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Harkin shortlisted for
MEP award 26.09.08
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NORTH West MEP Marian
Harkin has been been short-listed for the
prestigious MEP of the Year award. The MEP awards
are an annual competition allowing MEPs to vote for
their colleagues across ten different categories. Ms
Harkin was shortlisted in the category of campaigner
of the year having been nominated by a network of
voluntary organisations based in Brussels including
the European Volunteer Centre. In endorsing Ms
Harkin, CEV said: "We fully endorse this nomination
due to her outstanding commitment towards the
promotion and support of the estimated 100 million
volunteers across Europe and in particular her
engagement and passion demonstrated for our campaign
to have 2011 designated as the European Year on
Volunteering'. |
The North and West MEP,
who was the only Irish MEP shortlisted this year,
completed a report on volunteering earlier this year
which was adopted, by an overwhelming majority, by
the European Parliament. Meanwhile, her written
declaration calling on the Commission to announce
2011 as the European Year on Volunteering was also
adopted by the Parliament.
Earlier this week, she met Education and Training
Commissioner Jan Figel who expressed full support
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the role of
volunteering in the EU and for the designation of
2011 as a focus on its value. The awards ceremony
will take place at the Brussels Renaissance Hotel on
Wednesday, October 8, 2008. |
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