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January 2019

Your monthly source of European Youth related information

Eurodesk best wishes

2018 has been an exciting year for Eurodesk…

Our Time to Move Campaign set new records, with over 1000 events in 25 countries. We had the pleasure of welcoming Ukraine to the Eurodesk family as our 35th member country. A new Competence Framework of Eurodesk Mobility Advisors has been adopted, giving more visibility and recognition to the amazing work done by our 1000 multipliers active at grassroots level all over Europe. Our Social Media Guidebook was released and shared broadly, while our new Euroclasses on Euro-Participation is ready to be used in the run to the European elections. The number of visitors of our new eurodesk.eu website has doubled, our social media strategy is paying off and, well, we just kind of kept ourselves busy :)

With a new Executive Committee (and slogan in #WomenPower) and Secretariat fully dedicated to making European opportunities available to all young people, we’re confident of growing even stronger in 2019!

But now it’s finally time to rest. Happy holidays, and here’s to 2019!

Audrey Frith
Eurodesk Director

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EURODESK NEWS
All the latest from the Eurodesk network

Extended deadline for the Eurodesk Survey

Following record-breaking feedback over the past few weeks, the Eurodesk survey for young people is extended until January 9th 2019. With the aim of creating a better understanding of how young people learn about mobility opportunities, the survey is evaluating how young people perceive the information landscape today and whether they believe information about opportunities abroad is accessible to them. Young people and young adults between 15 and 35 years old, with and without mobility experience, from Erasmus+ programme countries, Western Balkan and Eastern Partnership Countries, Russian Federation and/or Switzerland are invited to take the survey, which so far has produced some very interesting responses. By contributing, all participants have the chance to win great prizes. To date, the survey has received 2,698 responses, with the largest number coming from Italy (579).

The survey is available in 22 languages and will be open until January 9th 2019.

Get involved and participate here.

Stories of inspiration now available on the Eurodesk Website

The Time to Move 'Story of the Day' videos are now uploaded to the Eurodesk website! Discover the stories of 31 young people through short video messages in which they explain how they benefited from mobility opportunities and what they have learnt during the experience abroad.These videos help to show the importance of mobility opportunities for young people, so be sure to share them across your social media platforms!

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UPCOMING DEADLINES
From the Eurodesk Database

21/12/2018 PARTICIPATING
#EUMovers Competition

21/12/2018 VOLUNTEERING
Call for volunteers at IES Cánovas del Castillo

27/12/2018 GRANTS
Fare and Football v Homophobia Grants

31/12/2018 INTERNSHIPS
Eurodyssée

31/12/2018 PARTICIPATING

Young Europeans of the Year Award

31/12/2018 GRANTS
Roberto Cimetta Fund

31/12/2018 LEARNING
Study Visits at the European Parliament

31/12/2018 PARTICIPATING
#Ode2Joy Challenge

31/12/2018 INTERNSHIPS
Internships at Euradio

6/01/2019 iNTERNSHIPS
Eurodesk Brussels Link - Web editor Internship

6/01/2018 INTERNSHIPS
Traineeships at the European Railway Agency

6/01/2018 GRANTS
Seeds for Integration Grants

6/01/2019 TRAINING
Model European Union 2018

07/01/2019 INTERNSHIPS
Traineeships at the European Central Bank

07/01/2019 PARTICIPATING
Altiero Spinelli Prize for Outreach

08/01/2019 PARTICIPATING
#MyGreenWinter Photo Competition

09/01/2019 LEARNING
danceWEB - European Scholarship Programme for Contemporary Dance

10/01/2019 PARTICIPATING
ThisTimeImVoting INSTA CONTEST

13/01/2019 PARTICIPATING
European Youth Capital 2022

15/01/2019 GRANTS
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

15/01/2019 SCHOLARSHiPS
Bogliasco Fellowships Programme

15/01/2019 SCHOLARSHiP
Joint Research Centre Summer School on Non-Animal Approaches in Science

16/01/2019 PARTICIPATING
EU Prize for Women Innovators 2019

16/01/2019 SCHOLARSHiPS
College of Europe Scholarships for university graduates from ENP countries

20/01/2019 TRAININGS
Vulcanus in Japan

28/01/2019 PARTICIPATING
European Charlemagne Youth Prize

31/01/2019 INTERNSHIPS
Traineeships at the European Commission

31/01/2019 INTERNSHIPS
Traineeships at the European Commission - Translation traineeships

31/01/2019 INTERNSHIPS
Traineeships at the Court of Auditors

31/01/2019 SCHOLARSHiPS
Postgraduate studies at the EUI

PARTICIPATING
European Solidarity Corps - Open Call

This Time I'm Voting Contest

The European Parliament is looking for your creativity for their upcoming Instagram competition. Simply recreate the 'This Time I'm Voting' slogan using any of the official EU24 languages, and upload it tagging @ep_eye and @europeanparliament while using the hashtag #thistimeimvoting.

