The first Expert Meeting of the Minority SafePack Initiative took place in Brussels on Wednesday, 10 October 2018. Eighteen experts from different European states with diverse areas of activity and professional background took part in the meeting to discuss the next steps and to form the working groups in order to develop detailed law proposals based on the nine points included in the succesful European Citizens’ Initiative. The Expert Meeting was held at FUEN’s Europe Office in Brussels. More...

There are still many European citizen’s who don’t know about the Minority SafePack Initiative. We will work towards spreading the message of the MSPI and we will ask majority communities for their support. We need to talk about our goal in the capitals of EU Member States so that we can secure the political support our initiative needs. More...

The FUEN’s delegation visited Ukraine in preparation for its 70^th Congress and had meetings with local member organisations, the OSCE mission in Ukraine and the European Centre for Minority Issues office in Ukraine. The minority umbrella organisation’s President pointed out that Ukraine chose the European path of integration, and this choice comes with responsibilities, the main one being to respect the democratic rules and the rule of law, and one of the rules defining democracy is that it is not possible for the state to narrow the existing rights. More...

A delegation of the German Local Government of the 13th district in Budapest, Hungary visited FUEN during their study trip through the Danish-German border region last Wednesday, 8 August 2018.
The delegates were informed about FUEN and its commitment to the autochthonous national minorities in Europe. More...

The “Training on Democratisation and Youth Participation in Civic Life” took place from the 26th to the 29th of September in Vienna, Austria. Organised by the European Students’ Union (ESU) with the support of the (ÖH -Österreichische Hochschüler innenschaft) and the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe. More...

There is no fixed definition that is universally accepted of what a disability is. However, some organisations specialized on the topic provided definitions that can be used together to get a better understanding of all the aspects that are at stake when discussing disabilities. More...

Between 27-28 September 2018, the 63rd meeting of the Bologna Follow-Up Group (BFUG) took place in Vienna, Austria. Right after our European Students’ Convention 36 (ESC36), the three members of our presidency were ready to stand for the rights of 20 million students they represent. More...

ESU launched in May 2018 the first call of the year for projects for ‘Together, Moving Forward’, a programme supporting creative, valuable initiatives led by student and refugee organisations that tackle the main barriers limiting the access and inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in education and society. Six projects were selected during the first round and are now ongoing in five different European countries (Belgium, Germany, UK, Czech Republic and Italy). More...

The event offered the chance to enhance their knowledge about Quality Assurance developments at the European level and master their skills so they can be further applied at national and international reviews. More...

The main theme of the ESC36 was Higher Education as a ‘Public Good, Public Responsibility’, and focused on the importance of HE as a precious tool for the personal development of students but also as them taking responsibility in leading the change for the further development of Europe; taking a critical perspective and combating unfair situations, intolerance and populist movements. More...