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Seven EU-funded films nominated for Oscars (19 February 2009)Seven films funded by the EU's MEDIA film support programme will compete in thirteen categories at this year's Academy Award ceremonies, to be held on Sunday 22 February. One of these MEDIA funded nominees, Slumdog Millionaire, will compete in the prestigious Best Film and Best Director categories. The MEDIA programme will also be represented by three of the nominees for the Best Foreign Language Oscar, including Entre les Murs ("The Class", France), winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes film festival (IP/08/800). Last year, two films funded by MEDIA, the EU film support programme, brought home Oscars. In the last three years, MEDIA funded films have won a total of eight Oscar awards.
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Cyberellas are IT !
3 March 2009 Brussels, BelgiumDuring this event, organised ahead of International Women's Day on 8 March, the European Commission will receive a "Code for Best Practices for Women in ICT", signed by some of the major actors in the ICT sector. The Code provides for practices which aim not only to attract women in ICT but also to keep them in the sector and help them reach their full potential. This is part of broader initiative to raise awareness about the ICT sector and to highlight job opportunities.
Together with several leading technology companies, the Commission organised a series of "shadowing days" to show young women that technology is not at all "strictly for geeks!". The results of the 2008 shadowing exercise will be presented.
NEWS ARTICLE
Future ICT Research and Innovation agenda: Results of public consultation (19 February 2009)From 4 September to 7 November 2008 the European Commission conducted an online public consultation on "Shaping the ICT research and innovation agenda for the next decade". The final report of this consultation has now been published.
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A hi-tech future for ageing Europe - Futuris report on Euronews Europe's population is ageing rapidly: ICTs can be an excellent tool to keep the elderly active and integrate them into the community. The EU-funded projects Netcarity (http://www.netcarity.org) and Eldergames (http://www.eldergames.eu) are seeking to tackle this challenge.
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