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The GRATITUDE project that counts with EU funding, seeks new ways of reducing waste during the production of food crops vital to families in parts of Africa and Asia. The main objective of this project is helping the world's poorest people in some of the most deprived regions.

Researchers at the JRC's Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning (CRELL) have worked on the development of conceptual and methodological frameworks defining new European benchmark on the employability of young graduates since 2010. Now, it has been adopted by the Council of the European Union on 11 May.

The 2012 Charlemagne Youth Prize was awarded to the "Europe on the Ground", a Greek youth media project. According to the European Parliament, it is an innovative youth media project that sends multicultural teams of over 50 young citizen journalists and amateur photographers to 10 European capitals each year.

The report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) recommends to seize the opportunity of improving quality of life while adapting to climate change in cities. It also advices to cities to start investing in adaptation measures using ideas and best practice from around the world.

The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) package adopted assesses the first year of implementation of the new “more for more” policy with the EU Southern and Eastern neighbourhoods. It also proposes a roadmap for giving further impetus to the implementation of the Eastern Partnership.

Compared with the first quarter of 2011, GDP was 0.0% in the euro area and +0.1% in the EU during the first quarter of 2012, i.e. remained stable. In the fourth quarter of 2011, growth rates were -0.3% in both zones.

The list adopted by the Commission, which is based on sound scientific advice, is a list of health claims on food labelling and in advertising, for example on the role of calcium and bone health or vitamin C and the immune system, have become vital marketing tools to attract consumers' attention.