Martina Monti 1. EU regulations lethargy At the national level, judicial authorities had already started establishing a regulatory framework on platform economy before it did at the supranational one. As a matter of fact, the European Union (EU) lapsed into a substantial institutional inertia prior to developing a unitary set of rules. The question of…
Read articleMy name is Elena Di Martino and I’ve participated to the short-term training held in Silves (Portugal) at the beginning of September.During the first week of September, NGOs and school boards gathered from Italy, Poland, Portugal,Spain and Belgium in the area of Silves, Portugal in a short-term training to discuss how and whythe ethnic, religious…
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Nicoletta Carotenuto The war against Ukraine that Vladimir Putin started is already having considerable economic and social consequences in his country and in all Europe. Indeed, on one side, Russia’s economy is expected to shrink by at least 15% this year and the EU must face the third asymmetric shock, as economists call it, experienced…
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Martina Monti 1. DEFINITION AND OPERATIVE MODE OF PLATFORM ECONOMY The digital revolution has drastically changed the pace at which information is exchanged. This shift in paradigm has been the breeding ground for new ways to think about work in our age, for mainstream economics had to familiarize with terms such as platform economy, digital…
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By Martina Monti Assessing Ukrainian refugee wave in numbers On 24 February 2022, Russia forces stormed Ukraine, carrying out attacks in the north and south-eastern part of the country[1]. Inevitably this brought about two subsequent effects; on one side, it launched an all-out military offensive in a supposedly post-conflict continent. This was accompanied with the…
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EU Support to Ukrainian Students, Young People, Teachers and Educators Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, has announced EU measures to support Ukrainian students, young people, teachers and educators in these extremely challenging times. How is the European Union supporting Ukrainian pupils, teachers and people fleeing from Ukraine? Let’s have a look at the initiatives. The Cohesion’s…
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Transnational Cooperation Between Universities in Europe Interested organisations can now apply for a new Erasmus Plus call to pilot a joint European degree label and test institutionalised EU cooperation instruments, such as a possible European legal status for alliances of higher education institutions, in the perspective of facilitating deeper transnational cooperation between universities in Europe. Topic 1: Pilot a joint European…
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The partners of the “ESC-2-Learn” strategic partnership (AMSED (France), Solidarity Tracks (Greece) and ATA (Romania)) have been welcoming young volunteers for a long time, and on the basis of that, they faced various difficult situations such as lack of initiative of the volunteer to set up an activity, lack of specific skills to carry out the tasks of volunteering or to…
Read articleWork in the field of apprenticeships and VET? Interested in creating quality and effective apprenticeships? The European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) presents the EAfA Podcast, a four-episode series that explores themes and topics related to EAfA priorities and key objectives: supply, quality, image, and mobility. European Alliance for Apprenticeships The European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) unites governments and…
Read articleThe ESSENCE project intends to improve employability opportunities for High-Education students by stimulating soft-skills development. The Project objective is to maximise their engagement in the labour market through offering professional development paths that go beyond formal HE trainings. In order to meet the expectations of entrepreneurs and recruiters connected with the most desirable soft-skills, the courses that the project offer…
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