THE 8TH UNIVERSITY- BUSINESS FORUM

Isn’t it time to change our minds? By Elena Alban. On the 24th and the 25th October 2019, the 8th University-Business forum was held at Mont Des Art, in Bruxelles. The Forum brought together policymakers, representatives from higher education, business and other stakeholders to discuss and debate the role of university-business cooperation for innovation and…

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IHAVET – 1st Transnational Meeting in Ruse, Bulgaria

By Diogo T. dos Santos On the 20th and 21st of May, ECEPAA was in Ruse, Bulgaria, for the first IHAVET transnational meeting. The planned agenda was successfully accomplished within roughly two days. Those attending were ECEPAA, the leading organization of the project, First Private School Leonardo da Vinci (Bulgaria), the hosting partner of the…

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European Youngsters: How to Engage Them in the EU

By Diogo T. dos Santos The European Economic and Social Committee has recently released a study entitled “Youngsters and the EU: Perceptions, Knowledge and Expectations” with preliminary findings on how adolescents between the ages 14 and 18 regarding the European diversity. Apart from having desk research and a literature review done, a survey was conducted…

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Global Compact for Migration: has it failed?

By Diogo T. dos Santos Last Thursday, April 25, ECEPAA attended the conference “Global Compact for Migration: Controversy and Media” at the Press Club Brussels Europe. The talk was on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration non-legally binding agreement adopted by most UN Member States in December 2018, in Morroco. However, not…

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Nationalism and Populism: how they affect migration talks.

By Diogo T. dos Santos ECEPAA has recently been at the high-quality conference “Nationalism and Populism: The Future of Europe?” held at the University of Kent in Brussels. The speakers and panelists that composed such a meeting had an outstanding intellectual exchange and considerable levels of both input and output. That was possible for two…

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Key Elements for a Reasonable Reform Of Asylum and Migration Policies.

By Diogo T. dos Santos About a week ago, ECEPAA attended a conference along with other representatives of other organizations and professionals engaged in the non-profit organizations sector. The discussions consisted of topics from written “Policy Papers*” stemming from internal security matters, asylum and migration policies, to notions on the single market in the European…

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A new era for ECEPAA.

The year of 2019 has started in the best way for ECEPAA! Indeed, after a long period of silence, ECEPAA is more than ready to get back on track! Just to refresh your memory about us… We are pretentious and committed to orientate the pertinent choice of policies that are accomplished by the implementation of…

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