Do you have experience in fields such as sport, culture, youth, education and training or audiovisual? Do you possess good interpersonal and organisational skills, IT competences, as well as the flexibility and willingness to work in an independent capacity, often under short deadlines? EACEA is continuously on the lookout for external experts to help ensure […]

The assessment, carried out by experts from the European Commission (EC), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), with the support of national experts from Finland and Kosovo*, will bring together the Albanian Institute of Public Health andMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Developmentas well as other public […]

Dialogue, political will and respect for international law must continue to guide the decolonization process, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today. Established in1961, theSpecial Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples— also known as Committee of24 — […]

On September 30, the Archdiocese of Athens and the Greek Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at preventing domestic violence. The document was signed by Bishop Varnavas of Christoupolis—Protosyncellus of the Archdiocese of Athens and representative of Archbishop Ieronymos—and Deputy Minister Elena Rapti. This new agreement expands the existing […]

A butcher was sentenced to 10 years in prison in one of Islam’s holiest cities in Iraq for selling pork to customers while passing it off as beef, AFP reported on 14th of September. Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council found the merchant guilty; he had been arrested for possessing 75 kilograms of pork in the city […]

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of the Girl Child, observed on 11October: Every three seconds, child marriage cuts a girl’s childhood short. One in five girls worldwide is married before the age of18. Child marriage compromises the education, health and safety of millions of girls across the globe. Fundamentally, […]

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message on World Food Day, observed on 16October: Food is a basic human right. Yet around 645million people faced hunger last year. And nearly 2.7billion people cannot afford a healthy diet. Overlapping shocks and crises are adding to these pressures.Disrupting production and supply chains.Driving up […]

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Mental Health Day, observed on 10October: On this year’s World Mental Health Day, we reaffirm the expertise and leadership of people with lived experience of mental health challenges. This year’s theme — “Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change” — reflects the fact that people are […]