EU have decided to reward each of the volunteers who have taken part in volunteer camps and helped the flood-affected citizens, through Young People Rule programme, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport announced. Thanks to volunteers, Serbia has shown what matters the most, said Davenport at the 2014 Best Youth Volunteer Action award ceremony.
The European Union highly “values” the Swiss Chairmanship for its efforts with regard to the crisis in and around Ukraine, and welcomes the commitment of the incoming Serbian Chairmanship to maintain a strong focus and balanced approach to this crisis, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said.
Gender perspectives must be integrated into all legislation, public policies, programmes and projects. Governments have to coordinate different actors, including civil society, to ensure the effective implementation of laws and policies addressing violence against women and girls.
Within the pan-European project Europeana, action “Mobilisation of Memory” is organised in three cities – Belgrade, Novi Sad, Cacak – in December, aimed at collecting archive documents on World War I. As early as 5 and 6 December, Belgraders are invited to share their family memories of the Great War.
Women in power and decision-making have a critical role to play in efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls. They should be advocates for women’s rights.
Energy should not be used as a political tool while energy efficiency should be increased, domestic production strengthen, supplies difersified while at the same time, emergency and solidarity mechanisms should be bolstered, said the conclusions of the sixth European Union-United States Energy Council which met in Brussels.
High school students, including those from Serbia, are given a chance to win a language course abroad for free, thanks to the Language Learning Portal that has organised a contest “Win a Language Holiday Abroad!”
Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport visited Vranje to see the results of the EU-funded projects and reaffirmed European support to new developmental activities of the town.
Addressing women’s economic inequality is of particular importance in reducing violence against women and girls in the long- term.
Head of the European Delegation to the Republic of Serbia Michael Davenport, Head of the Coordinating Body for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja Zoran Stankovic, and the President of the Municipality of Bujanovac Nagip Arifi, announced the start of the construction of Bujanovac Department of the Faculty of Economics in Subotica. The EU will provide some 800.000 for the project.
