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GUE/NGL seminar - Focus on Central and Eastern Europe

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Thu, 04/11/2013 to Fri, 04/12/2013

GUE/NGL seminar, in cooperation with the Forum Social Europe (European network of trade unionists) Focus on Central and Eastern Europe Economic, social and political developments, the situation of the trade union movement and the challenges of the political and trade union left

11 & 12 April 2013
European Parliament, Brussels, room ASP 1 G 2

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Thursday 11 April 2013

15.00 – 15.15 Welcome by Gabi Zimmer MEP (GUE/NGL President) and Horst
Schmitthenner (FSE)

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Virtual Global Careers Fair

Virtual Global Carrers Fair

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Thu, 05/02/2013 - 10:00 to Fri, 05/03/2013 - 21:00

In this increasingly virtual, digital, mobile world, anyone not using all available technology to further his or her career runs the risk of being left behind.

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Virtual Global Carrers Fair

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Comité économique et social européen

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Working with Impact Assessment in the EU

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Thu, 04/25/2013

This two-day course offers participants an intensive practical introduction to impact assessment in EU decision-making. It explains why impact assessment has become an increasingly important part of the policy-making and legislative processes in the EU. It discusses the key analytical steps followed by the European Commission in preparing an impact assessment, as well as the main quantitative and qualitative techniques and tools available.

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Fostering Corporate Responsibility through Self- and Co-regulation: The Case of Sector-specific Initiatives

Bertelsmann Stiftung

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Tue, 04/23/2013 - 11:30 to 17:00

The Europe 2020 Strategy emphasises the role of corporate responsibility (CR) as leverage to increase trust in business and promote inclusive and sustainable growth. In the “Renewed Strategy for CSR” from 2011, the European Commission aims at increasing the impact of its CR policy. In this regard, the Commission outlined the multi-stakeholder approach and self- and co-regulation as factors that can increase CR impact, particularly at the sector level.

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Towards Zero Conference

Trafikverket

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Tue, 06/04/2013

How to reach Vision Zero in road och and railway safety? The aim of Towards Zero Conference is to provide new impetus to the promotion of road and railway safety at the the strategic level. The main focus will be on best practice, innovation and future challenges.

Policy makers, together with high-level representatives from industry and international academia will share their experiences, aim to find common goals and discuss the way forward.

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Europe's youth in crisis

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Wed, 04/10/2013 - 16:15

Over 200 young people aged between 18 and 30 from six EU countries (Greece, Spain, Portugal, France, Denmark, Germany) will meet on Wednesday 10 April 2013 to participate at a conference on "Youth in Crisis" at the European Parliament in Brussels.

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Skills for the Future

Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise (JA-YE) Europe and Hyundai Motor Europe

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Wed, 04/10/2013

On April 10th, educators, policy makers and industry leaders will gather to discuss how to empower youth and close the skills gap to boost competitiveness and innovation across Europe.

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ICMA European Repo Council - Press conference

EBF - European Banking Federation

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Mon, 04/08/2013 - 10:30

The European Banking Federation is hosting a press conference on the Financial Transaction Tax, on behalf of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA).

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