The EU has devoted much attention to the issue of employment, especially to female employment. For example in 1997, The European Employment Strategy (EES) aimed to increase employment levels to evaluate the strategy’s results through an interpretation known as gender mainstreaming. In 2000, the Lisbon European Council set up quantitative parameters for female employment, such as a European average employment rate of over 60% to be achieved by 2010.

The ESC is proud to be hosting three visiting researchers from Middle East Technical University as part of a multi-year grant funded by the European Union that encourages researcher mobility and inquiry into topics related to security and governance issues related to Europe, Turkey, and the Transatlantic relationship: EU-GLOBAL. In this workshop, these visiting graduate students will present their research related to these themes, with a focus on specific research questions, methods, and initial conclusions, with responses from Pitt faculty and alumni working in the field.

During September's K-12 Educator Advisory Board meeting the staff met with members to discuss the following: introductions (specifically Kathy as the new outreach coordinator), grant updates, 2015-2016 program highlights, collaborative partnerships (ESCAPE, Global Scholars), as well as program and assessment feedback (Model EU assessments, COTE framework).

Professor Tsakonas provided a presentation on the European migration crisis to a group of high school students (one school in person and two other schools joined in remotely via BlueJeans). Following his presentation students had the opportunity to participate in a brief Q&A. This event was organized in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh.

Lunch with Paul Overby, Randy Frasinelli, Karen Lautanen, Kate Bowersox, Ron Linden. Discuss fundraising.

Meeting of the EUCE/ESC External Advisory Board

Meeting of the EUCE/ESC External Advisory Board

The University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, in cooperation with BILAT USA 2.0, is hosting this special workshop open to all researchers from any discipline on how to receive funding through Horizon 2020.
Horizon 2020 is the European Union’s €80 billion ($90 billion) research program.

Qu’est ce qui a fait rire Jean Louis Dassier et Myriam Gau depuis qu’ils sont petits? Venez découvrir le rire en France vue par ces deux animateurs dynamiques.

This year is the 25th anniversary of the unification of Germany.
Join a round table discussion with students returning from interning and studying in the German-speaking world.

Discuss German Unity and German Diversity 25 years after unification. Promote understanding of German-speaking countries. Reflect on experiences while studying and working abroad. Answer questions about study abroad.

Refreshments will be served.