In last night’s talk with Dragoș Adăscăliței from Eurofound we learned that only 12% of EU workers use generative AI tools like ChatGPT or Midjourney. Use ranges from ~20% in 🇱🇺🇸🇪🇧🇪🇳🇱🇩🇰 to <5% in 🇬🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹🇷🇴 (as of Dec 2024).

Let’s make sure access to AI don’t become the next digital divide.

#AI #FutureOfWork

🤖 Is AI stealing your job?

Will it cause mass unemployment or open a huge door to new kinds of work? Must we all reskill? How should we prepare? Together with Dragoș Adăscăliței research officer at Eurofund we find out!

📅 Tuesday, 7 October, 19:00 CEST on Zoom

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🤖Is AI coming for our jobs?

Will it cause mass unemployment or open a huge door to new kinds of work? Must we all reskill? How should schools and universities prepare?

📅 Tuesday, 7 October, 19:00 CEST on Zoom

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Yesterday's event with @christosfloros.bsky.social was a real highlight. As one participant said:

𝙄𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙌&𝘼 - 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩.

Excited to try Europe’s new social app. And yes, we’re on the beta list.

It’s 2025. Social media is ruled by the US and China. The whole world uses their apps. ...The whole world?
Not quite.

💪 A small European startup is building something new: no endless ads, no addictive algorithms.

Join us & founder Christos on Sept 23, 7pm CEST on Zoom ↓
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Looking for funding for youth projects? Join us in #Berlin on Tuesday, July 29 at 6:30 PM.
We’ll be joined by an #ERASMUS+ expert from the EU Commission who’ll explain how to access grants.

📍 LIANE, Karl-Marx-Str. 17
🆓 Free entry | 🥤 Drinks provided | 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 30 spots

👉 Interested? Send us a DM!

Authoritarianism is rising in Georgia, and pressure on the opposition keeps growing. Civil society activists Gaga & Giorgi from Georgian Center Abroad will join us to explore what’s happening on the ground.

Tuesday, 22 July, 19:00 CEST on Zoom

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This Tuesday, you can talk with @heuvy.bsky.social and Evangelos Kantas from the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity.

They help EU countries tackle cyber challenges through expert advice, data analysis, and defense strategies.

👉 Sign-up here and join us on Zoom: meeteu.eu/events#post-...

Do you ever check where the stuff you buy comes from? Maybe you favour European brands, or maybe you just go for whatever offers the best value. Either way, this event could be just the thing for you.

📅 Tue, 24 June, 19:00 CEST on Zoom
👉 meeteu.eu/registration

🇹🇷🇪🇺 Turkey & the EU: An important relationship. What will shape their future ties?

Join our Zoom talk on 27 May, 19:00 CEST, with a Gaziantep University professor exploring political, economic & social perspectives.

👉 meeteu.eu/registration

Conscription? Yeah, that thing we thought was over in most of Europe. Now it’s back - but who, where, how, and if?

Panos Politis Lamprou, junior fellow @ELIAMEP joins us to unpack #conscription in #Europe and its future role in EU defense.

📅 Tue 20 May on Zoom 🕖 19:00 CEST
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Still in Brussels for the European Citizens' Panels organized by the EU Commission 🇪🇺We spoke with Flore. Normally she'd be in school on a Friday, but this week was different. She was one of 150 randomly selected citizens helping shape proposals on how the next EU budget should be spent.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐄𝐔 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 🎲 150 randomly selected citizens from all 27 EU countries are taking part in the EU Citizens' Panel on the next EU #budget (2028–2034).

They’re discussing:
👉 What should the #EU spend money on?
👉 What should its priorities be?

Are you 18–30 and volunteering in #Berlin?
Join us for a free trip to the European Youth Event in Strasbourg (June 12–15, 2025).

Meet other young changemakers – transport & accommodation included!

More info:
vostel.de/en/volunteer...

Russia’s war on Ukraine and US policy shifts are forcing EU leaders to rethink defense. Macron is floating a nuclear umbrella, while Tusk and others question key treaties. 💣

What’s next for #EUdefense?

Join us to unpack the changes.

📅 Tues, 29 April
🕖 19:00 CEST
📍 Zoom
👉 meeteu.eu/registration

Do you think small NGOs face greater challenges in securing funding due to not having a presence in Brussels and having fewer opportunities to showcase their projects?

❓What do you think is the biggest issue with illicit #drugs in #Europe today?
🔘 Rising youth use
🔘 Organised crime
🔘 Double standards - alcohol is a drug too
🔘 Drug laws are not working

Want to hear what experts think? Join the Director of the EU Drugs Agency tonight, 1st Apr, at 7pm CEST on Zoom.

🚨 Europe’s a growing hotspot for #drug trafficking — with rising seizures at ports and new illicit substances. This affects us all. Join #EU Drugs Agency Director Alexis Goosdeel for insights and action.

📅 Tue 1 Apr, 19:00 CEST on Zoom
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#cannabis #cocaine

On Tuesday, Richard Schmidt from @zois.bsky.social provided us with an in-depth look at Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan - countries that rarely get the attention they deserve in European media. For more info check out the ZOis site: www.zois-berlin.de/en/

Balancing China, Russia & the US? #Tajikistan, #Kyrgyzstan, and #Uzbekistan been doing it for decades. What can the #EU learn from them as it pursues strategic autonomy?

Join Richard Schmidt, @zois.bsky.social, to dive in.
📅 Tues, 11 March, 18:30 CET (Zoom)
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