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… Strengthening EU Environmental Law: Legal Perspectives on Greening Europe Abstract In the hearing for the European Parliament as designate commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra confessed to be in love with the EU greenhouse gas emissions trading instrument. He conveyed the view that it is the “crown jewel” and “working horse” of EU climate policies and law. While indeed economic theory paved the way for a positive appreciation of this market- based … by the gradual lowering of the allowed emissions, the increased obligation of emitters to pay and the spending of revenues by governments, and the expansion of the instrument to other emitters than industries. The lecture will question whether we can know whether emissions are reported trustworthily, and calls for more civil society attention for the instrument. Bio Marjan Peeters is Professor of Environmental Policy and Law at Maastricht University. She is member of the GreenDealnet project … in Europe, in 1993: Towards a European system of tradable pollution permits?. See for more information about her academic activities: Prof Dr Marjan Peeters - Maastricht University This lecture will be delivered by Prof. Marjan Peeters To fall in love with the EU Emissions Trading instrument? Opportunities and challenges of this core pillar of EU climate law 14 March 2024 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CET We hope to see you on 14 March 2024! Register here! …

… KEY FINDINGS •Using results from in vitro and in vivo studied as well as observational birth cohort studies to understand the role of food-born and plant-based microbes on the infant microbiome and immune development with the ultimate goal to guide the design of intervention studies. Conduct randomized placebo-controlled trials such as forest playgroups to expose children to biodiverse environments and encourage their engagement with nature. •Comprehensive microbiome and immune profiling and extensive clinical phenotyping to monitor the impact of such interventions on microbiome and immune maturation as well as on the risk of immune-mediated diseases. OBJECTIVE METHODOLOGY … Drs. Evgenia Dikareva (PhD) NUTRIM Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases & Infection Prevention Effects of environmental biodiversity on health and microbiome development in early childhood •Identification of key microbial species that can prevent or treat chronic noncommunicable diseases in children. •Using a holomicrobiome approach by connecting microbiomes in the environment (soil, plants, food) to the microbiomes colonizing the infant skin and gut. •Development of strategies for …

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… v.mazzucato@maastrichtuniversity.nl This social science project investigates the well-being of children in Africa-China families and how this is impacted by political, legal and social contexts in China. Africa-China families are those with at least one African migrant parent; they can be fully based in China or transnational with some members of the nuclear family in Africa and others in China. The project will use ethnography to collect data in China. It aims to understand the lives of children in …

… 1 Call for student initiative proposals fostering global citizenship 2024 In line with our identity as a European university with a broad international orientation – not just within but also beyond Europe’s borders – we impart to our students the core values of global citizenship. By challenging students to make an active … to develop into responsible global citizens with strong local ties. Source: Maastricht University 2022-2026 strategic programme Project proposal template: 1. Title Maximum of 20 words 2. Team Name, faculty and contact details of student applicant 1 (= contact person) Name and faculty of other student applicants 3. What is the aim of the project and how do you plan to achieve this aim? Maximum of 500 words 4. How does this proposal contribute to the aim of Global Citizenship Education? Maximum of 200 words 5. How will students (at your faculty and/or other faculties) benefit from this project? Maximum 200 words 6. Do you know of related UM student initiatives? If so, what are they? Maximum 100 words 7. How will you share the results of your project? Maximum 100 words 8. Start date and duration of project: 9. Budget 2 Selection criteria The final review of the proposals will be based on the following criteria: Com pletely …

… and Network Programmes Double Degree Programme • Two Master degrees from two universities in considerably less time • Experience a different culture, business environment and teaching style • Only pay tuition fee at MU plus administrative fee So where can you go……..? • Lisbon, Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa One Double Degree Programme • International Business * Specialisation Organization: Management, Change and Consultancy * Specialisation Strategy and Innovation • Duration of Programme * 1,5 …

… on equipment and choose equipment you would like to purchase No registration obligation I would like to register my equipment nevertheless I do not want to register my equipment Contact Maastricht University Facility Services, purchase department. They will lead the purchase process A public tender is obligatory Equipment costs more than €50.000,- Equipment costs between €2.500,- and €50.000,- Equipment costs less than €2.500,- No safety and environmental risks are present and the equipment will not be in contact with test subjects (human or animal) Safety or environmental risks are present or the equipment will be in contact with test subjects (human or animal) DMU (DECISION MAKING UNIT) Discussions with the DMU take place. A DMU is a group of people who make decisions regarding the purchase process and the purchased equipment. The size of a DMU can vary. Contact Instrument Services via: 043 38 83456/ 043 38 81295 to set up a DMU The result is a quotation provided by the supplier of the equipment DONE! The process is completed for now. Depending on your agreement with Instrument Services and …

… 1 Overview of MUNDO projects (as of 2018) (Last update: April 2018) Cooperation projects of Maastricht University (UM) with partners in the developing world are implemented by various units within the university. ‘Mundo’, the Maastricht University centre for international cooperation in academic development, implements projects at university level, in cooperation with … profesional education, Maastricht, the Netherlands Porject period: 1 July 2017 – 30 June 2018 Contract value: € 75,000 Funded by: NFP TMT Mundo Project manager: Annechien Deelman UDI-A Erasmus+ project Networking with various (Portuguese speaking) African universities, in an ERASMUS+ funded project co-ordinated by the Universidade Nova in Lisbon. The African partners in the network are Universidade Agostinho Neto, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Universiade Lúrio and Universade Katyavala Bwila; other … Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda) UNHCR project: The Economic Impacts of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda: Labour Markets, Social Infrastructure and Aid Effectiveness; contact person: Melissa Siegel Science Communications training workshop for researchers, journalists and policymakers In collaboration with sister institute UNU-INRA in Accra, Ghana 17 IS Academy on Migration and Development (Migration, a World in Motion) Contact person: Melissa Siegel. Programme that investigated the …