The NECE-conference “Networking for the European Parliament Elections 09” from 11–13 June (2008) was organised by the Federal Agency for Civic Education to give more than 120 EU multipliers in the field of citizenship education access to information and opportunities for exchange in the areas of existing and planned models, measures and projects for mobilising voters in 2009.

The event will provide a platform for participants interested in pursuing common projects to meet and discuss plans in more detail. It’s primary goal is to increase transparency for existing and planned models, and to promote European cooperative projects. The conference should therefore not only act as a catalyst for European networking and the Europeanisation of citizenship education, but also provide a stage for the work being done in the field.

Documentation under: www.bpb.de/nece.

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The “Institut Européen de Cluny” is organising a European Summer University from 10-20 July in Cluny Abbey, Burgundy, France.

This year’s summer university gathers people together under the working field of ‘European Identity - Who I am? Who are we?’ and is looking for a cafebabel.com correspondent to follow this event.

Selected journalists from cafebabel.com will be invited to the summer university and get the opportunity to publish their articles in daily newspapers like "Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire and "Le Progrès" de Lyon. cafebabel.com journalists will be integrated in the team and participate in team meetings during the summer university in Cluny.

Candidats should send their CV to Monika Oelz by email as soon as possible! Please contact her in order to get more information!

Click here to see the programme.

We are proud to announce that two cafebabel.com journalists have been selected as national winners for the UK and for France for the European Young Journalist Award 2008.

On 9 and 10 May, the Paris town hall and the Maison de l’Europe come together to organise a European village with many events. On the programme: the art of living, progress, international solidarity and citizenship.

Come and live Europe by taking part in festive, cultural and spiritual events. Meet a Europe dotted with debated with numerous European personalities.

Cafebabel.com will moderate two debates :

• a debate on European mobility on Saturday 10 May between 12 -1pm and
• a debate about the Slovenian, French and Czech presidencies of the EU, the same Saturday between 15.30 – 16.30

What were the news from the Babelblogs in March? If you want to know everything, have a look to the blogs reviews, published on cafebabel.com every two weeks.