The Community Initiative Water JPI will launch next June the new version of its strategic agenda on priorities identified in the research and innovation on the theme of water, in order to address, in a more coherent and coordinated approach, the challenge represented by the social protection and management of water resources. The consultation is open until 30 April.
The Commission has decided to react positively with 9 concrete steps and new actions to the first ever successful European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), in those areas where it is able to act. Organisers of the Right2Water ECI called on the Commission to ensure that all EU citizens enjoy the right to water and sanitation, to exclude water supply and management of water resources from internal market rules and liberalisation, and to increase its efforts to achieve universal access to water and sanitation around the world.
Citizens and associations from different European countries agree on the need for an European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) to update current regulations for exposure to electromagnetic radiation.
Under the coordination of Cittadinanzattiva Umbria, have been involved students of the Institute of Agricultural Technical Sant'Anatolia Narco in Umbria in a workshop during which new ideas have been developed for energy policy and climate change. The ideas will then be discussed with the partner school that is located in Bulgaria.
The German Federal Agency for Civic Education and the Robert Bosch Stiftung organize a scholarship programme for professionals active in Citizenship Education from Central and Southeastern Europe at the beginning of their professional careers who wish to be active internationally.
Active Citizenship Network is glad to invite you to attend this important European event on “The role of citizens' organisations in the empowerment of patients with chronic diseases” on the 12-13 of May 2014, in Brussels.
Active Citizenship Network is looking for Best Practices! The most significant will be published and showed during the next European Patients’ Rights Day (12-13 May, Brussels): the invitation to participate is addressed both to single associations of patients with a chronic disease and networks/umbrella organisations. The deadline to participate is the 30 of March 2014.
ACN is pleased to announce the launched of ENS4Care questionnaire to collect key information on examples of good practices (e.g. online platforms, services, products, protocols, guidance, clinical guidelines, education and training programes, etc.) in the EU and EEA countries as regard, nurses and/or social workers use of ICT tools/systems in one of the following areas: prevention, clinical practice, advanced roles and nurse ePrescribing.
Pain can appear in many forms and affects people in different ways. A correct and early diagnose is crucial to find the right treatment. Therefore patients need to describe their symptoms in as much detail as possible to their doctor. At the new website "My pain feels like…" patients find a questionnaire that helps them to describe in detail how their pain feels like, how it affects their life and where the pain is allocated.
On the occasion of World Cancer Day, the European Commission presents 10 little known facts about EU action in the field of cancer.