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A en croire la socialiste Rita Maalouf, les premières mesures du gouvernement Philippe, et de son mentor, Emmanuel Macron, sont vouées à l'échec et emmènent la France dans le mur. Tribune.

It is impossible to imagine a situation, in which US congressmen would gather to vote for the abolition of sanctions against Russia. By and large, US-Russian relations return to their usual abnormal state. The relationship between the USSR, then Russia and the United States has never been normal

The term ‘development aid’ is no longer in fashion in Brussels. Burdened by its history and ineffective results, the preferred term now is – as observed at the European Development Days (EDD) held on 7‒8 June this year ‒ ‘partnership’: among and between countries and the European Union, as well as between members of civil society, private sector and NGOs.

This approach was also conveyed by the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and reaffirmed by the leaders and spokesmen of the African countries: the countries no longer want neo-colonialist programmes but instead ask for actions in which they are treated as equals.

In this year’s EDDs, the ‘Davos of cooperation’ as some call them, it was Italy that gained a prominent place: not only because many of our leading figures working on international cooperation attended the event and have been involved in the various discussions, but also because three years after the introduction of a new law on development cooperation (Law 125/2014), Italy seems to have the necessary equipment to keep pace with international trends.

And perhaps Italy is even capable of something more: not only it has the tools, such as a dedicated deputy minister, its contribution to the European Migration Compact and the recognition of the private sector as an actor of cooperation, but also the ambition to conduct wide-ranging action. Or at least it wants to try.

“Migration cannot be solved by investing funds that should be used to fight poverty to increase the number of border police and controls”

Some international issues create cross-cutting crises that require innovative ideas and experience from the field. Migration and development, and migration and security, are often two sides of the same coin.

The issue of migration to Europe from Africa cannot be solved by moving Europe’s borders to Africa, or by investing funds that should be used in the fight against poverty to increase the number of border police and controls. This plan shows its weaknesses under demographic pressure, hunger, drought and wars. And in any case, migratory flows always find openings through which to pass.

But there is one key fact which echoes all other pulling factors for migration: jobs – an  essential condition to limit migrants’ departures and to facilitate their integration into destination countries. The External Investment Plan (EIP) that the EU is implementing, and which could mobilise US$60bn to be allocated to companies that intend to invest in Africa, could be a great opportunity to create real jobs with the involvement of civil society and other local realities and institutions.

The same reality also applies to refugees. Those working in refugee camps know from experience that a cash-for-work project may help those who are staying for endless periods in camps in Lebanon, Jordan or Kenya (just to mention some of the many cases) to recover their own dignity. This is proven in detail by a project implemented in Lebanon with the support of Italian Development Cooperation.

Cash granted for a job, which is often of public interest, is useful for both Europe and the migrants’ countries of origin. In fact, this kind of approach prevents the dispersion of ‘human resources’, a precious capital for countries like Syria that one day, once the war is over, will have to relaunch with the help of its people. Those who fled to Europe during the conflict are not likely to return.

“Work without education has a poor future”

But work alone is not enough. Work without education has a poor future ahead, just as the opposite does. Education used as a mantra in cooperation, but it is not just about schooling, but about inclusivity: in addition to the transmission of technical skills, education must provide a precise ‘essence’. Just consider that even those recruiting violent extremists open schools and invest in some forms of training.

At AVSI, we try to summarise the definition as follows: accompanying young people to think critically and discover that the other ‒ someone of a different culture or religion, for example ‒ is good, and should not be perceived as an obstacle to get rid of.

This is the challenge of the Back to the Future project, funded by the MADAD fund, which AVSI and other partners are implementing in Lebanon and Jordan. Numbers help to understand the extent of this: 30,000 children involved in Lebanon, 10,000 in Jordan, with a total of 200,000 indirect beneficiaries.

Work and education undoubtedly deserve the maximum investment that can be allocated to development and security.

IMAGE CREDIT: CC/Flickr – European Commission DG ECHO

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COSTA PARADISO. Vízbe fulladt egy Szardínián nyaraló 15 éves magyar lány, akit egy hullám rántott magával a tengerbe egy szikláról.

Le 25 juillet 2017 l'Assemblée nationale examinait en séance publique le projet de loi relatif au " rétablissement de la confiance dans l'action publique " à savoir la loi sur la moralisation de la vie publique.Ce projet de loi, au coeur de l'accord politique entre Emmanuel Macron et François Bayrou lors de la campagne présidentielle, a fait l'objet de nombreux rebondissements depuis sa rédaction initiale. [...]

On 26 July, the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) agreed on a mandate for negotiations on a draft directive covering entry and residence conditions for highly qualified  workers coming from third countries (blue card directive). Based on this mandate, the Council presidency will start negotiations with the European Parliament. 

"The purpose of the Blue Card is to attract highly qualified workers to Europe. The number of specialists and economic transformers in the world is limited and the competition for them is strong. Making them choose Europe will strengthen our competitiveness and contribute to economic growth", said Andres Anvelt, minister of interior of Estonia, which currently holds the Council presidency. "A common European residence and work permit that will facilitate and make conditions more flexible is necessary if we want to compete with the American green card or the Canadian point system”,  minister Anvelt added.

