EU in Turkey

EU in Turkey - Approaching the EU to citizens through journalists

Ab-Bilgi

The human exploration of the universe has not only aimed to know its far reaches, but has also focused on the study of planet Earth. In the past 40 years, 20 European countries have participated in the European Space Agency, created in 1975 to be at the forefront of space science and technology.

The fight against the climate change is one of the priorities of the European Union. The EU will destine until 2020 20 % of his budget in actions related to the climate change. Some of his effects as the increase of some natural disasters have in addition a great impact in our system of critical infrastructures. In this program we ...

The AB-Bilgi program has carried out one of its main activities, training activities with which it has shown the resources that the European Union offers Turkish society, especially through programs and cooperation projects. Between 18 and 26 July, consultants Santiago Algora (Spain) and Christos Georgiadis (Greece), both experts in funds and policies of the European Union, developed training sessions in ...

Macarena Quijada is a TV Producer in Brussels. Do you think European media know well Turkey? Their interests, traditions… I, personally, think no, not enough, but i think that it is also normal. It will come, it was the same thing for us, in Spain. I think it is a normal process of integration.

Forests  are essential for life, but also the seabed, and although we are very close to it, particularly in our Mediterranean sea, we do not know much about it. Today we will discuss about Oceanic Posidonia, an endemic Mediterranean plant that you can see if you live in countries like Turkey or Spain. A spanish project from the NGO Oceánidas ...

Henrich Hololei, European Comission Director General for Mobility and Transport Henrich Hololei´s career has always been linked to the European Union. This Estonian, born in 1970, completed his studies in Economics at the Tallinn Technical University and Political Science and International Economics at Aarhus University, in Denmark.

The mitigation of the impact of natural disasters is the subject of numerous European research projects. Events like a flood, the eruption of a volcano or fire, are more frequent due to causes such as climate change and, although these hazards may not be prevented, it is possible to reduce its impact. With this aim works all the partners involved ...

The European Commission (EC), the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and the Open Society Foundations (OSF) jointly launched, this month, the “Roma Integration 2020” initiative. The aim of this initiative is to ensure that actions are taken in favor of the integration of Roma in countries that includes the enlargement of the European Union.

Pilar Balet is a communications consultant specializing in projects that generate positive social impact; she develops social communication projects and projects aimed at strengthening and professionalization of the Third sector, citizen participation, social impact measurement and transparency. She also coordinates communications and marketing actions at Stone Soup consulting. She has a degree in Communication from the University of Navarra and ...

The European continent is a geographical area that is not exposed to numerous extreme natural hazards. However, one single flood can cause a chain reaction of damage affecting the population and infrastructure. To predict the impact of these risks, in 2013, the Infrarisk project was launched. The core objective of Infrarisk project is to develop a stress test framework to ...