EUROPE: News bulletin from Eurochild

Contents:

News from Eurochild
Staff changes in Eurochild’s Secretariat
Outcomes from Eurochild General Assembly and Policy Forum 18-19 June
Upcoming Events

News from the European Institutions
European Commission
Renewed Social Agenda
Migrant children and education: a challenge for EU education systems
Social services of general interest
EU struggles with growing teen illiteracy
Erasmus Mundus: more than 2,000 new Master's students to receive scholarships
Controversies around the Commission’s register of lobbyists
Schools in the 21st Century
News from Fundamental Rights Agency

European Parliament
European Parliament calls for hard-hitting EU policy to uphold and promote human rights around the world
European Parliament Report welcomes the Commission's White Paper on Sport
EP Position on the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion 2010

Council of the EU
Report on Education, Youth and Culture Council (EYC), Brussels, 21-22 May 2008

European Economic and Social Committee
Building a future European social model: message from the European Citizens’ Forum in Wroclaw

Presidency of the EU
Challenges of the EU French Presidency

Member states focus on active inclusion
News from European countries
Albania
AZERBAIJAN
Belgium
Bulgaria
France
France to put its children on file
FYRO MACEDONIA
Italy
Switzerland
UK
Wales
EU Wide
Initiatives from outside Europe

Council of Europe News
New Convention on adoption
“Building Europe for and with Children” - Forthcoming Conference
Further Reading

Calendar of Upcoming Events
Day of General Discussion 2008: Children's right to education in emergencies
19 September 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
IFCW World Forum 2008
“Early Intervention and Prevention”
29 Sept - 1 October 2008, Cardiff, Wales, UK
International Step by Step Association 9th Annual Conference “Active Citizenship: Democratic Practices in Education”
9-12 October 2008, Budapest, Hungary
Other upcoming events

Courses
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