Events 7 December Dec 2019 0800 07 December 2019 Human rights Film Festival 2019: "What are we leaving for our children?" Cristina Barbetta The students of the European Master’s in Human Rights at the Global Campus Europe - Global Campus of Human Rights announce the 11th edition of the Human Rights Film Festival on Saturday, 7 December, in Venice. On the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the festival theme is "Future generations: what are we leaving for our children?”We have met Kosta Karakashyan, who is the director of the festival
Sustainability 2 December Dec 2019 1637 02 December 2019 The social economy can be an economic model for tackling the dual challenges of ecological emergency and social crisis Staff Such is the message to the European institutions from the social economy actors meeting in Strasbourg – European capital of the social economy 2019, for the 4th European Day of Social Economy Enterprises, just as the European Parliament gives the green light to Ursula von der Leyen's new team
Projects 1 November Nov 2019 2128 01 November 2019 From Venice to the world, to promote human rights Cristina Barbetta Cosmocafes are real conversations between people who are experts or interested in human rights, taking place all around the world, for 18 months in total. They are part of the Human Rights Pavilion, a project by Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen. The final goal? To establish a permanent and supranational Human Rights Pavilion as part of the Venice Biennial. The project was initiated in Venice, and there we embarked on participating in one of these conversations with Italian and foreign experts
Awarding ceremony 11 October Oct 2019 1725 11 October 2019 Venice the centre of the most prestigious European human rights master’s programme Cristina Barbetta As of tradition the graduation ceremony of the European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) has taken place in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. EMA is the first master’s programme funded by the EU. 41 universities located in all EU member States are part of the programme. EMA is promoted by Global Campus of Human Rights, a network of more than 100 universities worldwide which offers training in the fields of human rights and democratisation
Europe 2 September Sep 2019 1505 02 September 2019 Last call to enter projects for the EESC's 2019 Civil Society Prize Staff Launched by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), this year the prize, rewarding excellence in civil society initiatives, is dedicated to the theme of gender equality. Final date for applications is 6 September