The Europe Day in Stockholm,Sweden

On the Europe day, May 9th, a day full of seminars and debates regarding the EU will be held at Kulturhuset in Stockholm. The Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007-2013 will co-arrange one of these seminars.

 

During this seminar you will hear persons and thoughts behind some EU projects financed by either the Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007-2013, the Lifelong Learning Programme in Sweden, the European Social Fund in Sweden or the European Regional Development Fund in Sweden.

 

The seminar will discuss the possibilities of EU financing and how the various EU programmes can contribute to strengthen economies, education and the labour market.  

 

 

The discussion will be lead by the Swedish journalist Folke Rydén.

 

Date: May 9, 2009

Time: 15.15-16.00

Venue: Kulturhuset, Stockholm (Studio 3) 

 

The seminar will be held in Swedish 

 

Representatives of four projects will form the panel for the discussions:

  • Enterprising SELFIn this project the County of Örebro cooperates with regions in Estonia, Finland and Latvia to improve the attitudes towards entrepreneurship in society. Among other things they will together develop a training concept for entrepreneurship and promote entrepreneurship to be included school curriculums. The project is co-financed by the Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007-2012

  • Företagsakademin2 - During 2009-2011 the project provides small enterprises in the Stockholm County with an opportunity for competence development aiming towards increased entrepreneurship and growth. The project is financed by the European Social Fund in Sweden.  

  • Kunskapslotsen -  The project will develop a sustainable structure for matching knowledge between academia and companies in the Stockholm region. The project which is coordinated by Stockholms Akademiska Forum, also includes five universities, näringslivets intresseorganisationer and a number of municipalities. The project is co-financed by the Regional Fund through the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. 

  • Spread the SignThis project has developed an internet based tool for an international sign language dictionary. The project was started by a teacher at the Swedish National Upper Secondary School for the Deaf, Tullängsskolan in Örebro, who wanted to give his deaf students better possibilities to have successful internships abroad and in the long run better access to a European labour market. The project has been financed by the EU-programme Leonardo da Vinci through the International Programme Office for Education and Training

To find the full programme of the Europe day arrangement in the Cultural House (Kulturhuset) go to www.europadagen.se 

 

The Central Baltic programme and other actors will be present during the whole day between 10-17 to answer your questions.

 

 

More information about the seminar can be received from This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or +46-(0)8-785 5039 

 

 

You are most welcome to this and other seminars during the Europe day arrangement in Kulturhuset!