Five cities short-listed to become the European Youth Capital 2017
June 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Brussels, 23rd April 2014 // Cascais (Portugal), Galway (Ireland), Newcastle (United Kingdom), Perugia (Italy) and Varna (Bulgaria) have been selected by an independent high-level jury to compete for the title of European Youth Capital (EYC) 2017. These five cities will now progress to the next round of competition to compete for the coveted title. During […]
Investing in working conditions and quality jobs
June 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Yesterday (28th April) the European Youth Forum spoke at a conference on working conditions organised by the European Commission to reflect on what has been achieved in terms of working conditions and on the way forward. The latest Eurobarometer report, published last week, shows that much more has to be done to improve working conditions […]
Historical success for the First ever European Presidential Debate
June 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Last night, the First ever European Presidential Debate reached a historical peak of traffic through Euronews’ network, “top trending” in six European countries. The live streaming generated tens of thousands of viewers on euronews.com and YouTube. Hosted by the City of Maastricht, Maastricht University, Connect Limburg and the European Youth Forum, the debate was broadcast […]
Quality Education on the table at the European Parliament
June 29, 2014 by 1 Comment
Yesterday, the European Youth Forum organised a roundtable discussion, on the theme, “Quality Education in Europe by 2019?”, hosted by the European Parliament Intergroup on Youth, in Brussels. The event was timely, with a new legislative period of European Parliament about to start. The European Youth Forum presented its recently adopted policy paper on quality […]
YOUTH WILL BE A KEY FOCUS IN THE NEXT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
June 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Brussels, 30th May 2014 // 85 newly elected MEPs signed up to the European Youth Forum’s LoveYouthFuture pledges, during their campaign, to ensure the next European Parliament is youth-friendly. Meanwhile, whilst official figures on voter turnout among young people are yet to be released, overall turnout remained stable at 43.1%, having fallen steadily between 1979 […]
Quality Internships: Towards a Toolkit for Employers
June 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
On Wednesday 4th June, the European Youth Forum held a meeting at the Microsoft Centre in Brussels to discuss a toolkit project for quality internships with representatives from six employers (Microsoft, Titan Cement, Abbvie, Adecco, EUK Consulting, EPACA). At a time when we mostly hear negative things about internships (exploitation, unpaid and unsafe experiences), it […]
For Youth Rights: steps forward for better protection.
June 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Last week, the European Youth Forum was included in the Council of Europe Social Charter NGO list. This enables NGOs to lodge collective complaints and thus opens a new phase in the work that the European Youth Forum can do in promoting and protecting youth rights. The European Youth Forum is also now part of […]
European Youth Forum welcomes the European Commission’s proposed revision of the Union Code on Visas, however it does not go far enough
June 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This week, the Commission released a proposed revision of the Union Code on Visas, which is generally a positive proposal in that it puts in place a number of changes making it easier for visa applicants. However, in not implementing all of the Youth Forum’s demands it still puts limitations on youth mobility. The revision of the […]European Business Summit 2014 : The Sting Report, Day II – Business, Politics and EBS 2015
May 22, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Following the Sting’s report on Day I of the European Business Summit 2014, the report of the second day of Brussels’ most prominent conference is following here. As expected, the second day, full of back to back, even simultaneous, sessions all day long, was more interesting than Day I and gave us a glimpse of how European economy will look […]The European Sting @ European Business Summit 2014 – the preview
May 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The prestigious European Business Summit 2014 took place last week at Egmont Palace in Brussels. More than 1650 attendees this year, EU policy makers, businessmen and NGOs paid a visit to the business heart of Europe on 14 and 15 May. The European Sting, official media sponsor of the summit, as a keen follower of Europe’s most significant […]The European Sting @ the European Business Summit 2014 – Where European Business and Politics shape the future
May 11, 2014 by 1 Comment
The time for the most prestigious event in Brussels has come. This week on Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 May the heart of Europe is beating at Egmont Palace, where the highest representatives from the European Industry and Business gather. The European Business Summit, the greatest conference for European Industry, is on its way now […]Meet the Junior Enterprise network at JEWC 2014!
May 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
May 7, 2014 News Room Dear Junior Entrepreneur, meet Alex! He is a student willing to go the extra mile for his education in the field of work which he wants to join and ace. Alex is very open-minded; he often travels to places he has never been to and is on the look for […]
Teamgum @ TheNextWeb 2014
May 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Written by Divyesh Kharade, Co_founder of Teamgum Teamgum was amongst the 96 Startups which were selected for the TNW Boost program and as a part of the package we were promised a stand to showcase our product, PR coverage and a star list of people we could meet and network with, thanks to WeTransfer. The real […]SoftLayer, an IBM company, @ TheNextWeb 2014: Masters of Failure and Change
May 5, 2014 by 1 Comment
Written by Michalina Kiera, Senior Marketing Manager EMEA at SoftLayer, an IBM Company If you stand still, you go backwards. We’ve all heard that at least once and a lot of us claim to live by that rule. But do we really? How often does the risk of challenging the status quo hinder our decisions and […]JADE Romania Celebrates the 4th Anniversary
May 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
May 6, 2014 News Room In 2014, JADE Romania celebrated its 4th year of existence, by organising the annual National Meeting. The event took place in the capital of Romania, Bucharest, between the 4th and 6th of April. For this, JADE Romania has welcomed the guests coming from different parts of the country, at Ibis […]
The Next Web 2014, the biggest European conference on Internet so far and the Absence of Brussels from Amsterdam
April 28, 2014 by 14 Comments
The time for Europe’s biggest conference on Internet had come and the European Sting’s team was in Amsterdam on 24 and 25 April 2014, as official media sponsor of The Next Web 2014, “Power to the People”. As every year, the Web’s biggest names came together at Westerpark in Amsterdam to share insights and views […]
The European Sting @ Mobile World Congress 2014, Creating What’s Next for the World. Can EU Policy follow?
March 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It was the end of February and the time for the world’s biggest annual mobile technology event had come. The rendez-vous was given at the same place as last year; at the beautiful capital of Catalunya, Barcelona, that is also the Mobile World Capital. The European Sting was media sponsor of the world’s most magnificent […]JADE President opens JADE Spring Meeting 2014
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March 11, 2014 News Room Dear Junior Entrepreneurs, dear partners, dear supporters and guests, Welcome at JADE Spring Meeting 2014, the International Congress on Entrepreneurial Skills for Youth! It is a pleasure to welcome you all to our event and I hope that, by the end of it, you will have found something worthwhile to […]
European Development Days 2013
November 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
December 2, 2013 News Room Victor Soto, Thiago Millnitz The 8th edition of European Development Days took place between the 26th and the 27th of November, gathering an impressive number of participants that came from all over the world. The working title was “A decent life for all by 2030 – Building a consensus for […]
JADE visits Lithuanian Junior Initiatives
July 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
December 2, 2013 News Room The last months have been very busy for JADE Team, with a lot of in-house activities, but also with many travels, either for the national meetings of our Members or other projects. Between 2nd and 7th of November JADE Team travelled to Lithuania, to get in contact with the Junior […]
The Sting’s Team
December 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The European Sting started off in Brussels against all odds, with no resources but a passionate team of well educated people coming from diverse backgrounds and cultures who have worked in the EU Affairs media arena and decided to put a clear stop to the misinformation and the biased agenda setting in the EU and […]
