Urban dimension and cohesion policy 2021-2027: what is at stake

Urban dimensionCities will play an ever more important role within the EU urban dimension and cohesion policy 2021-2027. But more cooperation will be required with Member states especially when it comes to concretely involve cities in the EU decision making process and to directly learn from cities’ experience on the ground.

> ESPON - seminar on territorial cohesion

Cultural Heritage Resilience Against Climate Change and Natural Hazards

Cultural Heritage - Photo credit: Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay The eBook "Cultural Heritage Resilience Against Climate Change and Natural Hazards. Methodologies, Procedures, Technologies and Policy improvements achieved by Horizon 2020 - 700191 STORM project" is edited by Vanni Resta, Andrei B. Utkin, Filipa M. Neto, and Charalampos Z. Patrikakis.

Horizon 2020 - a guide to intellectual property protection

ESPON - seminar on territorial cohesion

Simin Davoudi - photo credit ESPONPlaces in decline, are not left behind, they are kept behind, by decades of neglect, under-development, lack of investment and misguided policies said Professor Simin Davoudi, from the University of Newcastle, keynote speaker in the ESPON seminar about “the role of functional areas in territorial cohesion”.

Mongolia - consulting services for sustainable urban transformation

SDGs - in June the Sustainable Energy for All Charrettes

SeforAllIn 2019 Sustainable Energy for All will convene a series of intensive planning and mapping meetings focused on how to increase the speed and scale of progress along the critical path to SDG7, which calls for universal access to sustainable energy by 2030.

Launch of the Global Green Bond Partnership

Single digital gateway - a time saver for citizens and companies

Single Digital GatewayEuropean Parliament adopts a legislative report to set up a single digital gateway that will help citizens and firms to access information and administrative procedures online, e.g. to apply for study loans or register a car.

Intellectual property: how to support business investments in EU

Circular economy - EP propose ways to boost plastics recycling

Circular EconomyBan micro-plastics in cosmetics and oxo-degradable plastic, incentives to collect marine litter at sea and EU-wide standards and definitions for biodegradability and compostability: are among the proposals set out in the non-binding draft resolution, adopted by European Parliament.

EU tender: assistance mechanism for investment in the blue economy

EP: better protection against non-cash payment fraud

Credit cardNew EU rules to protect EU citizens against non-cash payment fraud, such as credit card theft, skimming or phishing, were approved in Civil Liberties Committee on Monday.

> EP - work on corporate tax for digital companies kicks off

Intellectual property: how to support business investments in EU

Economic Forum 2018In Europe it's necessary to help companies to invest in the protection of their ideas, with adequate tools and resources. Read the strategies proposed at the Economic Forum 2018 in Krynica (Poland) during the panel on EU funds post 2020, innovation, creativity and intellectual property.

EU funding post 2020 for Innovation, Creativity and Intellectual Property 

COSME - call for fashion and lifestyle industries

Cosme fashionThe WORTH Partnership Project, supported by COSME, launched a call for proposals for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and start-ups working in the fashion or lifestyle industry. Applications are open until 24 October 2018.

Intellectual property - counterfeiting costs EUR 60 billion every year

EU funding post 2020 for Innovation, Creativity and Intellectual Property

Intellectual propertyThe conference “EU funding post 2020 for Innovation, Creativity and Intellectual Property” will gather political and institutional members at the Economic Forum 2018 in Krynica (Poland) on September 5.

EU Budget post 2020 - what's at stake for innovation and creativity 

EP - work on corporate tax for digital companies kicks off

Taxes digital companiesMEPs kicked off their work on designing tax laws to better address the realities of digital companies on Wednesday. Consensus on the need to act is broad.

EU Budget post 2020 - what's at stake for innovation and creativity