• 12 OCTOBER 2022 Training Session on the European Citizens Initiative European Commission

• 26 APRIL 2022 Training Session on the European Year of Youth DG EAC (European Commission)

Main topics:

▪ Main policy areas and co-creation with stakeholders

▪ The EYY and the war in Ukraine

▪ Voice your vision: hands on session about the new voice recording platform

• 9 MARCH 2022 Training seminar How do we increase participation and collaboration using the Open Space method?  

Trainer: Claudia Șerbănuță, European Commission

• 24 FEBRUARY 2022 Training seminar  How do we increase participation and collaboration using the World Café method? 

Trainer: Diana Ghindă, European Commission

• 9 DECEMBER 2021 Copyright Training 

Trainer: Anna Wojcik, The Commission for Intellectual Property (European Commission)

Main topics:

▪ Right usage of documents/pictures

▪ Commission and other EU institutions’ re-use policy

▪ Copyright ownership acknowledgement

▪ Difference between copyright owner and author

▪ Author’s moral rights

▪ “Modes of exploitation” of a copyrighted work

▪ Creative Commons

▪ Copyright related/neighbouring rights

▪ Picture containing a personal image

▪ Use of social media; terms and conditions to be met before you share copyrighted content

▪ Use of quotation and how to reference an author

▪ Difference between a transfer of copyright ownership and a license

• 29 NOVEMBER 2021 Data Protection, DG COMM Data Protection (European Commission)

Main topics:

▪ What is personal data? Is information about food preferences personal data?

▪ Are you legally responsible when you collect personal data?

▪ Can you collect as many data as you want and store it forever?

▪ What is a privacy statement and when should you communicate it?

▪ Is an unintentional sharing of the list of e-mail recipients a personal data breach and if so, how to proceed?

• 23-25 NOVEMBER 2021 Training seminar EU Open Data Days https://op.europa.eu/en/web/euopendatadays/home Publication Office (European Commission)

• 16-17 SEPTEMBER 2021 Training seminar Designing and Facilitating Participatory Events, Europe Direct

• 05-06 OCTOBER 2017 Training seminar for European Documentation Centers, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

▪ Hot on the EU Agenda - #EUempowers, Trainer: Mikel Landabaso, Director, Directorate-General for Communication, European Commission

▪ European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) 2014-2020 supporting EU priorities and investment, Trainer: John Walsh, Team Leader, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission

▪ European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 – How can the EDC get involved?, Trainer: Dorota Nigge, Team Leader, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, European Commission

▪ EU social rights – implementing the Social Pillar, Trainer: Dietrich Rometsch, Deputy Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission

▪ Legal basis of EU document handling I - Copyrights, Trainer: Pedro Malaquias, Legal Officer, Central IP Service, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

▪ Legal basis of EU document handling II – Data protection, Trainer: Irina Vasiliu, Team Leader, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers; European Commission

▪ EDCs as privileged users of the new EU bookshop website, Trainer: Marina Tataram, Team Leader, Publications Office

▪ Horizon 2020 – information and opportunities for researchers, Trainer: Renzo Tomellini, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission

02-03 JUNE 2016 Training seminar on 2014 - 2020 EC priorities, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

▪ EU Investment Plan – state-of-play and outlook, Trainer: Aura Salla, Member of Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen, European Commission

▪ Contribution of the European Structural and Investment Funds to the Commission’s political priorities, Trainer:  Eric von Breska, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission

▪ Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), Trainer:  Lutz Guellner, Head of Unit, Directorate-General Trade, European Commission

▪ Horizon 2020 for Growth and Jobs, Trainer: Agata Stasiak, Information and Communication Officer, Directorate-General Research and Innovation, European Commission

▪ The SME Innovation Associate pilot call: bridging PhDs and SMEs toward Innovation, Trainer: Alessandro Quadri di Cardano, Project Officer, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, European Commission

▪ Information Sources of the Council of the European Union, Trainer: Carla Santos Moore, Directorate-General Communication and Document Management; Unit Transparency and Access to documents, Council of the European Union

