Archive for SEM
Geo-blocking
On November 29, 2017, permanent representatives of EU Member States reached an agreement with the European Parliament on a draft regulation to ban unjustified geo-blocking. The agreement, which still needs…
Promoting Erasmus+ and opportunities available in 2018
On November 30, MEUSAC and the European Union Programmes Agency (EUPA) jointly organised a Valorisation Event on the Erasmus+ Programme. The event sought to promote the opportunities available…
European Labour Authority and a European Social Security Number
The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather views from the public on the setting up of a European Labour Authority and the introduction of a European…
New Economic and Social Priorities for 2018
The European Commission has set out the EU’s economic and social priorities for the year ahead, giving policy recommendations for the euro area, and studying the draft budgetary plans…
Adding value to EU’s social dimension
The reflection paper on the EU's social dimension, one of five papers following the White Paper on the Future of Europe, is the European Commission's contribution to a debate…
EU Disability Card
To help people with disabilities travel more easily between EU countries, the EU is developing a system of mutual recognition based on an EU Disability Card. Currently, there is no mutual recognition…
Euro area maintains a stable inflation rate
Statistics for September 2017 published by Eurostat showed that the inflation rate of the Euro Area remains stable at , when compared to the annual inflation in 2017, which…
Half-day event to discuss the Future of EU Finances
This year marked the 60th anniversary of the Treaties of Rome. This important milestone gave reason to reflect on the EU’s past achievements whilst also kick-starting a discussion on…
European Commission adopts initiative to boost apprenticeships in Europe
Apprenticeship schemes prove to be particularly effective in bringing young people from education and training into work since it provides the combination of technical and soft skills that employers…
EU funding for the development of science and technology
The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (better known as COST) is the longest-running European framework supporting trans-national cooperation among researchers, engineers and scholars across Europe. COST funds pan-European, bottom-up…