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"Investing in education, training and research is the best investment we can make for Europe's future. Each year, the EU's Lifelong Learning Programme (Erasmus, Leonardo Da Vinci, Comenius, Grundtvig) and the Marie Curie Actions enable more than 400 000 people to study, work, volunteer or do research abroad. This experience enhances their skills, personal development and job prospects - and it can also contribute to overcoming the crisis."
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17/05/2013
Speech at Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Council meeting/Brussels
16/05/2013
Commissioner Vassiliou was guest of honour at the 25th anniversary Friends of Music concert organised by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) on15 May. The event, held at the European Parliament, featured performances by British chart-topper Joss Stone and Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu.
16/05/2013
Speech at Friends of Music – 25th Anniversary/Brussels – European Parliament
15/05/2013
Is the European Union's youth policy up to the job in today's difficult economic and social climate? Can the European Union do more to help sports organisations tackle doping? Will the proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership affect the EU's commitment to cultural diversity? These are just some of the issues which will be in the spotlight at the Council for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport on 16-17 May.
15/05/2013
Thirteen films supported by the European Union's MEDIA programme for cinema will be on the big screen at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival (15-26 May), including seven films in competition for the prestigious Palme d'Or.
14/05/2013
The European Union (EU) has agreed on additional funding to further develop the modernisation of higher education as well as the international cooperation capacity of higher education institutions in Tunisia under the Erasmus Mundus and Tempus programmes.
13/05/2013
Acclaimed Danish film director Thomas Vinterberg is the winner of the 2013 European Union Prix MEDIA. The prize is awarded to the best new film project with box-office potential eligible for support from the EU MEDIA programme for cinema.
07/05/2013
More than eight in ten people involved in an EU-funded initiative aimed at encouraging innovative teaching methods and improved learning materials for children say the scheme had a positive and lasting impact on them.
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Diary
18 - 20 May - attending the 66th Cannes International Film Festival
12:00 - Presentation of the 2013 EU Prix MEDIA to Danish director Thomas Vinterberg during the 'European Rendezvous' (Café des Palmes)
15:00 - Attending a meeting of the Europa Cinemas distributors/sale agents
16:30 - meeting with French Minister of Culture Ms Aurélie FILIPPETTI
Montée des Marches (Red carpet) with group of filmmakers and French Minister of Culture, Ms Aurélie FILIPPETTI
19:00 - attending a screening of European film which entered in the official competition (Grand Théâtre Lumière)
10:00 - speech at the Opening of the Conference on cultural exception (Renforcer l’exception culturelle dans l'Europe de demain» (Salle: Ambassadeurs)
10:20 – attending the Round table on the future of cinema as entertainment moderated by Ian Christie, scholar and president of Europa cinemas (closed session)
09:30 - opening speech at the EU High Level Conference on Education and Development (Solvay Library)
15:00 - receiving Ms. Laura GEORGESCU, President of the National Audiovisual Council of Roumania (NAC)
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