Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2021
Today I want to talk about public procurement. What is public procurement? Public procurement simply put is any time public authorities spend money on anything. This falls generally into three main categories, goods, works and services. First of all what do we mean by public authorities? These can be national governments or local councils, basically anyone who uses public money …
Job Vacancy – Rural Youth Europe Interim Secretary General Rural Youth Europe is recruiting an interim Secretary General for the duration of 6 months with the opportunity of extension. The office is based in Helsinki, Finland. Part of the work can be done remotely and does not require daily commuting to the office although regular travel to the office might …
Global 4-H Day has been set up to celebrate the global 4-H Community and promote the incredible work it does in advancing the field of youth development. We asked two of our board members, Patrīcija Prindule from Latvian 4-H, and Iiristiina Heinonen from 4-H Finland, what 4-H menas to them: Patrīcija Prindule It comes the time when I ask myself …
It has been a while now since we started our democracy series and we have had other announcements in between but I just want to round this off today with one last democracy blog. Democracy is one of the founding principles of the EU and it is one of the requirements for membership. We looked previously at the structure of …
It is important update time! Part of Together Thursdays is to make sure you know all about any interesting and exciting opportunities that the EU provides for you and so we are taking a break from our current theme of democracy to tell you about an exciting opportunity… The COCOREADO Project is recruiting ambassadors and the applications are now open. …
In our last Together Thursdays blog we talked about the structure of EU democracy and how the different pieces fit together. Next time I want to have a look at some different European countries and how different their democracies can be, but this time I want to take a step back to go over some basic ideas of democracy, what …
On Friday 6th August we held this year’s General Assembly. We reported on the past year, as well as looked to the future, which included electing a new board member! We would like to thank Birgit Kuslap, our outgoing group 4 representative, for her commitment, enthusiasm and dedication over the past two years, and we are delighted to welcome Patrīcija …
The Together Thursdays project in a nutshell is all about connecting the European Parliament with the rural youth in order for us to facilitate a conversation about what the EU does well and what you feel could be done better. Just saying the EU though is a bit vague because of course, just like any other organisation, at all levels …
To quote the Beatles famous hit ‘Let it be’, “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be” This song really resonates with me as it’s telling me …
Last time we spoke about what non-formal education is and why it is both useful and important. This time I want to tell you about how non-formal education is becoming more officially recognised, the ways in which the EU supports non formal education and how you can be involved. Since non-formal education is so beneficial, varied and more importantly accessible …
