Improving family policy across Member States: Hearing discusses problem of ageing population

The EESC has conducted a hearing on 'The role of family policy in demographic change: Sharing best practice among Member States'. Held on March 21, this meeting consulted a range of perspectives from a number of stakeholders on family matters, with a view to improving and sharing practices between Member States. The hearing was organised at the request of the Hungarian Presidency, to target the problem of how to give tangible recognition to the substantial contribution that families make to society.



In his opening address, Staffan Nilsson, EESC President said: "Europe must set an example in matters of intergenerational equity and solidarity and the problem of ageing population is both a challenge and an opportunity for Europe".



The hearing was chaired by Luca Jahier, President of the EESC Various Interests' Group and included presentations from Miklós Soltész, Hungarian Minister of State for Social, Family and Youth Affairs and Anna Záborská, Chair of the Intergroup on Family, Protection of Childhood and Solidarity between the Generations. There were also contributions from experts, contrasting the experience of different Member States.



According to the EESC, the social and economic benefits of the family should be appreciated. Insufficient support for families could result in a substantial increase in costs, especially in terms of welfare services.



Demographic challenges need to be quickly tackled by providing incentives to work and viewing older people as an asset rather than a burden. The Committee is also committed to looking ahead and is already working with the future Polish presidency on demography and the labour market. Furthermore, it intends to support the idea of proclaiming 2014 as a European Year for families.



The Hungarian Presidency took the chance of this hearing to launch at EU level its thematic week "Europe for families, Families for Europe" which will be organised next week in Budapest and which will be concluded by an Informal Council of Ministers for family, to which the Committee will present the results of the hearing and its own contribution.



More information, contact:

For more information please contact:

Barbara Gessler, EESC Press Unit,

Tel.:+32 2 546 8066;

barbara.gessler@eesc.europa.eu

Organised civil society to have a strong say in food security policy at European and global level

The President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has called on agriculture ministers from Europe and elsewhere in the world to involve civil society players in discussions on trade and global food security. During the International Agriculture Ministers’ Panel discussions in Berlin last Saturday, President Nilsson stressed the need to involve farmers, consumers, and other civil society stakeholders in discussions geared to finding sustainable solutions to food security.

At the International Agriculture Ministers’ Panel Discussions held during the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin (20-22 January 2011), EESC President Nilsson urged ministers to work to successfully complete the Doha Development Round under the WTO, to improve market access for developing countries, and to step up production capacities.

“The typical farmer in the world is a woman” concluded President Nilsson, addressing a top-ranking ministerial panel comprising, inter alia, Pascal Lamy, Director of the World Trade Organization, Ilse Aigner, German Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner for Agriculture, and Bruno Le Maire, French Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries.

Food secu rity is one of the main planks of the EESC President’s programme. The EESC will be actively involved in European and global debates on food secu rity in 2011, and will work closely on this issue with the French Presidency of G8/G20.

For more information, please contact:

Coralia Catana | President's Spokesperson |

+32 (0)498 984 613

coralia.catana@eesc.europa.eu

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Este importantă construirea acestei biserici pentru pastrarea identitatii de romani.

Avem nevoie de ajutor financiar pentru înfiinţarea unei biserici Romaneşti în Bor Serbia,dimensiuni 24x16m ,stil vechi romanesc.

Puteţi să ne contactaţi la adresa de sus.

Va mulţumim!
C.C.I.R



Bojan Barbucić

International Conference on "Management of Technological Changes"– organized by "Gheorghe Asachi" -1-3 September 2011 in Greece

Dear Colleagues,

Regarding the 7th International Conference on "Management of Technological Changes"– organized by "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, Romania, through Center for Continuing Education and Training (CETEX) in Alexandroupolis, Greece, on September 1st-3rd, 2011, we remind you that the abstract submission deadline is February 1st, 2011, at midnight Romanian time (GMT + 2h).
The 2011 conference will debate the Impact of Globalization on Technological Changes upon organizations and society that will lead to sustainable development.
We would like to announce you that seven Conferences organized by CETEX – “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi are now indexed in the “ISI Web of Knowledge” ISI Proceedings Database. http://www.isiwebofknowledge.com

Important Deadlines:

Abstract submission
February 1st, 2011
Notification of acceptance of abstracts
February 15th, 2011
Submission of full papers
March 15th, 2011
Notification of full papers acceptance
May 31th, 2010

For further details, please visit our website: http://www.cetex.tuiasi.ro/mtc2011/

Important issues:

Conference Topics
Conference Fees
Scientific Committee
Manuscript preparation
Abstracts and Papers
MTC Short History

Warm regards,

Prof. Costache RUSU PhD
MTC 2011 Editor


The 7th International Conference on Management of Technological Changes – MTC Organizing Committee
"Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi
Center for Continuing Education and Training - CETEX
53 Dimitrie Mangeron Blvd.
IASI - 700050, ROMANIA, Tel./ Fax: +00 40 232 213 708, http://www.cetex.tuiasi.ro/mtc2011/

International Conference in Quality and Innovation in Engineering and Management, Cluj-Napoca, 17th-19th of March 2011.

The Technical University of Cluj -Napoca invites you to the 1st International Conference in Quality and Innovation in Engineering and Management, Cluj-Napoca, 17th-19th of March 2011.




Conference Topics

Quality Engineering and Management
Track coordinators: Sorin POPESCU
- Quality and performance management
- Technology and quality improvement
- The future of quality
- Quality for “life”
- Education for quality and Quality for education
Innovation Engineering and Management
Track coordinator: Stelian BRAD
- Innovative processes and models
- Methods and tools for innovation
- Business and process innovation
- Innovative quality tools
- Barriers and success factors for quality and
innovation
- E-Innovation and E-Quality
Design Engineering and Management
Track coordinator: Daniela POPESCU
- Product development
- Sustainable product innovation
- Organizational intelligence and competitive
development
- Project management
Numan DURAKBASA and
- Quality systems and organizational excellence
- Industrial Metrology
- Quality measurement and control
- Management for sustainability


Important Dates:
Abstract submission: January 5, 2011
Abstract acceptance notification: January 12, 2011
Full-paper submission: February 14, 2011
Full-paper acceptance: March 7, 2011





Fees:
Conference attendance & electronic proceedings 100 €
Printed proceedings 25 €
Gala dinner 25 €
PhD students will receive 50% discount of the above fees

Papers will be reviewed and published in the official Conference
Proceedings. Selected papers, in expanded version, will be
considered for publication as full-length research papers subjected
to full peer reviewing with appropriate revisions in scientific journals
indexed in international databases.

The primary objective of QIEM 2011 is to provide an international
forum for researchers to discuss the state of the art in the fields of
quality and innovation and to disseminate their recent advances and
their views in these areas.
The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, as the main organizer of the
conference, proposes the Conference Topics in order to capitalize
upon the research activity, experience from the
major fields of interest within the Department of Machine-Tools and
Industrial Robots.

For additional information please refer to:
Conference website: www.qiem.utcluj.ro
Email: contact@qiem.utcluj.ro
Tel / Fax: +40 264 415710

The support of the EU funded project
POSDRU/18/1.2/G/9136 is acknowledged with gratitude



Professor Marieta Olaru, Ph. D.

Head of the Research Center for Business Administration
Department of Science of Commodities and Quality Management
University: The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania
5-7 Mihail Moxa, Sector 1, Bucharest - 010704; Office: 3302
Email: olaru.marieta@gmail.com
Tel: 004 – 0722 922 797

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Secretar de stat pentru românii de pretutindeni