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e-zine nEUws, 43rd edition
e-zine nEUws, 43rd edition
3rd March 2005
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Dates to keep in mind
Lisbon Agenda
March, 14th 2005
The President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso will deliver the Lisbon Council's 2005 Robert Schuman Lecture on the state of the European Economy in Brussels.
For more information, write to: info@lisboncouncil.net
EU Consultation
March, 19th 2005
The European Commission has extended its consultation on the future of EC development policy. To participate and make your views heard, please go to:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/body/theme/consultation/index_en.htm
European Council Meeting
March, 22nd - 23rd 2005
The Heads of State and Governments of the European Union will meet in Brussels.
For more information, go to the EU Presidency site: http://www.eu2005.lu
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In short
Microsoft's Bill Gates knighted
Her Britannic Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has conferred an honorary knighthood to Bill Gates at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on March, 2nd. At 48 years of age, the entrepreneur has been made a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. The Queen has, on advice of the Foreign Secretary, thereby "recognised Mr Gates' humanitarian work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation".
As an American citizen, Mr Gates cannot use the title "Sir" but will be entitled to put the letters KBE after his name.
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1795.asp
Thematic evaluation of Population and Development oriented programmes in EC external co-operation
The European Commission has presented an evaluation of a report and evaluation of its commitments to Cairo Action Plan for Population and Development. This studies' findings are found when following the weblink set out below. It finds the Commission's approach to be "coherent but lacking an integrated approach to population, poverty and sustainable development". The approach should be broadened beyond sexual and reproductive health, so the study, thereby becoming comprehensive in the case of IDPs, while the implications of migration on population concerns should be incorporated into all future country programmes.
For the full report, please go to:
Summary: http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/evaluation/evinfo/sector/951649_ev.htm
Report vol.I http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/evaluation/reports/sector/951649_vol1.pdf
Report vol.II http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/evaluation/reports/sector/951649_vol2.pdf
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Publications
"Tips & Tricks on how to apply for the European Commission's Budget Lines for Sustainable Development"
The in-depth information guide on European funding is available as an online version at http://www.eurongos.org/tips or in hardcopy (priced at EUR 10) at mailto:wolfgang.lange@dsw-hannover.de
EuroMapping 2004 - a much sought-after European funding resource
EuroMapping is aimed at strengthening European advocacy and mobilising public funding in the field of population, SRH and HIV/AIDS and has been published in collaboration with IPPF European Network and DSW.
The latest edition of EuroMapping is available both as an online version (http://www.eurongos.org/euromapping) and as a hard copy. For a free hard copy, please contact mailto:wolfgang.lange@dsw-hannover.de
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Interesting links
A plain language guide to "Eurojargon"
People in the EU institutions and in the media dealing with EU affairs are in the bad habit of using words and expressions that they alone understand.
One calls these words and expressions “eurojargon”. Following the link leads to a “plain language guide” which is intended to help understand the "eurojargon" make information more understandable for the general public.
http://www.europa.eu.int/abc/eurojargon/index_en.htm
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