EU Infopoint Newsletter December Issue 8

EU Infopoint December 2015 Newsletter Issue:8
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The European Commission marked the European Day of People with Disabilities  
 
The day was highlighted with a panel on “Accessibility for People of All Abilities” on 11 December at Bedestan in Nicosia. The panel started with the opening speeches of Mr. Asım Akansoy and Mr. George Markopoulioutis who underlined the importance of the equal access for the disabled persons in the society. Furthermore, accessibility issues and challenges, recommendations, short term and long term projects on accessibility for disabled persons, the EU policy and EU examples for accessibility rights of disabled persons, and examples on the inclusion of disabled individuals in the Turkish Cypriot community were presented and discussed at the panel.
Around 80 million people in the EU are affected by a disability to some degree. Making Europe more accessible to those with a disability is a key part of the EU’s overall disability strategy. The EU promotes the active inclusion and full participation of disabled people in society, in line with the EU human rights approach to disability issues. Disability is a rights issue and not a matter of discretion. 
Human rights themed photojournalism competition winners announced!
The competition, which was launched by the Representation of the European Commission in Cyprus to highlight the European Youth Media Days, aimed to improve awareness on human rights and promote the topic of human rights with an exhibition of winning entries. Recently, the Representation of the European Commission in Cyprus had organised a human rights and photojournalism workshop on 6 November to highlight the importance of dialogue, innovation, information exchange and knowledge. Human rights, human rights in journalism, journalism and story telling issues had been highlighted in these trainings. 
The award ceremony was held on the International Human Rights Day on 10 December at the EU Infopoint. Through this competition, the European Commission provided a platform for young journalists and students for expressing their views on the issue of human rights. 
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Monday       11 January 10:30 - 13:00 @ Gaziveren/Gaziveran, Çiftlik Evi Restaurant
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Themes of February and March
  • Animal Welfare                 
  • Food Safety                    
  • Safety at Work                   
  • EU and the Media
  • European Consumers Day
  • European Week Against Racism
  • Equal Pay Day
The EU Infopoint aims to increase public knowledge, awareness and understanding of the European Union, its values, policies and programmes as well as the EU Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community. The EU Infopoint is a project funded by the European Union under the Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community with the aim to bring the Turkish Cypriot community closer to the EU.
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