▪ Innovating European Studies: enhancing digital publications using ICT-based tools, Trainer: Dr. Susana Munoz, Head of European Integration Studies at the Virtual Centre of Knowledge about Europe

▪ How to reach citizens more effectively and gather feedback from them, Trainer: Alessandro Giordani, Deputy Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Communication, European Commission

▪ EUR-Lex – access to EU law, Trainer: Laura von Weissenberg, Head of sector – EUR-Lex editorial content, Publications Office of the European Union

▪ Meet Find-eR, the new discovery tool & the revamped Library website – How we focused on user-centric content and responsive design, Trainer: Gladys Camison, Librarian and Taavi Saarimaki, Communication Officer, European Commision Library and e-Resources Centre

• 21-23 MAY 2012 EDC training-seminar “Citizens’ right to know” European Commission, DG Communication, Brussels (Belgium)

▪ Financial crisis update, Trainer: Wioletta Dunin-Majeswka, Economic and Financial Affairs DG, European Commission

▪ The European Citizens' Initiative, Trainer: Charlotte Rive, Secretariat-General, European Commission

▪ How to contribute to European Sources Online, Trainer: Ian Thomson, EDC, University of Cardiff

▪ Publication Office and EU Bookshop, Trainer: Margaret Warton-Woods, Publications Office

▪ Social media, Trainer: Linda Broughton, Communication DG, European Commission

▪ Europa website, Trainer: Deirdre Hodson, Communication DG, European Commission

▪ Access to European statistics, Trainer: Henric Anselm, Central user support, Eurostat

▪ Commission Working Group on studies and Eurolib working paper on EU grey literature, Trainer: Carol Bream,EC Central Library, Education and Culture DG, European Commission

▪ Council of Ministers library and archives, Trainer: Cesira D'Aniello, Director "Transparency, Archives, Library", Council of the EU

▪ The new EUR-Lex: a first taste, Trainer: Els Breedstraet, Team leader editorial content EUR-Lex, Publications Office

▪ European Central Bank information/communication tools, Trainer: Ingeborg Stoltzenburg, European Central Bank

• 04-06 JULY 2010 Study visit to EU institutions in Brussels: European Commission, European Parliament, Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union, European Commission Representation in Romania

▪ Introduction to the EU institutions, Trainer: Mr. Nicolas SABATIER, Directorate General for Research and Innovation.

▪ Europe 2020 Strategy, Trainer: Ms. Silvia VICECONTE, Secretariat General

▪ Communication priorities, Trainer: Ms. Flaviana TEODOSOIU, Directorate General for Communication.

▪ Institutional functioning under the Lisbon Treaty, Trainer: Mr. Marius HIRTE, Director for Environment, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

▪ Introduction to the Central Library, Trainer: Mr. Taavi Saarimaki, Central Library

• 12 DECEMBER 2009 Training: Communication skills with the media, European Commission Representation in Romania, 

▪ Organizing an event and relationship with the press, Trainers: Gabriel GIURGIU, Angela AVRAM (TVR)

• 09-11 DECEMBER 2009 Information session: EU 2020 – Romania 2020, European Commission Representation in Romania

▪ EU Economic Recovery Program

▪ EU Institutional Reform – Lisbon Treaty

• 21-25 SEPTEMBER 2009 Study visit to the College of Europe in Natolin and to European Documentation Centres from Warsaw and Krakow (Poland): University of Economics in Warsaw, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Cracow University of Economics European Commission Representation in Romania

▪ How to access information on European topics?

▪ How to organize the CDE's work: aspects regarding the image, visibility and the ability to attract and to retain users

▪ Methods to develop materials on European themes and procedures of disseminating information about European processes

• 05-06 FEBRUARY 2009 Training Seminar Organizing events by EDC and ways to access publications European Commission Representation in Romania

• SEPTEMBER 2007 Visit study to the European Union Institution in Brussels (European Commission, European Parliament, The Committee of Regions, Euroactiv) The Representation of European Union in Romania

• 28 JUNE 2004 - 04 JULY 2004 Regional competitiveness: sustainability vs. profitability, University of Split, Croatia, European Advanced Studies Institute in Regional Science, Croatia Section of ERSA

▪ Regional development policies beyond the EU enlargement