During the next European Mobility Week, Active Citizenship Network will organize a EU webinar next 16th of September in Rome titled “Protecting Citizens' Rights: challenges and opportunities for EU passengers”. The conference is part of the "Joint Citizen Action for a Stronger, Citizen-Friendly Union" (JoiEU) project. Based on the conference results, a set of recommendations will be made to institutions and stakeholders to facilitate mutual communication and citizen participation.
Day of Citizens for Europe in Rome, Italy
Protecting Citizens' Rights: challenges and opportunities for EU passengers
Rome, 16th September 2014
Transnational Mobility is the concrete application of one of the main citizens' rights, the free movement of people, guaranteed by the Treaties to EU citizens' since the beginning of the European construction. It is one of the factors which have contributed to the building of a common European identity.
Over the years, the EU has developed a strong policy in this area, which aims at fostering clean, safe and efficient travel throughout Europe, underpinning the internal market of goods and the right of citizens to travel freely throughout the EU.
Mobility is a major challenge for the development of a sustainable economy, which is one of the 3 primary objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% does actually entail the development of a new mobility strategy, promoting transport modalities with a low impact on the environment.
Finally, public transports are a key question for many European citizens, who use them daily to reach their workplace and/or to carry out their other activities. They are thus interested in the development of accessible and efficient public transports, respectful of passengers' and users' rights. This is the reason why civic activism is especially developed in this field through informal groups (such as commuters groups) or more structured and permanent organisations (e.g. Public transport users associations, Consumer associations, etc.).
To sum up, the Mobility is:
The event, the first of three annual meetings, provides stakeholders and end users with the opportunity to appraise MOPACT’s interim findings, and to contribute their own ideas and guidance about innovative ways to develop the work and maximize its impact. ACN was invited. Read more
Let’s stop the action of Governments throughout Europe: with their policies they are destroying the public health and forced it to a destiny of poverty. Healthcare and its development should, instead, become a priority for the European governments, as the operability of the Health Services has an irreplaceable role in the development and stabilization of Society.
The 7th health conference concerning patient rights in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine will be held on the Province of Limburg, in Maastricht. It is organized by EPECS, European Empowerment for Customised Solutions, a collaboration of regional patient organisations who want to give their participants a powerful voice in the increasingly developing cross-border and European healthcare.
The debate is promoted by Avatud Eesti Fond (Open Estonia Foundation) and it is organized in the framework of the EU project “Joint Citizen Action for Stronger, Citizen-Friendly Europe”. ACN is a partner of this EU project, funded by the European Union.
Just the day before the publication of the Green Paper on mHealth, a very successful General Assembly of the ENS4Care project took place in Brussels on 09 April 2014 at the Microsoft premises, gathering 24 partner organisations from all over Europe. Representatives from nurses, social workers, patients, doctors, citizens, women, students and industry met to work together and exchange views on the numerous practices collected and on the development of the future EU guidelines for nurses and social workers for the deployment of eHealth services.
MEP Petru Luhan, winner of the MEP Award for Health 2013, invites citizens and stakeholder to find out more about chronic pain, the stigma of invisible suffering and the huge economic burden on Europe. The appointment will be held in the European Parliament, ASP Building. Read more
Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network is scheduling a EU conference on mobility and passenger rights. The event will be the occasion for a constructive dialogue among citizens, institutions, public and private companies, from data and recommendations emerged from the civic process of participation and consultation made. Read more and visit the project Mobility, a paradigm of European citizenship.
The Day is now a fixed appointment for thousands of students across Italy, as well as the flagship event of the national campaign "IMPARARESICURI" promoted by the school sector of Cittadinanzattiva to inform and raise awareness on safety at school.