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Moving Towards a More Civically Empowered Europe

January 11, 2018

Guest post by Zachary Ellis, intern at Biderbost, Boscan & Rochin (BB&R) Over the past couple of weeks of 2017, an innovative phenomenon has been taking place in local Salamancan schools. The European project eParticipation is making its presence known within classrooms, and it is positively affecting youth all across Salamanca, London, and Palermo. The… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, democracy, digital, Education, eGovernment, Future EU, InfoSociety

#TackleFakeNews : Co-regulation? Leveraging media fact-checking into platform algorithms

December 15, 2017

The new Commissioner for Digital and Media, Mariya Gabriel, is taking initiatives regarding fake news, with a fast process leading to recommendations before 2018 Summer. And hopefully, impact before the 2019 EU elections. In the same spirit, I share the five-point hypothesis below, and welcome feedback, chiefly offline. I do spare readers of this brief… » read more

  Posted by Media4EU

blogactiv, Media4EU

Open letter to Health Commissioner Andriukaitis concerning the fight against child cancer

December 11, 2017

    Dear Mr. Andriukaitis, We are the proud parents and representatives of beautiful, funny, noisy children. Some of them live in our hearts, some of them survived cancer after a long and toxic treatment. When a child is diagnosed with cancer, people often comfort parents by invoking progress made in cancer treatments. The scandal… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Science & Policymaking, Science & Research

Climate finance: the stumbling block of negotiations at COP23

November 23, 2017

As negotiations to design the Paris Rulebook developed during COP23, finding an agreement on the sensitive topic of climate finance proved to be a major obstacle in bringing the guidelines for Paris forward. Specifically Article 9.5 of the Paris Agreement brought discussions to a full stop during the second week of COP23. But what is… » read more

  Posted by Arthur Wyns - environmental journalist

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Sustainable Dev.

COP23: The Talanoa Dialogue – Explainer

November 20, 2017

In the last days of COP23, a final text came out that defines the Tanaloa Dialogue, and thus lays out the path for an inclusive climate dialogue during 2018. The COP22 and COP24 presidencies consulted all the countries to agree on how this process will look like.   But what is the Tanaloa Dialogue? It… » read more

  Posted by Arthur Wyns - environmental journalist

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, Energy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Science & Policymaking

COP23: summary of week 1

November 15, 2017

The first week of COP23 has come to an end, and an army of delegates has been negotiating the details of how to implement the Paris Agreement. The second week is kicking off with a a lot at stake, while many of the negotiating points are being delayed. With ministers arriving in Bonn, the pressure… » read more

  Posted by Arthur Wyns - environmental journalist

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, Energy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking

A well-coordinated German election leaves space to improve youth participation

November 2, 2017

AEGEE Election Observation deployed 21 Short-Term Observers (STOs) of 12 nationalities to Germany to assess youth participation in the German Federal legislative election. The STOs arrived in Berlin on 20 September. On 21 and 22 September, the mission held meetings with national authorities and stakeholders in the field of youth participation. On election day, STOs… » read more

  Posted by Key to Europe

blogactiv, Election Observation

Explorers of the “blue gold”

October 18, 2017

Guest post by Dan Luca, Senior Director of EURACTIV and lecturer on communication techniques and the European Union at VUB, ULB Brussels and SNSPA Bucharest. Why do I work in Brussels? The “blue city” has gradually become the political pole with the largest multicultural community. Apart from the European Parliament or the famous European Commission,… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, communication, Education, EU institutions

No such thing as national sovereignty for energy

October 9, 2017

Guest post by Stuart Reigeluth, vice-president of Revolve Water Energy will flow fluidly across transnational grids, tapping into decentralized hubs everywhere, that are both interconnected all along the way by the digital technology of things. While the integration of the European energy systems is of paramount importance for the overarching project called ‘Europe’, geopolitically, the… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Business & Climate Change, Climate & Environment, development, Energy, Science & Policymaking

Larva: a story about the future of agriculture and GMO research

October 6, 2017

Guest post by Roberto Defez, molecular microbiologist at the Institute of Bioscience and BioResources, Italian National Research Council. Agriculture is at a turning point. Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis (Health) and Phil Hogan (Agriculture) are sitting on two running horses approaching a crossroad. There is no middle road. They have to decide whether to keep research on… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

Agriculture & Food, BioTech, blogactiv, Development Policy, Food & Consumers, Innovation and Growth

Glyphosate: the Commission, a mere secretariat!

September 21, 2017

In the European Commission, they like having the power but not the responsibility. They like pressure even less. As NGOs and certain journalists go after glyphosate, the Commission is muddling through and passing the buck to the Member States without any hesitation. It is worth recalling that before the Lisbon Treaty, Member States formally possessed… » read more

  Posted by Daniel Gueguen

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Health & Consumers
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