AfriAlliance: a project to connect the dots to ensure life in Africa Climate change is happening now and given the fact that we “all” are responsible for the variations of the climate (IPCC, 2007), can we state that we are also responsible for the transformations that some countries are experimenting? …
The EU’s Defence Momentum Opening the Annual Conference of the European Defence Agency EDA on 23 November 2017, the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini called the letter notifying the intention of 23 Member States to embark on a Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) on defence: “probably the most important moment for European defence in decades“. …
“Divide et impera” is the new EU way to harmonize and regulate member states,
European Union, don’t go away: the Social Pillar Prescription For way too long European Union has been on “trial”. The crisis which has been affected our home since 2008, finally seems giving Europe time to breath; however, the sense of disaffection is truly a common feeling that mostly Europeans share. If the …
EU looking to a future of open and agile Smart Cities! If we try to link together two simple words: “smart” and “connections”, we would be surprised by the amazing pattern we can build. As a matter of fact, the European Union has discovered this beautiful interaction, for instance, with …
Europe Moving away from “Grexit” In 2008-2013, Greece suffered an extraordinary economic decline and for a while, the idea of exit from the Eurozone gained ascendancy, then it receded without going away completely. Eclipsed last year by the UK’s vote to exit the EU, and Donald Trump’s US electoral victory, the nation’s struggle to …
GCED – Transforming Education for an Interconnected 21st Century! Global Citizenship Education (GCED) is one of the strategic areas of UNESCO’s Education Sector programme for the period 2014-2021. According to the official definition given by the UN, the primary aim of Global Citizenship Education (GCED) is nurturing respect for all, building …
The first test for the European Union was a real success. However, when we had only few states in the economic alliance, we could not talk about European Union, but just of European Economic Community (EEC): a regional organization which aimed to bring economic integration among its 6 founding members. At that time, after …
An European perspective on Global Education The great challenges that humanity is currently facing require that individuals own global competences, and that they contribute with knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to fostering a more sustainable and inclusive world. As a consequence, education systems are increasingly asked to prepare children and students to understand global issues, as well …
Italian election’s challenge to the European Union On the 4th of March 2018 new elections are going to take place in Italy. This will be one of the most important political events for the European Union this year. As the EU tries to regain cohesion after the shock of the UK’s Brexit …
