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Cardiff EDC NewsJanuary 2011

helping you find out about the European Union and the countries of Europe

promoting debate about the EU and European issues

encouraging you to ask questions, give your opinions and make suggestions to the EU

Details of 2010-11 language courses now available French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish plus Croat, Greek, Polish, Russian and Turkish

Forthcoming talks and events in Cardiff with a European theme

Cardiff EDC EventWednesday 19 January 2011

14:30 Guest Building

Inaugural meeting of theCardiff EDC Forum

The Cardiff EDC Forum is being created as a way of raising the profile of the Centre,

to develop its activities and to plan for its change of location in the summer of 2011

Further information: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/edc/news/index.html

Tuesday 8 February 2011Wales, Europe and the World

Cardiff City Hall10:00 – 14:15

A free one day fair, exhibition, information sessions and workshops aimed at 14-19 year olds, featuring music, dance, careers, language tasters

and useful information about studying and working abroad. Volunteering will be the European theme for 2010. Pre-booking essential.

Website: http://europa.eu/volunteering

Official launch8 January 2011

http://europa.eu/volunteering/en/home2

In the News…

Turku (Finland) and Tallinn (Estonia)

European Capitals of Culture 2011

In the News…

Hungary holds the EU Presidency for the period January – June 2011

Website: http://www.eu2011.hu

In the News…

11 January 2011Launch of 2011 EU-China Year of Youth Youth representatives from the EU and China will be involved

in exchanges and discussions on issues including volunteering, mobility, culture and creativity. The aim is also to develop

ideas for joint youth projects, which could be supported through the EU's Youth in Action programme.

Further events will be held throughout 2011.

2011 EU-China Ye

ar of Youth

In the News…

12 January 2011Adoption of Annual Growth Survey

The beginning of the first cycle of coordination of the Member States' macro-economic, budgetary and structural reform

policies, known as the European Semester. This is a new aspect of European economic governance.

Every year the Commission will present its Growth Survey – an evaluation of the economic situation and of the main

challenges the EU must address, and its recommendations to the Member States.

Travelling around Europe?Find out your rights…

Rail – Air – People with reduced mobility…

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/passenger-rights

112 is the common telephone number to ring in ALL EU Member States

to get through to the Emergency Services

http://ec.europa.eu/112

Recently published reports on topics relating to Wales and Europe…

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Looking for information on these subjects

or anything else connected with Europe?

Please ask EDC staff

or use

http://www.europeansources.info

April 2008 – March 2011

is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales

Please ask for details

http://www.europeansources.info

Sign up to receive information at:http://www.the-eu-and-me.org.uk/

A new electronic one-stop-shop for access to justice information

throughout the EU

https://e-justice.europa.eu/

New: The UK European Consumer Centre for Servicesprovides general information on consumer laws and rights

when buying a service in another EU member state,as well as contact details for organisations that could provide

practical assistance in the case of a dispute.

http://www.ukecc-services.net/

                                                                       

 

   

                                               

 

   

Look out for the launch of…

CITZALIA

a new virtual role-playing game and

social networking forum to boost citizens'

understanding of how the EU works

                       

 

   

Try out two new educational games from

the European Central Bank

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INFLATION ISLAND

Welcome to the Youtube space of the European Union

http://uk.youtube.com/EUtube

Find out what is happening…

Give your opinions…

Make a film for the EU…

The deadline for submissions is 17 January 2011

Welsh Members of the European Parliament 2009-2014

• Jill Evans

• Kay Swinburne

• Derek Vaughan

• John Bufton

Click on image to connect to MEP’s website

Elections in Europe January 2011

PortugalPresidential Election

23 January 2011

IrelandParliamentary Election

January (or February) 2011 (Snap)