April 2011

Listed events (for further descriptions of events and links scroll down): 

4-5 April 2011, Trier, Germany, EU Law on Equality between Women and Men in Practice 

5 April 2011, Barcelona, Spain, Social Economy in the Mediterranean

6-7 April 2011, Dijon, Bourgogne, France, Innovation as Business Contribution to Sustainability – EABIS Symposium

7 April 2011, Budapest, Hungary,Conference on Roma women

7 April 2011, worldwide, World Health Day

11-15 April 2011, Europe-wide, European Sustainable Energy Week

13-15 April 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria,

Environmental Conference Save the Planet – Waste Management and Recycling Conference and Exhibition 

14 April 2011, Geneva, Switzerland, Fourth Meeting of UNECE Task Force on Water and Climate

18 April 2011, London, UK, All Change for Europe: Accession and the Right to Reside 

19-20 April 2011, Budapest, Hungary 

High Level Conference on New Challenges in the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020

23 April 2011, worldwide, World Book and Copyright Day

28-29 April 2011, Brussels, Belgium

Migration, Ethnicisation and the Challenge of Diversity: The “Others” in Europe and Beyond

29 April 2011, Brussels, Towards the European Year for Active Ageing

 

4-5 April 2011, Trier, Germany

EU Law on Equality between Women and Men in Practice 

The principle of equality between women and men has been part of EU law since the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Since then, a considerable body of legislation has been adopted on matters such as equal treatment in employment and occupation, health protection in the context of maternity, parental leave or access to goods and services. The seminar will provide an overview of the content of these Directives as interpreted by the European Court of Justice in its large case law on this topic. 

To read more: www.era.int

 

5 April 2011, Barcelona, Spain

Social Economy in the Mediterranean

The Euro-Mediterranean Social Economy Network (ESMED) is inviting to its tenth conference on Social Economy in the Mediterranean. The aim of this conference is to state the role played by cooperatives and Social Economy in economic and social development across the Mediterranean, specially taken into account important changes in this region in the last days and weeks

To read more: http://www.euclidnetwork.eu

 

6-7 April 2011, Dijon, Bourgogne, France

Innovation as Business Contribution to Sustainability – EABIS Symposium

This symposium, held during Sustainability Week, will enhance participants’ understanding of sustainability-driven innovation. Attendees will hear how entrepreneurial approaches can deliver their organisation’s sustainability objectives. The symposium, co-organised by EABIS and the Corporate Social Responsibility Chair of the Burgundy School of Business (France), will also enable to build effective and enterprising partnerships around innovation.

To read more: www.csreurope.org

7 April 2011, Budapest, Hungary

Conference on Roma women

This conference is organized by the European Women’s Lobby and the Hungarian Women’s Lobby. The objectives of the conference are: to highlight the need to have gender and the specific needs of Roma women at the heart of the implementation of the European Roma strategy that will be announced in June 2011 and to expose the main issues affecting Roma women and girls in Central and Eastern Europe and offer a platform for national and European decision-makers as well as Roma women’s organisations to discuss them.

To read more: http://www.womenlobby.org

 

7 April 2011, worldwide

World Health Day

Each year on April 7th, the world celebrates World Health Day. On this day around the globe, thousands of events mark the importance of health for productive and happy lives. To reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases are among the Millennium Development Goals which all Member States have pledged to meet by the year 2015.

To read more: www.un.org

 

11-15 April 2011, Europe-wide

European Sustainable Energy Week

The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2011 will take place across Europe, showcasing the latest innovations in energy efficiency and renewable energy technology, policy and practice through a varied programme of events.

To read more:www.europa.eu

 

13-15 April 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria 

Environmental Conference Save the Planet – Waste Management and Recycling Conference and Exhibition

This annual conference gives the opportunity to meet key decision-makers from South-East Europe and join industry leaders in a forum for future environmental development of the region. More than 90 top-level speakers will give their perspectives on green economy.

To read more: www2.viaexpo.com

 

14 April 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

Fourth Meeting of UNECE Task Force on Water and Climate

This is the fourth meeting of the Task Force on Water and Climate of the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), which is responsible for activities related to adaptation to climate change, including flood and drought management, working in close cooperation with the Task Force on Extreme Weather Events established under the Protocol on Water and Health.

www.unece.org

 

18 April 2011, London, UK

All Change for Europe: Accession and the Right to Reside 

This seminar will give participants a detailed understanding of the changes to European law in relation to migrants, particularly workers, in more detail. It will discuss the effect of the end to the transitional arrangements covering eight central and eastern European countries, and look at good practice in working with migrants in relation to housing.

www.feantsa.org

 

19-20 April 2011, Budapest, Hungary 

High Level Conference on New Challenges in the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020

This conference will focus on the European Disability Strategy (2010-2020), as this document sets out the possible thematic areas for actions linked to the implementation of the UNCRPD. In this context, the conference will also provide the opportunity to examine the national implementation of the UNCRPD. The conference will bring together all key stakeholders, including especially, the relevant representatives of the civil society.

www.eu2011.hu

 

23 April 2011, worldwide

World Book and Copyright Day

23 April is a symbolic date for world literature for on this date in 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. It was a natural choice for UNESCO‘s General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date…

To read more: www.un.org

 

28-29 April 2011, Brussels, Belgium

Migration, Ethnicisation and the Challenge of Diversity: The “Others” in Europe and Beyond

This conference aims to address the construction of identity classifications underlying new forms of inclusion and exclusion that are to be found in contemporary Europe, and beyond. Its scope covers practices of categorization and of resistance, both by majority and minority groups. Anthropologists, social psychologists, sociologists, political scientists and law scholars will meet to discuss the categorization of identity groups through legal and social norms, public policies, institutional practices, social interactions and representations, as well as actors’ mobilizations.

To read more:http://is.ulb.ac.be

 

29 April 2011, Brussels

Towards the European Year for Active Ageing

This conference, titled “Towards the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2012)” will be an important milestone towards the European Year and should help to mobilise stakeholders at all levels.

To read more: www.europa.eu