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EACA launches call for entries for the Care Awards® 2011: Members of the European Parliament to judge Social Marketing Campaigns

EACA - European Association of Communications Agencies

Brussels 1 December 2010: The European Association of Communications Agencies has launched the call for entries for the EACA Care Awards 2011. These Awards for European Social Marketing Campaigns recognise excellence in promoting care for people, resources and the environment. They are part of the EACA’s overall commitment to promote Corporate Social Responsibility and are linked to the ACT Responsible online gallery and the ACT Responsible World Tour.

The EACA Care Awards 2011 are now open for entries until the 1st April 2011.

Pedestrian Crossings: A local challenge needing urgent attention Europe wide

FIA EUROPEAN BUREAU

Brussels 30th November 2010

One in five pedestrian crossings failed this year’s EuroTest pedestrian crossing assessment (EPCA). This result, the worst since testing started in 2008, starkly underlines the urgent need for improvement. Better accessibility, greater harmonization of rules governing the types of infrastructure (traffic light schemes, road markings etc) and behaviour at pedestrian crossings as well as more effective use of technologies are a must if safety is to be assured.

Smart Move: From Portugal to Brazil and Mexico

IRU - International Road Transport Union

Smart Move further broadens its geographical scope to promote safe, green, efficient, user-friendly and affordable bus and coach transport in Brazil and Mexico.

Oporto– Following the launch of the Smart Move website in Portuguese in Spring 2010, the Smart Move campaign was launched today in Brazil and Mexico during the 35th jubilee celebrations of the Portuguese Bus and Coach Association (ANTROP).

ECPA - European Centre for Public Affairs

“To record, analyse and improve the conduct of Public Affairs” 

Verhofstadt congratulates Catalan party on election victory

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament today wrote to Convergencia i Unió Party leader, Artur Mas, to congratulate him on a stunning electoral victory last night in the Catalan national polls in which CiU took 38.5% of the vote which translates into 62 of the 135 seats in the parliamentary chamber. Although not an absolute majority, the result secures CiU as by far the largest party in Catalonia and will deliver the presidency of the Catalan Government to Artur Mas.

European Microfinance Week: Building Responsible Partnerships and sustainable practices in developing countries

EUROPEAN MICROFINANCE PLATFORM

Brussels 30 November 2010

This week, as microfinance actors across the globe continue to consider the wider implications of market struggles in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (AP), 360 microfinance professionals will come together in Luxembourg at an event organised by the European Microfinance Platform (e-MFP), to share ideas and methodology for a more responsible and sustainable approach in the sector.

EBE and EuropaBio hail EU Orphan Medicinal Products Regulation a success

EuropaBio

Today EBE and EuropaBio’s Joint Rare Diseases and Orphan Medicinal Products Task Force released an assessment of the EU’s Orphan Medicinal Products (OMP) Regulation evaluating the extent to which this legislation has impacted research into rare diseases and the availability of new medicines to treat rare diseases over the last ten years.

EurActiv ‘Special Report’ on food and responsible marketing

Euractiv

EurActiv, the leading online media on European Union policies, will be running special coverage, from 29 November to 3 December, on food and responsible marketing. In the special report, EurActiv journalists will cover issues of current interest such as the existing EU legislative framework on food advertising and marketing.

Caritas Europa to the EU – Eradicate root causes of forced migration and make migration a safe option

Caritas Europa

Representing Caritas Europa, Daniel Verger, Director for international action and advocacy at Secours Catholique – Caritas France, participates today at the EU-Nomad seminar on Migration and Development where he will present Caritas Europa’s analysis of the dynamics between migration and development.

Throughout the day, participants will explore how the EU and national policies relating to both migration and to development present opportunities and obstacles for allowing migrants to endorse a role in development.

A European Standard on halal food?

Stub

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) set up a Working Group to analyse the feasibility of a European Standard on halal food. Its first meeting was held late October 2010 by the Austrian Standards Institute in Vienna.

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