Comics ECHO Academy | 12 June – 2 July

Ten artists from Greece, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and Serbia came to Athens to participate in the ECHO Academies Comics Academy. The Comics Academy aimed to give the artists all the tools to be able to create their original comic stories inspired by the Karagiozis shadow puppet theatre and to design their own pilot projects based…

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Super FEM – Doing Different Things Differently

Capacity Building for Youth Workers and Project Managers 30 May – 4 June 2023 (in Balestrand, Norway) Youth Workers and Project Managers working on youth projects from Inter Alia, POKAZ, IRM, Art Fusion and Creative Connections gathered in Balestrand, Norway, to officially kick the “Super FEM” project off and to work on the skills, abilities and processes necessary for…

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WHY THE EUROPEAN YEAR OF SKILLS NEEDS TO BE RE-CENTRED ON CIVIL SOCIETY

by Martina Tresca* During the annual State of the European Union speech in September 2022, the President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen announced the Commission’s proposal to make 2023 the European Year of Skills. As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine accentuated labour mismatches and high unemployment rates inside the Union, this thematic…

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Reflecting on policy proposals for Degrowth: feasibility and transformations – Op-Ed*

By Amerissa Giannouli** Almost 7 years have passed since I wrote my first article on Degrowth. Back then, I could not have imagined how popular Degrowth would become. I remember searching for videos on YouTube and media articles about Degrowth, and there were only a few. Nowadays, there are promising developments that indicate Degrowth is gaining political momentum (e.g. Professor Jason…

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Up to 600 people drown off Pylos, Greece – only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylum

Open letter by over 180 human rights organizations and initiatives together with Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi. Today on World Refugee Day, we jointly demand full and independent investigations into the events, clear consequences for those responsible, an end to the systematic pushback practices at the European borders, and justice for the victims. 10 years after the two…

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Forced food insecurity at the Lesvos Closed Controlled Access Centre

Inter Alia together with other 41 organisations co-signed a letter to the Greek Authorities and the European Commission to act upon their obligations to ensure human dignity and access to food and water. DATE: Thursday, June 15, 2023 TO: Mr Daniel Esdras, Minister of Migration and Asylum; Mr Emmanuel Logothetis, Special Secretary-General for the Reception of Asylum Seekers; Ms…

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OUR EYE ON THE EU | When the EU has to answer complex questions

Introducing “Our Eye on the EU” – our monthly broadcast “straight from Brussels”! We bring you the three most important topics debated in EU institutions during April with a less-than-3-minute video in Greek – Italian and with English subtitles. Our first broadcast starts with two opposite perspectives on the response that the European Commission gave to campaigners and organisers…

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CURVE – Cultivating Understanding of Refugees and Vulnerable Environments – Professional Training, 7-14 May 2023

During the week 7-14 May, Inter Alia hosted 18 professionals and postgraduate students in the field of migration from the UK and Italy. Together with experts, professors, artists and vulnerable groups, they explored the role of employment and education in the path to integration, acquiring new knowledge and fostering critical thinking towards finding new solutions. Day 1: Lefteris Papagiannakis…

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ANTYGONE TODAY,  23 April – 2 May 2023

In just eight days, a group of 45 young people from eight different countries embarked on a transformative journey, using the power of theatre to explore contemporary social issues and foster solidarity. Inspired by Sophocles’ timeless masterpiece, “Antigone,” and under the guidance of director Valerio Strati and choreographer Carlomauro Maggiore, the youngsters came together to create a performance that…

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OUR EYE ON THE EU | MAY 2023

EU elections 2024: work in progress We have a date for the next European Parliament’s elections, which will determine who will represent European citizens from 2024 to 2029. Election day(s) will be from 6 to 9 June 2024.  Everyone is trying to get ready and arrive prepared for this big day: even though one year has passed since Members…

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