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A day at the EDPS with representatives from the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership Region
Two years ago, the EDPS had the pleasure and honour to take part in the first high-level event on Data protection in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership Region, organised by the OECD SIGMA Programme, the Eastern Partnership Regional Fund for Public Administration by GIZ, the Regional Cooperation Council, and the Regional School of Public Administration.
57th EDPS-DPO Meeting: Strengthening Compliance and Practice Across the EU Institutions
The final EDPS-DPO meeting of 2025 brought together Data Protection Officers from across the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in Parma, Italy. Held in a hybrid format, the 57th meeting took place at a moment of significant regulatory and technological change for the EU administration. It offered DPOs and the EDPS an opportunity to reflect collectively on recent developments, share experience, and prepare for the challenges ahead.
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The announcement of an ‘audit’ often raises concerns within European Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies (EUIs). An EDPS audit may be perceived as an additional burden on already busy teams or as a signal of heightened scrutiny. The EU public administration is currently preparing its own AI systems for the implementation of the AI Act.
The developing world must get ready to adapt its trade to climate change
By Isabelle Durant, Acting Secretary-General of UNCTAD The Paris Agreement on climate change is a landmark document for the world. However, despite the immense impact of climate change on trade, and the role it must play in our fight against global warming, the word trade is not mentioned once in the agreement. In the space of only 200 years, we have put back into the atmosphere most of the CO2 that nature had spent millions of years absorbing from it. Now we are beginning to see the consequences.
International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, 2021
In 2019 at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, 2021 was declared the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. Indonesia was the main sponsor of the proposal, which was presented by a global grouping of countries, including Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Philippines and Thailand.
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