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Blog Update: New Speakers List
We added a new feature to the ICD News Blog which enables you to find out more information about the speakers that attend our conferences. Hover over the link below where you can find out more about the speakers that you are interested in; each link contains video footage of your chosen speaker, and background information on … Continue reading
Employer attractiveness 2013 – did it bring any surprise?
By Ludmila Vávrová, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy Eventhough, the attractiveness of European institutions among young graduates has increased rapidly in the last years (recent statistics show that nearly 45,000 candidates are applying for only 300 job vacancies among these institutions), the European Commission coming in 14th place in worldwide employer attractiveness rankings in a released … Continue reading
Chancellor George Osborne sent science museum cuts letter in UK
By Joanna Ragsdell, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy A group representing 11 local authorities has written to Chancellor George Osborne expressing its serious concerns about the possible closure of a major museum in the north of England. Earlier this month, the director of the Science Museum Group (SMG), Ian Blatchford, said it may be forced to … Continue reading
Nigeria’s unschooled children
By Diana Ruiz , Institute for Cultural Diplomacy. According to the latest figures published by UNESCO, Nigeria holds the world record for unschooled children, with approximately 10.5 million children in the country not receiving an education. The statistics reveal that fifty-seven million children in the world were out of school in 2011, and although the … Continue reading
The youth’s “trance of heroism”: The Latinamerican example
By Marina Rodriguez , Institute for Cultural Diplomacy The times of nonconformity, despair and revolution have also affected youth in global terms, especially, in Latin America. «Educación sin lucro», «Hemos dicho: ¡Basta!», «Cinco años estudiando, quince pagando»; these were some of the banners from thousands of students who participated in the 2011 demonstrations in Latin … Continue reading
Education to create a better Europe. – An interview with The Hon Dr. Jo Ritzen (Former Minister of Education, Culture, and Science of the Netherlands; President of Universiteit Maastricht; The Netherlands)
There is a need to improve the education system in Europe in order to prepare young people for the labour market. Universities get the huge responsibility of forming the young potentials for the future. Universities in Europe have to take up responsibility and offer students a good framework, so they give youth the right basics … Continue reading
Easy money
By Diana Ruiz , Institute for Cultural Diplomacy One of the reasons of Spain’s dramatic youth unemployment figures – 57,22% or approximately 960.400 individuals- is closely linked to its construction boom fail. From the late 1990s until the early 2000s the country enjoyed a fairly rapid economic growth, leading and encouraging a housing boom that … Continue reading
Youth Development through Football
By Joanna Ragsdell, OYED A Youth Development through football (YDF) project was set up in 2007 as a legacy of the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany. The project has been jointly funded through the German Government and the European Union. To date the project has directly reached around 300,000 young people in South Africa … Continue reading
THE SUSTAINABLE KNOWLEDGE
By Irene Izquieta, OYED. In the XIX century, the industrial revolution started and with it, the urban revolution appeared and a new way of understanding the world began. The cities seemed to have the secret of happiness. The people that lived in the countryside saw the big capitals as places full of opportunities for success. … Continue reading
How to face unemployment in Europe? – Lecture by The Hon H.E. Luís Almeida Sampaio, Ambassador of Portugal to Germany. (Berlin International Economics Congress)
By Stefan van Roey,OYED. “Peace and Security in Europe: You only realize how important it is when you don’t have it” During the EU-crisis it is essential that you keep your focus on Europe and the European Union. The crisis will fade away, but the essential thing, namely Europe will stay. We have to help … Continue reading
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