As part of a study on the possible establishment of a European House for Civil Society, the Commission is launching a survey in order to explore what citizens and civil society think of current initiatives and what they want in relation to participating in EU affairs.

The survey mostly contains multiple choice questions and should not take more than 5-10 minutes to complete.

Our members already act as a European House for Civil Society/Citizens in cities and rural areas in 19 European countries. Therefore it’s important to take part in the survey as a civil society organisation and individual citizen to let them know.

Deadline for the survey is January 12th 2014

If you are an individual citizen, please go to :

http://www.ghkint.com/surveys/civilsociety/

If you are answering on behalf of a Civil Society organisation, please go to :

http://www.ghkint.com/surveys/civilsocietyorganisations

European culture, cinema, television, music, literature, performing arts, heritage and related areas will benefit from increased support under the European Commission’s new Creative Europe programme, which was approved on 19 November by the European Parliament.

With a budget of €1.46 billion over the next seven years – 9% more than current levels – the programme will provide a boost for the cultural and creative sectors, which are a major source of jobs and growth.
Creative Europe will provide funding for at least 250 000 artists and cultural professionals, 2 000 cinemas, 800 films and 4 500 book translations. It will also launch a new financial guarantee facility enabling small cultural and creative businesses to access up to €750 million in bank loans.

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Education and Training Monitor 2013

The 2013 Education and Training Monitor provides a picture of each country’s progress in relation to specific benchmarks and indicators, and highlights the latest policy developments and analysis.

At the request of the Council, the Education and Training Monitor is an annual report presented every autumn by the Commission, setting out, in a succinct document, progress on the ET 2020 benchmarks and core indicators, including the Europe 2020 headline target on education and training. The Education and Training Monitor illustrates the evolution of education and training systems across Europe, with a particular focus on the country-specific recommendations adopted in the field of education and training, and contributes to the analytical basis for the next European Semester.

The second annual Education and Training Monitor is accompanied by 28 individual country reports and an online visualisation tool.