11 December 2014 – The European Institute of Romania organized its Annual Conference with the topic Political and Economic Challenges: Answers for Europe. The event was organized with the support of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions – Eurofound (Dublin) and also hosted the fifth edition of the EIR Awards of Excellence.
The conference was attended by representatives of the Government of Romania, embassies of EU member states in Bucharest, as well as distinguished experts and analysts from Romania and abroad and researchers specialised in European affairs and foreign policy.
The first session of the conference was focused on the main challenges and priorities of the European Union, as they come forward from the strategic documents of the European Council and the European Commission, as well as the instruments the EU has at its disposal in order to address these challenges. In the second session, living and working conditions in the EU and support instruments for their improvement was discussed.
The event closed with granting of EIR Excellence Awards for the promotion of the European spirit and values, the fifth edition. This year, the awards went to radio and television shows as well as on-line platforms with a focus on European affairs: Beneficiar România (TVR 1); Context (The Money Channel); Euroferma (Naţional 24Plus); Europa 360° (TVR Timişoara); Europa mea (TVR 1); Europa TV (Neptun TV, Constanţa); Info Europa (Tele’M, Iaşi); Noi, europenii (Naşul TV); Paşaport Diplomatic (DiGi24); Punţi Europene (Nord TV, Borşa, Maramureş); Proiectul Euranet Plus (Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune); Tânăr în Europa (RFI România); www.caleaeuropeana.ro; www.euractiv.ro; www.europuls.ro; www.fonduri-structurale.
Winners of the fifth edition of the EIR Excellence Awards