The Central Finance and Contracts Unit on behalf of the Republic of Turkey is seeking proposals to be implemented in Turkey with financial assistance from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) 2011 programming for Turkey. A new call for proposals has been published on the last days. In this occasion the new call aims to achieve a high level of ...

In the meeting The European Time, organized by “Europa en Suma”, Marcos Peña, President of the Economic and Social Council of Spain stressed that the economic crisis and the current population pyramid are forcing a rethink within the European policies that avoid imbalances between countries, between people themselves and achieve social cohesion, a pact between the state and society.

Over 150 civil society representatives gathered at the European Economic and Social Committee to voice and discuss their positions on a global Post-2015 framework for poverty eradication and sustainable development in Brussels, on 13 and 14 February 2014. Participants from local, regional and national authorities, EU and UN level policy-makers, social partners, organizations and networks active in the field of ...

The European IRIS project wants to provide a natural interaction communication platform accessible and adapted for all users, particularly for people with speech impairments and elderly in indoor scenarios. Human-Computer interaction with this platform will adopt the principles of universal design and natural user interfaces such as speech, silent speech, gestures, tactile devices, pictograms, animated characters and personalized synthetic voices. ...

This Project is funded by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey. As a continuation of the previous civil society dialogue projects, “Strengthening Civil Society Dialogue between the EU and Turkey- III Grant Programmes” have been launched on May 20, 2013. The main aim of this grant programme is to give opportunity to the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in ...

As 2015 begins, so does the European Year for Development (EYD2015) − a year dedicated to raising awareness, engaging Europeans everywhere in the EU’s development cooperation and sparking a debate around the motto ‘Our world, our dignity, our future’. The EYD2015 was proposed by the European Commission and unanimously adopted by the European Parliament and Council. It is an opportunity ...