The 22nd Annual Seminar of the Working Group of Slavic Minorities inside the FUEN takes place this week in Carinthia/Koroška, Austria. Modalities of creating a long-term and peaceful "coexistence" between the minority and the majority, the widening gap between urban and peripheral areas and the advantages and opportunities at the microeconomic level (municipalities and communes) arising from the characteristic features of minority communities are going to be discussed from the 14th of November 2019 until the 17th of November. More...
Digitalization and media in the centre of the Non-Kin-State Working Group
Digitalization and new technologies are our chance – this thought by the Arman community’s representative Sterica Fudulea was the conclusion of the Annual Meeting of FUEN’s Non-Kin-State Working Group in Constanta, Romania held on 18-20 October. Thirty representatives of ten different minorities (North Frisians, Ruthenians, Alsatians, Aromanians, Pomaks, Roma, Crimean Tatars, Tatars from Romania) joined the Annual Meeting focusing on media and digitalisation, hosted by the Arman (Aromun, Aromanian) community from Romania. More...
Irish Members of Parliament express support for Minority SafePack
On Thursday, 17 October 2019 the Federal Union of European Nationalities visited Ireland and held meetings with members of the Irish parliament to inform them about the European Citizens’ Initiative, Minority SafePack. FUEN President and MEP Loránt Vincze explained the advantages of the initiative for Europe’s minorities. More...
Train your brain with us: the Build Yourself! programme is open for applications
The first ever training in FUEN’s Build Yourself! capacity-building programme is set to start on the 22nd of November in Berlin. Young people from FUEN and YEN member organizations will get the chance to learn from international trainers about advocacy and publlic speaking, all free of charge. More...
A meeting with the Prime Minister - securing Czech support for Minority SafePack
On the 11th of October, a delegation of the Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) visited Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. More...
Diversity, equity and inclusion: strategic issues for universities
EUA has released a major report on “Diversity, equity and inclusion in European higher education institutions” just days ahead of the second World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED). The report presents a broad picture with data from 159 higher education institutions in 36 European systems gathered through a survey and follow-up interviews. It is part of the INVITED project, a cooperation between EUA and the European University Continuing Education Network (eucen), supported by the European Students’ Union (ESU). More...Ksu Opens European Students’ Conference on Human Rights and Safeguarding of Inclusive Societies
This morning, Kunsill Studenti Universitarji inaugurated European Students’ Union (ESU) Board Meeting 77. ESU is the umbrella organisation of 45 national unions of students from 39 European countries, representing almost 20 million students across the continent. More...General Assembly of the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL): Academic freedom must be secured across Europe
The freedom of science, research and education is the best way to generate new knowledge and find solutions to the challenges that our societies are facing. Higher education and research should be seen as public goods, but also as public responsibilities – which is why the adequate public and independent funding of higher education must be secured across Europe. More...TMF’s Sticker Competition 2019: Congratulations to Our Winners!
As part of the Together Moving Forward programme, we launched last June the “Together, Moving Forward: Sticker Competition”, which aims to look for talented young people to share their views and inspirations and to extend the debate on how to create an open European society towards newcomers, refugees and migrants. More...World Access to Higher Education Day: Raising Global Awareness Around Inequalities in Access to Higher Education
Financial accessibility remains one of the major barriers. Besides tuition fees, students have to bear external costs that take up most of their monthly budget. Housing costs take up the biggest part of students’ budgets across Europe, averaging at around 26%. In addition to these spendings, students still have to afford merely sustaining themselves and covering the costs directly related to higher education. More...