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The refugee crisis brought to the fore the realisation that the EU can not act alone. Arriving via Turkey, migrants first enter the EU, then cross into non-EU countries and re-enter the EU again to reach the Schengen area. Therefore, in seeking solutions, the EU defined as a high priority the cooperation with these third… » read more
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May 16, 2017
Migration has turned into a huge issue for the European Union and its Member States in the past decade and became a crucial consideration in EU foreign and security policy. During the last 25 years, the International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) was a major actor of EU migration cooperation, delivering assistance and implementing… » read more
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Tackling the socio-economic reasons for departure: a prerequisite for a good Mobility Partnership African countries are among our most crucial partners to tackle this migration crisis, being both source and transit countries. They also bear significant part of the human cost of this situation. The Arab Spring heavily destabilised the whole region, assesses Ralph Genetzke… » read more
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In an increasingly digitalized world, democracy has to adapt to a new environment. In order to bridge the gap between citizens and governments, and to promote the citizens’ participation in the democratic process, EU member States have started exploring e-democracy tools to recover citizen trust. The European Parliament has focused on this field at the… » read more
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Nikos Belavilas is architect-urban planner, Associate Professor at School of Architecture NTUA (Athens, Greece). During the last months, he is the coordinator of the Social Council for Refugees “Kalos Tous” (Welcome, in Greek). 1. What are the founding principles behind the creation of the Social Council for Refugees “Kalos Tous”? The Social Council for Refugees… » read more
Posted by Dimitris Rapidis
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blogactiv, Bridging Europe, EU integration, Interviews, Member States, Social Cohesion |
Alexander Gusev: “The CIS is gradually transforming into the Eurasian Union”20 January 2014 – 9:53amDarya Melikhova, exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza “The Kremlin’s ambitions for…
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CIS, International Organizations, Interviews, the European Union, world |
November 21, 2011
Hoeve Halbach: “Azerbaijan’s multi-vectored policy is logical”21 November 2011 – 11:52amGerman expert on the Caucasus from the Berlin ‘Science and Politics” Foundation, Professor Hoeve…
January 6, 2011
Alexander Iskandarjan: «USA, Russia and EU operate in the South Caucasus in different modes»6 January 2011 – 11:50amEuropean integration remains an Armenian foreign policy priority, as well as…
November 15, 2008
This work is in the Public Domain. I wrote this in January 2003 to try to describe the kinds of things you would see at a Social Computer building (a Civil Sandbox). The name Prototype comes from the name of the event we were proposing to explore the Social Computer. Please bear in mind that… » read more
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Arts, Background, city, Civil, Computers, Creative, English, Experiments, information society, Interviews, Links, participation, Project, Technology, Voting, Workshops |
October 10, 2008
This work is in the Public Domain. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/p__tQFLsN-Y” width=”320″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] “I really like the idea that you can have an environment in which you can test technologies, products and see feedback and see a lot of things happen. You could see a lot of new things get developed, and innovations. Almost like… » read more
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Background, Brainstorm, Creative, English, Experiments, Feedback, information society, Interviews, Knowledge, participation, Project, Technology, video, Workshops |
October 9, 2008
This work is in the Public Domain. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://uk.youtube.com/v/Nxq4q1UCvKM” width=”320″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] In 2002, Mathew Lowry was website manager for IST 2002. I think, although he was a science journalist for many years, this was the first time he was interviewed. I shouldn’t say interview because we talked most of the time haha.
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Background, Brainstorm, city, Civil, Computers, English, Experiments, Feedback, information society, Interviews, Knowledge, Links, participation, policy, Project, Technology, video, Voting, Workshops |
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://uk.youtube.com/v/YYREeoGCmGQ” width=”320″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] In 2001 we were mostly busy with opening people up to new kinds of art form and expression. It is true, however, that most of our research is useful for other industries as it represents creativity towards approaching change. You could say that designing society is also an art… » read more
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Arts, Background, city, Civil, Creative, Experiments, Feedback, Interviews, Music, News, participation, policy, Press, Project, video |
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://uk.youtube.com/v/af3Nu0d1M2Y” width=”320″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] This was the project that initially sparked the idea of a building with a very special function. This festival is the basic format I will use for the Sandbox festival which is a city wide experimental Civil Sandbox within an event. For me, this is the best way to… » read more
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Architecture, Arts, Background, city, Civil, Creative, Experiments, Feedback, information society, Interviews, Music, News, participation, Press, Project, video, Workshops |
This work is in the Public Domain. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://uk.youtube.com/v/d6z-Tc1Kd_8″ width=”320″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] “Even though it has the agenda of promoting R&D, the European Union, the companies and all that, thats at one level the level that people would see is just a hip and happening place, would be nice to go to there and… » read more
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Background, city, Civil, English, Experiments, Feedback, information society, Interviews, participation, policy, Project, Technology, video |
This work is in the Public Domain. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://uk.youtube.com/v/pcx_XjHRoYM” width=”320″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Aladdin Ayesh and Karina discuss ideas of how to use a Social Computer in terms of intelligent buildings and usage of congnitive technologies. They are looking at what we could use the building to help the citizens deal with civil decisions. Some… » read more
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Architecture, Background, Brainstorm, city, Civil, Computers, English, Experiments, Feedback, information society, Interviews, participation, policy, Project, Technology, video, Voting, Workshops |
