Posts Tagged ‘education’

Child poverty

An affliction spreading across Europe

giovedì, July 15th, 2010
 
A social issue of considerable importance is the threat of poverty among children in the EU. In the past years, the percentage of people living in poverty has steadily risen, having a severe impact on several social branches, children being amongst the worst affected. This consequently has a disastrous impact not only on the normal physical and psychological growth and development of those children, but also on their chances of completing their schooling and integrating smoothly into society. As a result, it affects our entire future society.
 
Before the crisis erupted, a European Parliament report warned that 19 million of Europe’s 78 million poor were children. That number is now even higher and the scourge of poverty is growing in proportion by the day. This is nothing else than an imperative call for change. There must be found a way to resolve the sad paradox of a rich continent which has children in poverty, children that are nothing else than innocent victims of our society.
 

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Education for inclusion

2010 European Awards for Lifelong Learning and a new European Legislation for combating poverty and social exclusion.

lunedì, June 7th, 2010

 

The Spanish Presidency of the European Union has placed, in 2010, an emphasis on more education and training, better quality and comprehensive inclusion.

One of the priorities of the European Year for combating poverty and social exclusion relates to the importance of facilitating access to education and training to all, regardless of age or social group.

To prove how important is the education in supporting social cohesion, active citizenship, intercultural  dialogue and equality between men and women, six EU-funded education projects aimed at promoting social inclusion were named on May, 19 as winners of the 2010 European Awards for Lifelong Learning. The winning projects are from Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom and involve partners in several European countries to demonstrate that important goals can be achieved by working together across borders.

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Europe Day celebration: EU opens the doors to european citizenship

“Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity.”

venerdì, May 7th, 2010

On 9 May 1950 Robert Schuman, french foreign affairs Minister, laid the foundations of the European Union calling for a Europe built on concrete results, starting with solidarity. A few years later, Schuman became the first president of European Parliament.
In spite of all the efforts that the European Union, its institutions and the stakeholders involved in the construction of a European identity (Member States, national regional and local authorities, political parties, NGO’s and organised civil society) have made throughout the years to involve European citizens and to stimulate «feelings» of belonging, the Europe of today cannot yet consider itself the Europe of the citizens.

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