugees

Chaired and co-developed by Kuljit 'Kooj' Chuhan from virtual migrants (digital and collaborative art group).
Confirmed Guest Speakers Include
Helen Johnson - Manager Children's Panel, Refugee Council

NGvision and Telestreet awarded

admin — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 15:37:52 +0000

Telestreet, the Italian network of the street televisions, and NGVision, an online video archive and distribuition project, won the prestigious "Prix Ars Electronica". The two networks from Italy, partners of the D-A-S-H workshop in Rome in 2003, achieved the Award of Distinction within the Digital Communities category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2005 in Linz.

Customized Code and Free Hosting for Grassroots Media Activists

admin — Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:12:01 +0000

Designers, developers and administrators from Spain, Netherlands, Austria and Germany are working on a special distribution of the Drupal Content Management System that makes it a lot easier to set up your own multi-user, multi-language, multi-purpose internet platform. This distribution is strictly based on the latest drupal-release, but will contain several special features...