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Projects 5 September Sep 2016 1100 05 September 2016 France awards social innovation
"La France s'engage", an initiative by French President François Hollande promoting and supporting the most promising social innovations in the country, is creating a real movement for social enterprise in France. Winners of the fifth edition of the initiative, that will finish in 2017, were announced at the Élysée Palace in Paris on the 31st of August.
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Natural disasters 1 September Sep 2016 1130 01 September 2016 How does the EU Solidarity Fund work ?
In order to deal with the aftermath of major natural disaster, Governments have access to various financial instruments: international funds, budget reallocation, domestic or external credit, donor assistance, tax increase, reserves or calamity funds, budget contingencies, insurance etc.
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#EndTaxHavens 31 August Aug 2016 1418 31 August 2016 Oxfam, sweatheart deals: the bus does not stop with Apple ruling
Oxfam urges European governments to do more to clean up murky corporate tax practices. Such scheme drives inequality across the world.
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Migration 31 August Aug 2016 1232 31 August 2016 Obamacare(s) for refugees
The U.S. accepts 10,000 Syrian refugees and is on track to exceed its goal. A good lesson for European politicians who only excel at organizing migration summits in Brussels
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Data 30 August Aug 2016 1154 30 August 2016 Towards better social statistics for a social Europe
The European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation on new, integrated ways to collect and use data from social surveys so as to better support policy making in general and social policy in particular.
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Scotland 4 August Aug 2016 1515 04 August 2016 Historic chance to shape new, humane welfare system
Charities demand Holyrood seizes the opportunity to put people at the heart of a new welfare system
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Islam 3 August Aug 2016 1519 03 August 2016 What role do Muslims have in building a secular UK?
When people learn I run a secularist charity, many are confused about what secularism means and its consequences for non-Christians in the UK, writes Tehmina Kazi.
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Migrants 3 August Aug 2016 1041 03 August 2016 Refugees inflow surges to 1.3 million in 2015
A record 1.3 million migrants applied for asylum in the 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2015 – nearly double the previous high water mark of roughly 700,000 that was set in 1992 after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Volunteering 3 August Aug 2016 1001 03 August 2016 This new initiative is helping disaster-affected communities
People's lives across the planet are increasingly disrupted by disaster. From manmade to natural disasters, the planet is seeing more conflict and global warming. This is why the European Commission have launched a new initiative: EU Aid Volunteers.
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Syria 2 August Aug 2016 1530 02 August 2016 Humanitarian corridor proposal deeply flawed
A statement from over 35 Syrian, regional and international humanitarian, human rights and development organisations on the Russia-Syrian proposal to establish "humanitarian corridors" out of Aleppo.
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Awarness Campaign 29 July Jul 2016 0943 29 July 2016 Migrants, what if they knew the risks before they left ?
Migrants have voiced the horrors of their trip across the Mediterranean in a new media campaign. The goal? Discouraging potential migrants from attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea.
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Role models 28 July Jul 2016 1512 28 July 2016 Raluca Popescu, the Romanian councillor with disability
Be inspired by Raluca Popescu, the woman who was elected Councillor of the Romanian town of Timisoara. «Accessibility of the city will be an important objective for me in the next 4 years» she said.
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SDGs 27 July Jul 2016 1102 27 July 2016 Extreme poverty affects 1 in 8 people in the world
According to the first progress report on Goals for a Sustainable World released by the UN,nearly 800 million people suffer from hunger, 5.9 million children die before they reach the age of five. The report provides the most up-to-date statistics on poverty, hunger, education and sanitation, among others, so that the world can address urgent global challenges over the next 15 years.
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Brexit 26 July Jul 2016 1011 26 July 2016 Erasmus program no longer a certainty for UK
Active for over 30 years across 27 countries, the Erasmus has enriched over 2 million Europeans' lives with cultural and academic exchange. However, following Brexit, the Erasmus scheme’s UK future is no longer certain.
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Turkey 26 July Jul 2016 1002 26 July 2016 Evidence doesn't lie: Detainees are being subjected to beatings, torture and rape
According to Amnesty International, more than 10,000 people have been detained since the failed coup. They are held in unofficial detention centers where their rights have been systematically violated.
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Aid 22 July Jul 2016 1606 22 July 2016 The achievements of EU international cooperation and development activities
The first report based on the new "EU International Cooperation and Development Results Framework" provides a selection of results achieved in about 100 partner countries across the globe with the support of EU-funded projects and programmes.
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Development 22 July Jul 2016 0942 22 July 2016 EU-Africa: beyond dialogue for a cooperation on equal terms
Despite the important number of avenues for discussions, a considerable gap remains between the expectations for cooperation between EU and Africa States respectively.
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Turkey 20 July Jul 2016 1120 20 July 2016 What remains of the agreement on refugees ?
Four months have passed since the entry into force of the agreement between the EU and Turkey. This deal received widespread criticism with some claiming that it will remain unimplemented or, worse still, ignored by Turkey. Vita Int analyzes the state of the art with Professor Chiara Favilli from the University of Florence, a lecturer in European Union law.
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Refugees 19 July Jul 2016 1425 19 July 2016 A poor welcome from rich countries
The six wealthiest nations host less than 9% of the world’s refugees while poorer countries shoulder most of the responsibility. The world's richest countries can and should do much more to help the world’s most vulnerable people who have fled their homes because of violence and conflict.
