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… of interest of staff members leaving the EU civil service is key to restoring the currently rather damaged public trust in European institutions and bodies. The status quo: Preventing conflicts of interests of agency staff leaving their positions The starting point for examining the rules applicable to conflicts of interest of departing agency staff are the Staff Regulations . Article 16 provides that the duty to behave with integrity also extends to future employment relations and obliges former …
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… Didden in Rechtsgeleerdheid De keuze om in een ander land aan de slag te gaan of er te gaan wonen, gaat vaak niet over een nacht ijs. Het vooraf inwinnen van informatie is daarbij onontbeerlijk. Daartoe kan onder meer worden teruggevallen op talrijke websites die nader inzicht geven in denkbare administratieve, fiscale en sociaalzekerheidsrechtelijke aspecten waarmee je als mobiele werkende of ‘grensoverstijgende’ gepensioneerde wordt geconfronteerd. Veelal betreffen het nationale websites of websites die de situatie van twee landen belichten. Ook tools zoals de Fair Mobility Tool en de tool die is opgenomen op grensinfo.nl geven in een oogopslag voor diverse denkbare onderwerpen inzicht in de aandachtspunten bij het werken … de naam van de verordening al doet vermoeden, wordt met deze verordening beoogd om aan mobiele EU-burgers één online portaal te bieden waarop informatie over andere landen is opgenomen. Dit online portaal betreft Your Europe . Dit portaal kan als startpunt dienen om meer informatie te verkrijgen over onderwerpen die in beeld komen bij het wonen en/of werken in een (andere) EU-lidstaat. Wat betreft onderwerpen kan worden gedacht aan 'reizen’, ‘pensioen’ maar bijvoorbeeld ook ‘gezondheidszorg’. …
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… Zoekresultaten 26 november 2018 door: J.M. Smits in Law Well-attended drinks took place in the Common Room to thank everyone involved in the Implementation Advice Groups and the ITK and CeQuInt evaluations. Last week the Faculty Board had the privilege to organise drinks in the Common Room to celebrate two things. First of all, the Faculty participated in the successful ITK- and CeQuInt evaluations. These two … already famous – ‘International corridor’: the international environment in which students and staff work and study together and meet on a daily basis. The second reason for having drinks was the publication of the reports of the Implementation Advice Groups . These groups were put into place to advise about specific aspects of our strategy. The drinks served to thank everyone who has been involved in the drafting of these reports. The six reports, about Solver, postgraduate teaching, Faculty community, …
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… Zoekresultaten 24 januari 2018 door: in Law Sofia Ranchordas (University of Groningen) and Catalina Goanta (Maastricht University) have been awarded a Flexible Grant for Small Groups by the Independent Social Research Foundation (UK) for their project “ DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Marketing : Regulating Social Media Influencers’. The award (GBP 5,000) is destined for the completion of a paper and the organization of a workshop on ‘ … marketing has been recently featured in multiple business journals and magazines (e.g., Forbes, Medium, Harvard Business Review) as a new branding trend ‘ essential for any business’ . Digital influencers are typically social media users who start out as anonymous citizens but who reach stardom with self-made visual content (e.g., Nikkie de Jagger ). Given their large audiences, influencers are very effective not only at creating online engagement for the companies that employ their services, but also at manipulating their followers’ …
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… Zoekresultaten 14 mei 2019 door: in Law Over 30 states and 40 business and civil society groups debated strategies for affordable and sustainable medicines prices at last month’s second WHO Fair Pricing Forum—co-sponsored by the government of South Africa. In our last blog post , we asked whether this Forum would achieve a shared … however, have the primary human rights obligation to regulate industry’s behaviour, including to promote transparency. Cost-effective spending on medicines is part of the right to health , and universal health coverage, a Sustainable Development Goal target (3.8), cannot be achieved without transparency about containing the costs of medicines. Indeed, Brazil’s legislation requiring large public hospitals to publish the prices they paid for medical supplies empowered other hospital managers to … Law & Policy. Email: katrina.perehudoff@gmail.com Twitter: @KatPerehudoff Jennifer Sellin is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, a member of the Maastricht Centre for Human Rights in the Netherlands, and momentarily a visiting professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. She is a member of the advisory council of the Pharmaceutical Accountability Foundation . Email: jennifer.sellin@maastrichtuniversity . Written by …
