The Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, is seeking applications for the […]...

On Monday, 10 May 2021, the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) will organize the Workshop on “The role of education in preventing violence against women”.Education is key to prevent violence against women and gender-based violence (GBV). The workshop will explore, a...

Paris, France, April 2021 – The ALARM project, which is led by the fire and emergency response service of the department of Nord in France (SDIS 59) and in which Efus is a partner, organised a webinar on the role of … More →...

Brussels, Belgium, April 2021 – Efus took part in a workshop organised (online) on 2 March by the Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) of the European Commission on the use of drones, or Unmanned Aircraft Systems … More →...

During the AFCO meeting of 7 March, the public hearing 'Constitutionalism in the European Union and the constitutional interaction between the West and East of Europe' took place. During this hearing the Committee heard from three experts:Ms Anneli Albi, Professor of Law at Kent Law School...

The Integrated Territorial Investment - ITI - is a tool introduced in 2015 in the Common Provision Regulation for use during the European Structural and Investment Funds programming period. This tool aims to make it easier to run territorial strategies that need funding from different sour...

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development held a Public Hearing on the "Conservation of agricultural biodiversity" in remote. The hearing was intended to assess and discuss the impact on the agricultural sector of the Commission's Communication on the “EU Biodiversity Strategy f...

The objective of this hearing is to listen to different stakeholders about the current challenges facing the aquaculture sector, notably linked to production. The speakers include fish farmers from varied realities, ranging from sea-based aquaculture in the Atlantic and Mediterranean to th...

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development held a Public Hearing on the “Fruits, vegetables and wine market situation – the impact of the ”. The hearing was intended to address the impact on the agricultural market of the measures implemented to tackle the pandemic. Six exper...

The AGRI Committee held a Public Hearing on “EU agriculture after Brexit” with remote participation. The hearing was intended to tackle the impact of Brexit on agricultural trade flows, including the particular situation of Ireland and the protection of geographical indications. Expert...

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament, in association with the Committee on Petitions, is jointly organising a public hearing on the European Citizens’ Initiative “End the Cage Age’’. The initiative was registered on 5 September 2018 and its ...

The Subcommittee on human rights will hold a public hearing on “Attacks on the legal profession and lawyers defending human rights”, on 19 February 2019, from 09.00-10.30, at the European Parliament in Brussels. Attacks on lawyers defending human rights have increased in many countrie...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of UN General Assembly Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. To renew its pledge to protect and promote children's rights, the European Parliament will organise a High-Level Confere...

The next AFCO committee meeting is scheduled for 12 and 13 April 2021 from 13:45 to 16:45 and 13:45 to 15:45 respectively.In the context of the exponential growth of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain t...

In the course of its meeting on 16 March 2021, the REGI committee discussed its draft report (rapporteur: Mr Pascal ARIMONT, PPE, Belgium) on the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (COM(2020)0854)). This Commission proposal aims to help regions and economic sectors hardest hit by Brexit. Eighty per...

Four dossiers were put to the vote during the REGI committee meeting on Tuesday 16 March 2021.The four dossiers voted on were the Provisional Agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations on the Common Provisions on the ERDF, the ESF Plus, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Mar...

Chaired by the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, co-chaired by the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries Why is fighting impunity a top priority for victims of serious human rights violations in Syria? Location : Brussels, via vi...

REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece and France in relation to natural disasters and to Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Ge...

FOUR ONLINE EVENTS SET TO DISCUSS AND DEBATE “EUROPE’S LIVING RELIGIOUS HERITAGE” IN NEW AND ACCESSIBLE FORMAT FOR FRH’S BIENNIAL CONFERENCE Monday, 19 April 2021 Brussels, BE – Four online events in 2021 will bring together experts, thought leaders and audiences from all ove...