Want to be a music star while fighting poverty? The news: Young EU citizens are invited to share their message on fighting poverty and development through a music contest organised by the European Commission's cooperation office EuropeAid. The winner - selected through online voting - will have the opportunity to perform during the European Development Days on 22-24 October 2009 in Stockholm. The background: Mobilizing the young, and more generally European citizens, about the EU's fight against poverty worldwide is necessary to bring support and ensure there's political will on the global stage. Through networking websites and music festivals, youngsters between 15 and 30 are invited to submit a song related to fighting poverty on the Internet. Voting will take place online until 09/09/09 at 09:09. The winners will get a professional recording of their song and will have the opportunity to perform in Stockholm during the European Development Days 2009. The music contest has been launched in the frame of the " I fight poverty " campaign launched at the end of 2008. Through an online interactive presentation, teenagers are introduced to development aid policy and are shown concrete projects in the fields of trade, water, food security, education, infrastructures, conflict prevention, health and democracy and human rights. The events: - 15/06/09 Launch of the Music contest - 31/08/09 Final date for submission of songs - 09/09/09 at 09:09 End of online voting period - 15/09/09 Winner is announced - 22-24/10/09 Performance in Stockholm during the European Development Days The sources: Music against poverty contest webpage available in eight languages (BG, CS, EL, EN, FR, LT, PL, RO): http://ifightpoverty.eu/music_contest/index_en.html Facebook group Music against poverty: www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=119017694618 I fight poverty website: http://www.ifightpoverty.eu/index_en.htm European Development Days 2009: http://www.eudevdays.eu Commissioner Louis Michel's website: 10 http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/michel/index_fr.html The contacts: John Clancy +32 2 29 53773 john.clancy@ec.europa.eu Marie-Pierre Jouglain +32 2 29 84449 marie-pierre.jouglain@ec.europa.eu 11 - Hoofdinhoud
| datum | 31 augustus 2009 |
|---|---|
| locatie | Online  |
| aanwezigen | L. (Louis) Michel i e.a. |
| organisatie | Europese Commissie (EC) i |
The news:
Young EU citizens are invited to share their message on fighting poverty and development through a music contest organised by the European Commission's cooperation office EuropeAid. The winner - selected through online voting - will have the opportunity to perform during the European Development Days on 22-24 October 2009 in Stockholm.
The background:
Mobilizing the young, and more generally European citizens, about the EU's fight against poverty worldwide is necessary to bring support and ensure there's political will on the global stage.
Through networking websites and music festivals, youngsters between 15 and 30 are invited to submit a song related to fighting poverty on the Internet. Voting will take place online until 09/09/09 at 09:09. The winners will get a professional recording of their song and will have the opportunity to perform in Stockholm during the European Development Days 2009.
The music contest has been launched in the frame of the " I fight poverty " campaign launched at the end of 2008. Through an online interactive presentation, teenagers are introduced to development aid policy and are shown concrete projects in the fields of trade, water, food security, education, infrastructures, conflict prevention, health and democracy and human rights.
The events:
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-15/06/09 Launch of the Music contest
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-31/08/09 Final date for submission of songs
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-09/09/09 at 09:09 End of online voting period
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-15/09/09 Winner is announced
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-22-24/10/09 Performance in Stockholm during the European Development Days
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De Europese Commissie mag als enige EU-instelling wetsvoorstellen indienen; zij heeft het zogenaamde recht van initatief. Daarnaast controleert de Commissie of de Europese wetgeving juist wordt toegepast in de lidstaten, onderhandelt zij in internationale organisaties als de Wereldhandelsorganisatie (WTO) i over de handel van de Unie met het 'buitenland' en is zij verantwoordelijk voor het beheer van de Europese begroting van ongeveer 140 miljard euro per jaar.