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… Zoekresultaten 3 december 2020 door: in Law Every year in November, one of the Faculties that forms part of the Ius Commune Research School organises the annual Ius Commune Conference. In this context, a selection of plenary sessions and workshops are held, which allow panellists to present their research and discuss topics … to deal with the intersection of property law and data, between ‘what is already here and what is to come’. For the first panel, Dr. Bram Akkermans proceeded to deliver a more conceptual and abstract presentation on the need for property and planetary flourishing with his starting question: how do we come out of the COVID-crisis without returning back to our old status quo? Drawing on the works of Piketty, Pistor, Hayes, Mansfield, Mettei & Quarta, Alexander, Steger, and Holdhaus, he … with our social imaginary as guiding principle, would therefore demand a balance between humankind and the nature around us.[1] The second panellist, Dr. Jill Robbie (University of Glasgow), presented her research in Scotland about how to consider groups (already) marginalised during and after COVID-19. By focusing on three vulnerable groups, namely homeless people, the Travellers community, and tenants, she shared her perspectives on groups with extra vulnerabilities, and presented the impact …
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… shi ji min), which suggests that a prosperous society is not only about economic success but also about the financial well-being of the general population. Microinsurance (the commercially available insurance that is designed to insure low-income groups against a variety of risks) is a perfect case that reflects this concept. It strikes a balance between a social-driven outcome and a sustainable business model. Given the tremendous benefits of microinsurance, since 2007, China started to launch personal microinsurance schemes (including both life and personal accident insurance schemes). By the end of 2017, 31 provinces in China had implemented microinsurance schemes and covered approximately 110 million people. Meanwhile, … they are not always adequate. From a law and economics perspective, there could be distortions in the microinsurance market if: (1) government subsidies on microinsurance premiums are not stable or not smartly designed (e.g. risk-adjusted or more targeted); (2) simplification of microinsurance terms is done not by reducing the complexity of microinsurance policies but by reducing exclusions; (3) the utilized microinsurance distributors are poorly-trained or improperly licensed; (4) the group of …
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… Zoekresultaten 9 april 2020 door: in Corona Law It is a tough time for everyone during this current pandemic, but increasing reports worldwide indicate that marginalised groups, including people with disabilities, are suffering even more due to structural discrimination. When governments fail to secure the survival and dignity of people with disabilities, civil society organisations need to take a stand. In her recent … access to ventilators, based on factors such as age and disability. Many persons with disabilities have conveyed their anger, frustration and disappointment over this climate of ableism and ageism through various media channels: ‘taken together, the stark message to chronically sick, disabled people and elders is that we are “acceptable losses” or disposable.’ Today, 15% of the world’s population lives with a disability. Individuals with disabilities often lack equal opportunities in life, such as … Heath, Medicine and Life Sciences Law Maastricht Students Psychology and Neuroscience Science and Engineering Universiteitsraad … It is a tough time for everyone during this current pandemic, but increasing reports worldwide indicate that marginalised groups, including people with disabilities, are suffering even more due to structural discrimination. When governments fail to secure the survival and dignity of people with disabilities, civil society organisations need to take a stand. … The global …
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… Zoekresultaten 21 februari 2024 door: B.M.M. Didden in Law Choosing to work or live in another country often does not happen overnight. Obtaining information beforehand is indispensable. To this end, one can rely on numerous websites that provide further insight into conceivable administrative, fiscal and social security law aspects you will be confronted with as a mobile worker or ‘cross-border’ pensioner. These are often national websites or websites that highlight the situation of two countries. Tools such as the Fair Mobility Tool and the tool included on grensinfo.nl also provide at-a-glance insight into the points of interest when working and/or living in another country … among government organisations. As its name suggests, this regulation aims to provide mobile EU citizens with a single online portal containing information about other countries. This online portal is called Your Europe . This portal can serve as a starting point to obtain more information on topics that come into play when living and/or working in an (other) EU Member State. In terms of topics, one can think of ‘travel’, ‘pension’ but also, for example, ‘healthcare’. Via a handy step-by-step …