European researchers celebrate their night
Events all over Europe will take place on September 25th night because of the Researchers' night, an initiative by the European Commission that offers the public a unique opportunity to discover the world of research during one evening. This is the fifth year that researchers celebrate it.
Read more …European Court of Auditors issues a special report on the LIFE-Nature projects
The European Court of Auditors assesses the effectiveness of the European Commission’s management of the grants paid to LIFE-Nature projects in terms of the sustainability of their results. LIFE-Nature, a component of LIFE, co-finances projects in the Member States, mainly in relation to Natura 2000 sites, in favour of the conservation of species and habitats.
Read more …Commission adopts Guidelines for broadband networks
Over the past five years the Commission has supported the deployment of broadband networks, taking more than 40 individual decisions. The new guidelines are based on this experience and on comments received during public consultation in May and June 2008. They involve the application of the rules of EC Treaty state aid to public funding of broadband networks. They also contain specific provisions concerning the deployment of access networks, next generation, which allow public support to encourage investment in this sector.
Read more …New calls on ESPON programme
Five new calls for proposals have been published in order to develop European observation network for territorial development and cohesion, an initiative to study the conditions for the development of areas of the EU.
Read more …Tonight ends the 21th EUCYS
EUCYS (European Union Contest for Young Scientists) is an annual European competition for young scientists (14 to 20 years old) coming from 40 countries (mainly from Europe but also USA, China and Japan. The 21st EUCYS finishes today. It is taking place for the first time in Paris at the Palais de la découverte which has been educating scientists for generations. Students have been competing for prizes totalling 51.500 € as well as some very attractive special donated prizes from Eiroforum and EPO.
Read more …Design awards with EESC Design Zeronine
The Economic and Social Council of the European Union will announce on September the 29 winners of the first European Design Award for Design Zeronine EESC Sustainable Present among the more than 100 projects submitted.
Read more …Commission sets out first finance proposals for Copenhagen pact on climate change
In an effort to end an impasse in international climate talks, the commission has published a plan for financing the fight against global warming in developing countries. It proposes an EU contribution of between €2bn and €15bn a year by 2020. The plan provides a starting point for discussions in the parliament and council to define the EU’s position on one of the toughest issues facing the UN climate conference in Copenhagen in December.
Read more …Committee of the Regions discusses innovation in a time of crisis
On 10 and 11 September, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) will hold an extraordinary Bureau meeting in Uppsala, Sweden which will be chaired by Luc Van den Brande, President of the CoR. This official gathering of local and regional representatives from across Europe is the first of a series of events organized by the CoR in Sweden, in the frame of the Swedish Presidency during the second semester of 2009.
Read more …Apprenticeship and work-based learning for a smoother transition from school to work
An international conference gathering some 100 researchers and analysts worldwide will discuss apprenticeship and work-based learning are being re-energised as valuable routes of vocational education and training in a number of countries across the globe and the role of apprenticeship in contributing to successful school-to-work transitions.
Read more …Safer cars with the eCall system
Europe's mobile phone industry will sign the eCall Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), giving its full backing to eCall. Europe's in-car automatic emergency call system has life-saving potential as it automatically dials 112, Europe's single emergency number, when a car has a serious accident and sends its location to the nearest emergency service – even when the passengers do not know or cannot say where they are.
Read more …EC supports UN World Climate Conference about climate forecasting
The European Commission declared on September 3rd 2009 its support for a new Global Framework for Climate Services that is being discussed at the 3rd World Climate Conference (WCC-3) in Geneva. Proposed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the purpose is to obtain more scientifically reliable data and prediction systems for climate forecasting.
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