Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for transport and Dacian Cioloş, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development will take part in this plenary session.
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The first vice-president of the European Parliament, Mr Gianni Pittella, and the vice-president of the European Economic and Social Committee, Ms Anna Maria Darmanin, who is responsible for the EESC’s communication policy, will be visiting some European universities to meet young political science and communication students.
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E-inclusion should become a fundamental right of every citizen. That was the message from the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) at the end of a two-day “Click IT!” forum held in Gdańsk (Poland) under the auspices of the Polish Presidency. Featuring around a dozen exhibitors demonstrating innovative yet easy-to-implement schemes to close the digital gap in Europe, the forum, was held on the sidelines of a high-level international conference entitled Innovation for Digital Inclusion.
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Meeting held in Brussels on Thursday 6 October 2011
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GMOs in the EU – Public Hearing (20 October 2011)
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EESC President Staffan Nilsson visited Romania on 6 October to have an intervention in the opening panel of the Black Sea NGO Forum.

Staffan Nilsson also had meetings at the Romanian Economic and Social Council, met the newly appointed Romanian Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Sulfina Barbu and the Minister for European Affairs and former Commissioner Leonard Orban.
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My introducing speech at the EESC Public Hearing about the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (06.10.2011)
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The Employers’ Group held an extraordinary meeting on 29 September 2011 in Sopot, Poland on the topic “Business and Ethics”. The two panel debates took place in the framework of the European Forum for New Ideas and the Summit of the Eastern Partnership under the leadership of the Polish Presidency of the EU.
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The Employers’ Group held an extraordinary meeting on 29 September 2011 in Sopot, Poland on the topic “Business and Ethics”. The two panel debates took place in the framework of the European Forum for New Ideas and the Summit of the Eastern Partnership under the leadership of the Polish Presidency of the EU.
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The deadline for submitting applications is 7 October 2011.

2011 EESC Civil Society Prize
Rewarding excellence in civil society initiatives

Theme of the 2011 prize: “Dialogue and participation fostering EU values: integration, diversity, solidarity and tolerance”

The 2011 prize will reward civil society projects and initiatives serving the EU values which underpin the European integration process, and the overall objective of the prize, which have proved to be innovative in concept and application and made a valuable contribution to the well-being of their communities. Also, dialogue and participation must be the essential means through which those initiatives and projects have been achieved.
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Gallery 2010-2011
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Public Hearing (6 October 2011)
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A new pact between farming and the environment to build the future.
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The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is holding a conference on 10 October at which EESC and Committee of the Regions members, EU officials and stakeholders will discuss the funding of social housing in Europe.

Where: 2, rue van Maerlant (2nd floor); 1040 Brussels
When: 10 October, 2:30 p.m.
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The European Union remains well on track to achieve its Kyoto Protocol target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions despite a 2.4 % emissions increase in 2010, according to first estimates by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The 2010 increase follows a 7 % drop in 2009, largely due to the economic recession and growth of renewable energy generation.

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This report describes the impact of the ‘great recession’ on employment and the job structure in the EU27. It finds that despite a net loss of over five million jobs between 2008–2010, employment continued to grow in top-paying jobs, largely in knowledge-intensive services and business services. Meanwhile, sharp losses in medium-paying jobs in construction and manufacturing led to a shrinking of employment in the middle of the wage spectrum. More jobs were lost to men than to women and employment levels of older workers grew while those of core-age and, in particular, younger workers declined. Part-time work expanded across the wage spectrum while levels of temporary employment began to recover quickly from 2009 onwards after having borne the brunt of the early-recession job losses. An executive summary is available.
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EU local and regional representatives meet in Brussels from 10 to 13 October to share ideas on boosting competitiveness, growth and jobs.

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EU local and regional representatives meet in Brussels from 10 to 13 October to share ideas on boosting competitiveness, growth and jobs.

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Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for transport and Dacian Cioloş, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development will take part in this plenary session.
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Comment on UK Banks downgraded by UK Banks downgraded | The Albion Alliance presents

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Workshop on the implementation of Regulation 1370/2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road

Brussels, 14 November 2011

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Adam Werritty – there’s more….Whilst the MSM concentrates on the visit to Sri Lanka, they should be delving a little deeper into the relationship between Adam Werritty and Liam Fox. On an official visit to the Gulf Research Centre in 2007, Dr. Liam Fox, … Continue reading →http://www.parker-joseph.com/pjcjournal/2011/10/07/adam-werritty-theres-more/

The first vice-president of the European Parliament, Mr Gianni Pittella, and the vice-president of the European Economic and Social Committee, Ms Anna Maria Darmanin, who is responsible for the EESC’s communication policy, will be visiting some European universities to meet young political science and communication students.
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E-inclusion should become a fundamental right of every citizen. That was the message from the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) at the end of a two-day “Click IT!” forum held in Gdańsk (Poland) under the auspices of the Polish Presidency. Featuring around a dozen exhibitors demonstrating innovative yet easy-to-implement schemes to close the digital gap in Europe, the forum, was held on the sidelines of a high-level international conference entitled Innovation for Digital Inclusion.
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Comment on Who does this dickhead Salmond think he is.. by raymond jones

about 4 years ago in my anger at being a E.U. slave like all Britons including Salmond.
I looked around for who was most likely to set Britons free. It was Alex. So I made it known what I thought his strategy should be.Which was to take Scotland out of Europe
and set her free, this would peeve England into wanting the same, and not getting it.
So, my suggestion was then to start a Anglo Scottish Nationalist party. offering his new found freedom to the English, I think he would have been joined by at least Northern England who,s new found freedom would have enticed the rest of England, It would have been better than the E.U. But now I see that he is just another left wing E.U. Slave. And he is pretending to free Scotland but he can not because he cant, So my stand now is with UKIP but it could have been him.

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UK Banks downgradedMoody’s cut its rating on state-owned banks RBS by two notches and Lloyds TSB by one notch, taking both to Aa3. Other institutions to be downgraded included the UK arm of Spain’s Santander, Co-Operative bank, Nationwide building society and several … Continue reading →http://www.parker-joseph.com/pjcjournal/2011/10/07/uk-banks-downgraded/

During 7 minute pitches given at the Climate-KIC Innovation Festival these two start-up companies convinced the jury that they are the most promising starters within the Climate-KIC (one of EIT’s Knowledge and Innovation Communities) network, based on their potential business case and climate relevance. Each winner received a voucher of € 15.000 for services at any Climate-KIC core partner and have access to the Master class on Sales, led by Mr. Ken Morse, and support by a high-level coach in the quest for funding.

The French company Ennesys designs and supplies biomass and energy production systems based on highly efficient phytoplankton growth systems, fed with CO2 and nutriments contained in wastewater.

UK based Naked Energy  is developing a series of onsite Renewable Energy Devices for the residential and commercial markets.

Full news on Climate-KIC.org

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A one day event for assessors from the Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) on training on quality for herbal medicinal products. By invitation only
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