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On Monday 12^th of July, over 750 guests attended the joint event organised by the German political foundations together with the Minister of State in the German Federal Foreign Office, Dr. Werner Hoyer MP, at the Koloniënpaleis, in Tervueren.

In this occasion, MP Dr. Hoyer gave an outline of the challenges the EU is facing under the new, current political and financial conditions.

ENoP was present in this important gathering with a stand.

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Petyo Kanev, the first trainee in the office of the ENoP project, participates today as the Bulgarian representative in the meeting of the Council of the European Union ‘Youth working Party’. The topics: European and International policy agendas on children, youth and children's rights, structured dialogue.

 After his return in September 2009 Kanev continued working for the Bulgarian Ministry of education, youth and science as junior expert for youth issues and structured dialogue. He is a member of the Institute for Social Integraition ISI, Sophia, and holds the position of a substitute representative in the ENoP Steering Committee .

Julie Cantalou, from the Liberal Catalan Foundation CatDem, ENoP Member, attended on behalf of ENoP this 2 days conference, which was the culmination of the first consultation phase of the newly created DG Justice.

The Evert Vermeer Foundation, Netherlands, is the 64^th  ENoP member.

Founded in 1967, the Evert Vermeer Foundation is based in Amsterdam. EVF arose from the Dutch Labour Party. The ENoP Steering Committe has approved the foundation as new member at its meeting on 8th of July.

The ENoP Network Coordinator Arjen Berkvens attends the Opening Conference of the  “Transatlantic Dialogue: Strengthening Cooperation on Democracy Support” ,   organized by the National Democratic Institute with support of the  European Union Delegation to the United States  in Washington, DC.  This project is co-financed under the budget line “EU-US policy research and debate 2010 -11”.  The sessions are chaired by the:  Former U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine K. Albright, the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, the Former EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and the Former U.S. Representative and Former Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy Vin Weber.

As every summer, FAES Foundation will be hosting its Annual FAES Campus in Navacerrada (Madrid), Spain. This year, the Campus will take place on July 2^nd  – 11^th , 2010.

The summer course runs for ten days and brings together several leading experts from both Spain and abroad who will contribute with new viewpoints and ideas to be taken into consideration on issues pertinent to the present and future of Spain and the western world. 

The 5th Annual Green Economics Conference "The age of Global Transformation - The Age of Green Economics" will take place at Mansfield College, Oxford University, Oxford UK.

‘Closing the gap’ was the theme of the exchange meeting organised on the 12th of May in The Hague. Representatives of political foundations from the Netherlands focussed on the significance and social impact of their projects and activities in international aid assistance.

Representatives from eleven member organizations attended the Advanced Training Course on involvement in EC projects, held in Montagnac (FR) between the 7th and the 11th of June.