Generation 112

Education and mobility

Find in this section all the contents we have published in our website since the creation of Generation 112 on the topic of Education and mobility. Our radio programs, articles, editorials, interviews or opinion columns gathered to get an overview of one of the twelve topics we have chosen.

Culture of the market versus culture market - 2012-02-22

Is culture still appealing? Is it a field our politicians invest in, for which they have a vision to offer to their people? These are open questions, especially after the Commission published in November 2011 its proposal for a "Creative Europe" program which should come into force by 2014. "Creative Europe ": it is the name of the new EU Culture program to be implemented between 2014 and 2020....

Santiago Fisas Ayxela: "the world of sport asks Europe to take measures" - 2012-02-05

Since the Lisbon Treaty came into force, Sport is now a new competence for the EU. Though, the scope of this competence is not clear and the financial means are quite low. Santiago Fisas Ayxela, spanish Member of the European Parliament (PPE) in charge of the report on this issue, has accepted to answer our questions. Sport is one of the competences of the European Union since the Lisbon Treaty...

Androulla Vassiliou: "Europe´s future is in the hands of its younger generation" - 2010-10-12

After the launch of the Youth on the Move initiative mid-September, Adroulla Vassiliou, Cypriot Commissioner in charge of Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, has accepted to answer our questions of young attentive Europeans. Interview. For what reasons did you decide to launch this new initiative in addition to the existing programmes on mobility and youth? What added value do you...

Commissioner Vassiliou launches the “Youth on the Move” initiative - 2010-09-21

“Youth on the Move”, that is the name given to this new initiative to address youth mobility and presented last week (September, 15th) by the European Commission. This initiative aims to improve youth employment perspectives, to adapt education and training to their needs, and to inform young people on the European grants available to study or volunteer abroad. These are interesting and...