Global Citizenship

September 19th, 2008

European Parliament TV online

nickmorgan

Comments: none Tags:  : Categories ICT, europe

The European Parliament institutions have launched ‘Europarltv’, their own online video channels, to present a regularly changing set of programmes based around the life of the Parliament. ‘Europarltv’ is split into four channels, each targeted at a different audience:

Your Parliament, aimed at those with a particular interest in politics at the EU level: informed citizens, industry groups, social partners, lobbyists, academics as well as those working in the EU institutions.

Your Voice, conceived for the general public and providing the possibility of featuring user-generated content.

Young Europe, aimed particularly at school-aged children, the European electorate of the future.

Parliament Live provides coverage of live events in the Parliament, notably debates in the plenary sessions, with a link to archives of previous sessions. Commitee sessions will be covered next year.

Finally, a section entitled “Discovering the European Parliament” was designed to provide background material on the Parliament and including profiles of MEPs and Presidents of the Parliament, programmes on the political groups and committees and on the history and operation of the Parliament.

September 15th, 2008

Climate change

nickmorgan

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The Department for International Development has produced a new booklet for young people in schools, which deals with the close links between Climate change and poverty. “Degrees of Separation” explains how government and others are working on development issues in this context, and indicates how individuals can make a difference. It is available from the DfID website.