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The Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) is the executive branch of the European Union responsible for policy on education, culture, youth, languages, and sport.

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EU Delegation Meets with AU Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology

The EU Delegation to the AU met on August 22nd with African Union Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology (HRST), Sarah Anyang Agbor, and members of the HRST Department.

Tuesday, 21 August, 2018 - 00:00
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Horizon 2020

The Work Programme covering the last three years of Horizon 2020 (2018-2020) was published on 27 October 2017.

Friday, 15 June, 2018 - 12:00
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EU-UNICEF committed to ensure no child is left behind

Years of violent fighting in Syria left thousands of schools destroyed, damaged or used as shelters for families who lost their homes. 11-year-old Nour struggled to follow lessons in a dark classroom up until the EU and UNICEF stepped in providing solar panels to generate electricity, and kindling her dream to become an architect. “I want to rebuild our destroyed house, but with a better design,” she says cheerfully in her now lit up classroom. In their first ever meeting, EU High Representative Mogherini and newly elected UNICEF Executive Director, Henrietta H. Fore, discussed further cooperation between the EU and UNICEF in providing assistance and hope to more children like Nour, trapped by conflict and poverty.

Friday, 25 May, 2018 - 14:30
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EU gives €82 million to UN for support to Palestine Refugees

During her meeting with Pierre Krähenbühl, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), High Representative Federica Mogherini announced €82 million in funding for UNRWA. The money was made available in a sped-up procedure and will provide access to education for 500,000 children, primary health care for more than 3.5 million patients and assistance to over 250,000 vulnerable refugees. "Preserving UNRWA is not just a matter of humanity. It is also our strategic interest. The situation in the Middle East is extremely volatile and we can't afford even greater destabilisation", High Representative Mogherini said in her speech at the Ministerial Conference on UNRWA.

Friday, 16 March, 2018 - 08:49
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Female Genital Mutilation, human rights, women, International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

Female Genital Mutilation: EU works at political and grassroots level to end horrific human rights violation

Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM, horrifically violates the human rights, dignity and physical integrity of girls and women. In a Joint Statement on the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, EU leaders condemn the ongoing practice of FGM in Europe and around the world, and outline the EU's ongoing actions and commitment to eradicate the practice.

Tuesday, 6 February, 2018 - 13:22
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