At the invitation of the Portuguese Presidency, State Secretary Dr Božo Predalič and Director of Government Office for the Support and Integration of Migrants Katarina Štrukelj joined an informal ministerial video conference on integration and the impact of the pandemic on the access of migrants to the labour market.
State Secretary Predalič commended the Portuguese initiative agreeing with the rest of the participants that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted integration policies and that access to the labour market by migrants is no exception either. Slovenia adopted a number of measures to address in as flexible way as possible the status and rights of workers in essential professions. Sadly, many were left out of work as a result of the pandemic, but this occurred independently of their worker status. Those with fixed-term contracts were made to leave their jobs first, said Predalič noting that in Slovenia these workers have been supported with unemployment benefits and
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Universities must have a voice in shaping the European Research Area
The new ERA will need to bring all sides to the table so that we can shape the future of Europe’s R&I sector together, writes the European University Association’s Stephane Berghmans.
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The much-welcomed renewed interest in the European Research Area (ERA) was concretely kicked off last year with the European Commission Communication on “A new ERA for Research and Innovation”. Under the German Presidency of the Council of the EU, this was followed by Council Conclusions on the New European Research Area, which called for an inclusive governance. However, more than three months later, we still do not know what the ERA governance will look like and, more importantly, how stakeholders will be involved.
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Thursday, January 21, 2021, 15:57 GMT+7
A banner promoting Eroica 2020. Photo: https://www.goethe.de
The Embassy of Belgium, the Embassy of Germany, and the Goethe-Institut Hanoi will co-organize the exhibition ‘Eroica 2020’ by artist Nguyen Le Hoang Viet next week to commemorate Beethoven’s 250th birthday.
The exhibition will open daily from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm between January 26 and February 4 in the exhibition hall of the Goethe-Institut, the organizers said in a press release on Thursday.
An opening event will take place at 6:00 pm on January 25.
‘Eroica 2020’ is a contribution from Vietnam to the international exhibition Hotel Beethoven, which has been organized by BOZAR, which is the Center for Fine Arts in Brussels, in collaboration with the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, with funds coming from by the German Minister of State for Culture and the Media in the framework of the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union.