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Youth Ag-Summit 2019

From the 4th to 6th of November 2019, Brasil will play host to the Global Youth Ag-Summit, focusing on how to 'Feed a Hungry Planet'. If you are interested in Sustainable Development Goals, and aged between 18 and 25 you are eligible to apply.

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Intern with Eurodesk

Eurodesk Brussels Link is now looking for a new Web Editor for a full time six months contract. Applications will be open until January 6th, with the successful candidates being offered a fully remunerated position. Applicants should be prepared for an online test and interview.

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#MyGreenWinter

An award from DG DEVCO for illustrating how you are acting in order to save the planet, reduce plastic waste and emissions and be green in your everyday life. Entries can be made by January 9th via Instagram. Do include a description of your illustration.

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YOUTH POLICY

UPCOMING EVENTS

EU budget 2019 approved: focus on youth, innovation and migration

After the Council formally approved the conciliation agreement, it was voted in the Parliament on the 7 December. MEPs approved the 2019 budget, by 451 votes to 142, with 78 abstentions. It was then signed into law by President Antonio Tajani. The next year’s budget will provide better support for students, unemployed youngsters and researchers.
Commitment appropriations for 2019 total €165.8 billion; payment appropriations total €148.2 billion.

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Launch of the EUROGRADUATE Survey

The European Commission has launched the EUROGRADUATE pilot survey to see how graduates are doing after graduation and how they feel when they look back on their studies. The survey aims to lay foundations for European-wide comparable data on graduates, their transitions to the labour market, their mobility across Europe and their role in society overall.

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European Parliament Flash Eurobarometer

The first results of a new European Parliament Flash Eurobarometer Focusing on the future European Elections 2019 reveals that 68% of European citizens believe their country’s EU membership to be a good thing. The first results of the telephone survey, conducted with 26,071 respondents in the EU-27, show a continuous increase in support for the European Union. While 60% of respondents interviewed in the April 2018 Eurobarometer survey found EU membership to be a good thing, this result rose to 62% in September 2018 and again to 68% in this Flash Eurobarometer survey.

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21 January 2019
Europe for Her

24 January 2019
Forum on the Future of Learning, Brussels, Belgium

5 February 2019
Infoday Sport, Brussels, Belgium

5-6 February 2019
EU Industry Days, Brussels, Belgium

8-9 February 2019
EU Studies Fair 2019, Brussels, Belgium

19 - 21 February 2019
Message to Europeans 3.0, Brussels, Belgium

29 April - May 5 2019
European Youth Week 2019

21-24 May 5 2019
Joint Research Centre Summer School on Non-Animal Approaches in Science, Ispra, Italy

23-26 May 2019
European Elections 2019

4-6 November 2019
Global Youth Ag-Summit, Brasilia, Brazil

ONGOING
Citizens' dialogues

ONGOING
EURES Job Days

ONGOING
Romania EU Council Presidency (1January-30 June 2019)

ONGOING
Novi Sad European Youth Capital 2019

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Matera European Capital of Culture 2019

ONGOING
Plovdiv European Capital of Culture 2019

ONGOING
Salto-Youth: Training Calendar

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Novi Sad European Youth Capital 2019

Serbia’s second largest city, in the heart of the Vojvodina region, is the European Youth Capital for 2019. The European Youth Capital (EYC) title is awarded to a different European city each year by the European Youth Forum. The candidacy of the City of Novi Sad for the European Youth Capital was a sort of invitation to young people to become actively involved in their own development and building their own independence, thus the motto of the candidacy was “Opening doors.”

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RESOURCES

USEFUL LINKS

Funding & Tenders Portal

European Commission's new entry point for participants and experts in funding programmes and tenders. It is managed by the European Commission and other EU bodies and replaces the previous Participant Portal. Users can search for the latest calls for proposals, call for tenders, projects results, manage their grants, register as experts, manage contracts and payments online.

Cultural gems

Launched by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, this is a new web app stemming from the Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor aimed at talking directly with citizens about culture and creativity in their cities. It allows and empowers citizens to share what they know about their cities and the places they love, sharing their local knowledge with the cities’ visitors.

Today, a network of more than 1000 youth professionals work with Eurodesk in 35 countries to raise awareness among young people on learning mobility opportunities and to encourage them to become active citizens. As a support organisation to Erasmus+, Eurodesk makes information on learning mobility comprehensive and accessible to youth professionals.

Eurodesk is funded with support from the European Commission. This newsletter reflects the views of the author (Eurodesk) only, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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