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Polscy uczniowie wypowiedzą się na temat migracji w Europie
Przygotowania do Europejskiej Debaty Młodzieży ruszają 4 marca 2016 r. wraz z wizytą przedstawiciela EKES-u w szkole w Szarowie, która została wybrana do udziału w tej imprezie.
On Monday 29 February, the President of the European Economic and Social Committee, Georges Dassis, met with the Greek Minister for Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity, Georgios Katrougalos.
Over a million migrants and asylum-seekers have arrived in the 28 EU Members States in 2015, many of which are Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis. What are the policies and measures implemented at European level to integrate them into the labour market? What is working and where are the gaps? Those were the questions tackled at the EESC Labour Market Observatory's debate entitled "Integrating refugees into the labour market: turning the crisis into an opportunity".
Panel discussions co-organised with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
EESC, JDE 62, 4 March 2016, from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m.
In the framework of the 152nd meeting of the Section for Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN Section), a thematic debate will be organised on the three main thematic pillars of the TEN Section with the Institute for Energy and Transport and Institute for Prospective Technological Studies of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.
The three panel discussions will focus on Energy storage and energy security, Decarbonisation of transport - alternative fuels (biofuels, electric vehicles), alternative fuels' infrastructure, CO2 emissions and Digital Transformation of the Economy: Innovation in Education, Digital Skills and Employment implication.
The European Union was created "to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples". A union of European states is a precondition for achieving these objectives. So, despite the Union's many major successes, it cannot be regarded as a permanent achievement but must be consistently and continuously safeguarded and developed.