The first TeRRIFICA Online Conference will be held on May 22nd 2019 from 10am to 2pm (CEST/Brussels time). Free registration is now open via e-mail to hannah.hoff@uni-vechta.de
The Conference will start with the expert talk on co-creation given by Dr. Angela Connelly (University of Manchester). The Conference will also offer good practice examples from six pilot regions in Belarus, France, Germany, Poland, Serbia and Spain that combine co-creation processes with climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. More...
06 mai 2019
1st TeRRIFICA Online Conference “Co-creation and Climate Action.
FUEN’s 70 year Anniversary Congress to take place on 12-16 June in Slovakia
The largest and most influential minority umbrella organisation in Europe, the Federal Union of European Nationalities will organise its 70 year anniversary 2019 Congress in Bratislava/Pozsony and Dunajská Streda/Dunaszerdahely between the 12th and 16th of June.
The Congress will provide an opportunity to evaluate the accomplishments of 70 years of FUEN, in the presence of the former presidents of the organisation, and to draft a direction for the minority umbrella organisation for the decades to come. The Congress will also serve as an opportunity to focus on the situation of minorities in Slovakia, the hosting country and also on he minority situation in Ukraine. More...
The annual meeting of FUEN’s Education Working Group starts next week in Brussels
Members of the Education Working Group of the Federal Union of European Nationalities will meet between 6-8 May 2019 in Brussels for their annual meeting. They will also take part in the United Nations’ European Regional Forum on Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities. FUEN is an official partner of the Regional Forum. More...
Education in mother language is a human right
The FUEN President pointed out the main conclusions of the organisation’s expert team on education, stating that financial and administrative concerns appear to be the most common ones: access to all levels of education, proper funding, partaking in the decision-making process and administration of schools and universities. The adequate curriculum, teaching materials and textbooks as well as providing funding for teacher training is the second most important concern. Incorporating best practices in teaching foreign languages into the methodology for teaching official or state languages and on the other hand promoting the teaching of both the regional or minority languages and the official language, would address the existing mistrust and sensitivities both in the majority and the minority groups. More...
FUEN strongly objects the intimidation of the Hungarian community in Romania
Using the mother tongue in the public administration can cost you 100,000 euros in Romania. This is the case of the municipality of Corund (Korond), a settlement with 93 percent Hungarian population, where the mayor was fined for writing “Községháza” in Hungarian language next to the Romanian "Primaria" on the municipal building. More...
Ukraine is clearly on the wrong track regarding minority rights
Unfortunately, today Ukraine is clearly on the wrong track when it comes to minority rights. The current political environment is unpredictable, but once the presidential elections are over there will be a new chance for Ukraine to go back on the right track, respecting national minorities and supporting their linguistic and educational rights – said FUEN president Loránt Vincze on Tuesday in Strasbourg at the side event of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). The conference, entitled Language Rights in Ukraine was organised by the FUEN and the Hungarian Delegation of the PACE. More...
International Conference “Linking Academic Recognition and Quality Assurance“
The Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC) hosts the international conference of LIREQA project “Linking Academic Recognition and Quality Assurance“ as a final event of the project, co-financed by the European Commission, on 22 May 2019 in Vilnius, Lithuania. More...
Statement on transparent and productive communication between Romanian youth stakeholders
17th April 2019 – The European Students' Union (ESU) is aware that The National Alliance of Student Organisations in Romania (ANOSR) student leaders call for the resignation of the Romanian Minister of Youth and Sport, as a result of indifference to the youth component. More...ESU at the YO!Fest2019
On 30 April 2019, the European Students’ Union (ESU) participated in the Yo!Fest 2019, held at the Esplanade of the European Parliament in Brussels, within the context of the European Youth Week.The YO!fest, organised by the European Youth Forum, hosted participants coming from all EU Member States and beyond, with the aim of bringing more young voices together. More...
Special issue of IRE explores lifelong learning and the Sustainable Development Goals
The April issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning examines the relationship between education and development. Its five articles critically evaluate the potential role of lifelong learning in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while reflecting on the ways in which lifelong learning is conceptualized, enacted and monitored in the 21st century. More...
