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I EU - Eastern Partnership Forum 22-24 March 2012, Tbilisi, Georgia, Under the Honorary Patronage of the Prime Minister of Georgia Mr. Nika Gilauri

Institute for Eastern Studies - Poland

Three years after its inauguration -Eastern Partnership, the initiative of Poland and Sweden,  seems to have arrived to a breaking point. On the one hand, the attention of the European Union is focused on the debt crisis in the euro-zone and the foreign policy is concentrated on the revolutionary transformations in North Africa. On the other hand, the experiences from Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, where civil societies and democratic forces are still forming after the collapse of dictatorships, showed that the EU must support democratic values.

Annual EU Conference on Privacy and Data Protection: ETNO calls for a consistent data protection framework on both sides of the Atlantic

ETNO - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

Annual EU Conference on Privacy and Data Protection – Washington DC / Brussels
ETNO calls for a consistent data protection framework on both sides of the Atlantic
Brussels - Commissioner Reding has been instrumental in placing a sound legislative proposal on the table to help strengthen the privacy rights of European citizens while lessening the administrative burden for businesses, says ETNO on the occasion of the annual EU conference on privacy and data protection held today in Washington DC.

European e-Skills Week 2012 Takes Flight

DIGITAL EUROPE

Brussels, Monday 19 March 2012:  European e-Skills Week 2012– backed by the European Commission launches today in Brussels. 

Vice President of the European Commission, responsible for Enterprise and Industry, Antonio Tajani, is officially marking the start of the European e-Skills Week 2012, by welcoming,  together with conference host, Anna Maria Darmanin, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee,  more than 200 delegates from thirty member states.

Cogeneration and renewables: a winning combination

COGEN Europe

A high penetration of renewables on the electricity network is at the heart of EU’s strategy for substantially decarbonising electricity by 2050 but the opportunity for renewables cogeneration is still under exploited. At the COGEN Europe Annual Conference 2012, Europe’s largest annual cogeneration event taking place on 3-4 May in Brussels, speakers are taking on the challenge of what is stopping bio-energy cogeneration expansion.

Issues need to be addressed with investment entities, says ACCA in response to proposals for change

ACCA

As the proposals from the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are considered, ACCA questions some of the details

The transparency of the accounts of investment entities will be improved if proposals to amend the way they present their investments are adopted. However more work needs to be done to make the new rules easier to understand and implement, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

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GUE/NGL Group in the EP

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The Right to Family Life: Caritas Europa calls for a better implementation of the EU Directive on family reunification

Caritas Europa

Brussels, 16 March, 2012

Liberals launch proposals to increase transparency of MEP votes

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Liberals launch proposals to increase transparency of MEP votes

On Monday 19th March the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament will discuss a proposal by Andrew Duff MEP (Lib Dem, UK) to open up law making to greater public scrutiny.
Mr Duff proposes that all final votes on draft laws even in Parliament's powerful committees should be by roll call. He argues:

European Parliament calls for binding 2030 renewables target

WindEurope

The European Parliament voted today for the first time in favour of setting a binding renewable energy target for 2030.

"The Parliament's vote sends a strong message to the European Council as it prepares its response to the European Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050", commented Stephane Bourgeois, Head of Regulatory Affairs at the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).

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