The reform of the blue card directive aims at making it more attractive for highly qualified workers from third countries to come to work in the EU. It will also aim to improve their mobility between jobs in different member states. It would replace the existing blue card directive, harmonising further conditions of entry and residence and improving the situation of highly qualified workers by the following means: 

• providing more inclusive admission criteria, including by reducing the salary threshold that member states can set for the admission of third-country nationals and establishing that member states may apply a lower minimum salary rule also to recent graduates, as well as by reducing the minimum length of the work contract to six months
• making the procedures faster, in particular by introducing the possibility to apply simplified procedures for recognised employers
• establishing that member states may allow EU blue card holders to engage in parallel in self-employed activities or professional activities other than their main activity
• facilitating intra-EU mobility, including by reducing the minimum period of legal residence in the first member state
• extending its scope to include non-EU family members of EU citizens and in certain cases, also beneficiaries of international protection  

The European Commission presented the proposal for a new blue card directive in June 2016 as part of the EU's efforts to develop a comprehensive migration policy, including in the area of legal migration. 

POZSONY. A külföldre látogató személyek a roamingdíjak eltörlése után többet használják a telefonjukat. Ezt a szlovákiai mobilszolgáltatók első statisztikái is mutatják. Ügyfeleik ugyanis ugyanolyan körülmények között használhatják mobiltelefonjukat külföldön, mint otthon.

Insgesamt gibt es in der EU 1.402 Lebensmittelprodukte, die das Siegel "geschützte geografische Angabe" (g.g.A.) tragen.

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LOS ANGELES. Élete 91. évében elhunyt Barbara Sinatra, Frank Sinatra özvegye.

A fotópályázat célja, hogy a beérkezett fotók által bemutassa a Martineum Felnőttképző Akadémia 25 éves fennállásának legfontosabb pillanatait, de hétköznapi tapasztalatait is.

A Körösök ölelésében fekvő Gyomaendrőd számos turisztikai látnivalója közül egyre jelentősebb szerepet tölt be a horgászok által kedvelt 16 holtág, éppen ezért fotópályázatunk témáját a gyomaendrődi horgászvizek, és a hozzá kapcsolódó élmények szolgáltatják. Három kategóriában várjuk ötletes, kreatív, egyedi képeiteket.

Felhívás Budapesten működő, közösségi szolgálatot teljesítő fiatalokat fogadó civil szervezetek részére

Ady Endre születésének 140. évfordulója tiszteletére országos csapatversenyre hívjuk a középiskolás korosztályt!

Urbanisme en Croatie : à Split, les habitants se mobilisent contre la destruction de leur ville
Croatie : Split sous la neige, une ville à l'abandon
Croatie : bienvenue dans la Dalmatie touristique, libérale et eurosceptique !
Croatie : à Zagreb comme à Split, le règne du populisme
Croatie : l'incendie de Split met le feu à la maison HDZ
Élections locales en Croatie : le HDZ rafle la mise

/ Politique intérieure, Défense, police et justice, Culture et éducation, Novosti, Croatie

Országos könyvillusztráló-pályázat Ady Endre születésének 140. évfordulója tiszteletére.

A Turisztikai Világszervezet, az UNWTO nyilvánosságra hozta a 2017 január-áprilisi adatokat. A világban ezen időszakban 370 millió turista utazott, ami 6%-kal több, mint az előző év hasonló időszakában.

Szinte világ minden régiójában növekedést mérték, és jelentős növekedést várható a május-augusztusi időszakban is. 

A legtöbb uticél idén is hozta a tavalyi jó eredményeket, van néhány, amik az elmúlt években problémásak voltak, de az idei év első négy hónapjában vissza erősödtek, főleg a Közel-Keleten (+10%) és Észak-Afrikában (+8%). 

Európában az első négy hónapban az előző év hasonló időszakához képest 6%-kal nőtt a turisták száma, ami magasabb a vártnál. Ezt azzal magyarázzák, hogy visszatért a bizalom néhány olyan uticél felé is, amit korábban biztonsági okok negatívan befolyásoltak.

                                               Szarajevó

Az eredmények különösen javultak Dél-Európában, ahova a vizsgált időszakban 9%-kal több turista látogatott. Nyugat-Európában 4%-kal, míg Észak-Európában 9%-kal nőtt a látogatók száma. Közép-Kelet-Európában a növekedés mértéke 4%-os. 

                                         Medjugorje

A listán, ahol a legnagyobb növekedést mutató országok vannak, Bosznia-Hercegovina az előkelő hatodik helyen áll. Az éves növekedés 26% feletti, ami négyszer nagyobb, mint az európai átlag. 

                                                   Neum 

A nemzetközi szervezet 2003 óta készíti el négyhavi felmérését idegenforgalmi szakemberek, nemzetközi szakértők értékelése és előrejelzése alapján.

 

 

 

A Magyarországon most meghirdetett pályázat célja szociálisan hátrányos helyzetben lévő gyermekek, fiatalok infokommunikációs felzárkózásának és digitális oktatásának támogatása.

A Belgrade court rejected the war crimes prosecutor’s motion to continue a landmark trial of eight former Serb policemen for the Srebrenica massacres, saying the request was based on charges already dismissed.

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According to Advocate General Wahl, a supplier of luxury goods may prohibit its authorised retailers from selling its products on third-party platforms such as Amazon or eBay

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Selon l’avocat général Wahl, un fournisseur de produits de luxe peut interdire à ses détaillants agréés de vendre ses produits sur des plateformes tierces telles qu’Amazon ou eBay