As part of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Presidency Conference on “Culture, Cohesion and Social Impact” will be held on 5 and 6 May from the Fundação de Serralves, in Porto.
This conference is a pointer to the vital public debate urgently needed for a better understanding of the benefits that culture can bring in strengthening social cohesion, and is intended to propose practical solutions for maximising the social impact of culture.
It is widely accepted that the cultural sphere opens up a social space for dialogue, bringing people together to share and celebrate community, at the same time as providing an opportunity for negotiation, praise and criticism. This role played by culture is more important than ever in a post-pandemic world, shaken by social distancing and related mental health issues, ever greater environmental challenges, rising levels of inequality and intolerance, and asymmetric patterns of territorial development.
Met dank overgenomen van Europees Parlement (EP), gepubliceerd op woensdag 5 mei 2021.
EP President David Sassoli, Employment Committee Chair Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová (ECR, SK) and several other MEPs will participate in the Porto Social Summit on 7 May.
The Porto Summit, organised by the Portuguese Presidency of the Council, will give political impetus to the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan. The Social Summit’s first event will be a high-level conference to discuss how to reinvigorate the European Social Model and put the principles of the Pillar into action to benefit EU citizens.
Parliament played an important role in preparing the Action Plan by adopting its report on “A strong social Europe for Just transitions” last year. Rapporteurs Dennis Radtke (EPP, DE) and Agnes Jongerius (S&D, NL) will present Parliament’s position on the panel on work and employment.
The Portuguese Minister for Infrastructure and Housing says that the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU “supports policies that will avoid settling for minimum standards” in the aviation sector and invites all stakeholders and EU Member States to “join forces to prevent this type of behaviour”.
Pedro Nuno Santos was speaking at the Aviation Day Conference, organised by the National Civil Aviation Authority under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, about the challenges faced by aviation in a world after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Minister also pointed to the ecological challenges faced by the sector, guaranteeing that TAP will be one of the “greenest, most comfortable” airlines in the world. The world is going through a period that demands “critical action”, and politicians and the community must be “up to the challenge”, according to Pedro Nuno Santos.
The European Cancer Research Summit 2021 is being held under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union this Monday, 3 May, at 09h00 (Lisbon time), in the main auditorium of the Portuguese Institute of Oncology in Porto. It will be (1) IPO-Porto - YouTube.
The Porto Declaration on Cancer Research will be presented publicly by the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, from 17h00 (Lisbon time) during the summit.
The Porto Declaration on Cancer Research is aimed at reinforcing cancer research in Europe in terms of prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and monitoring of patients, as well as the impact of the treatments on the illness, and is in line with the commitment of the Trio Presidency of the Council of the European Union (Germany, Portugal and Slovenia) to significantly reduce cancer mortality rates by 2030.
This Thursday and Friday, the International Conference “The 3 As: Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of Medicines and Medical Devices” took place at the Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon. The conference was organized by INFARMED - Portuguese National Authority of Medicines and Health Products, under the auspices of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union (PPEU). Objective: to promote discussion among the main European pharmaceutical policy actors, addressing national and European challenges in an integrated, ethical and sustainable manner.
In the opening session, the speakers emphasised the importance of international collaboration and cooperation, commending the effort to bring together the main agents in the area of medicines and health products.