Intellectual property - event in Rome for innovation and creativity

Intellectual propertyOn June 5th Rome will host the Invention, Disclosure, Evolution, Ability - IDEA Forum, a special event for innovators, practitioners and creative people who want to explore the potential of intellectual property protection in the Information Age.

World Intellectual Property Day 2018: the role of women as innovators 

Blockathon - EUIPO competition for new anti-counterfeiting solutions

Blockchain - Photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg on Foter.com / CC BYThe European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has launched the Blockathon competition in order to explore new blockchain solutions against counterfeiting. Applications are open until 30 April 2018.

Blockchain - EU Observatory and Forum to promote new technology

EU budget post 2020 - European Commission proposes a pragmatic plan

Juncker and Oettinger - © European Union, 2018/Source: EC - Audiovisual ServiceThe European Commission is proposing a pragmatic, modern, long-term budget for the 2021-2027 period. "With today's proposal we have put forward a pragmatic plan for how to do more with less", European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said.

> A blockchain to better spend EU funds after 2020

World Intellectual Property Day 2018: the role of women as innovators

World IP DayThe World Intellectual Property Day 2018 celebrates women inventors who promote positive change across the globe. But a profound gender gap persists in international patent applications, as noted by WIPO Director General Francis Gurry.

Startups – new call Fundacion Repsol Entrepreneurs Fund

Blockchain - from bitcoin to developing Countries

Blockchain If it's true that blockchain has the potential to transform the development sector, what are the conditions that will be required for this technology to scale up? It's to answer that question that World Bank recently launched a blockchain lab.

TEN-T Days 2018 - European Commission to host marketplace for start-ups

TEN-T Days 2018During the TEN-T Days 2018 in April in Ljubljana the European Commission will provide a marketplace for mobility projects where start-ups can network and pitch their projects.

EIB - new financing for energy, SME and transport

Culture Action Europe - MFF, more support for the cultural sector

EU CultureCulture Action Europe launched a campaign in order to increase the EU budget for the cultural sector.

EU - consultation on the review of the SME definition

Blockchain - EU Observatory and Forum to promote new technology

Osservatorio UE su BlockchainEU Blockchain Observatory and Forum is aimed at increasing key developments of this technology, promoting EU actors and reinforcing European engagement with all stakeholders.

A blockchain to better spend EU funds after 2020

ADB - Study on Indonesian labor market and growth perspectives

Indonesia - Photo credit: Mr.TinDC on Foter.com / CC BY-NDAsian Development Bank’s study "Indonesia: Enhancing Productivity through Quality Jobs" focuses on the Southeast Asian Country’s most pressing labor market challenges and policy options to achieve higher and more inclusive economic growth.

Vietnam - consultancy services in agri-business sector

Will artificial intelligence take work away from politicians too?

20180216 150338Work has always been central in economic science and in the third millennium, with robots and artificial intelligence that progress every day at speeds considered improbable until a few years ago, the topic is even more relevant.

The recent annual convention of YEPP - Youth of the European People's Party, an organization that represents the youth movements of 58 center-right parties in 39 European countries, got an opportunity to discuss about the future of jobs.

Industry - construction sector is ready to embrace digitisation

Construction industry As part of the European Industry Day, four organisations of major industries got together on the topic of construction strategy at the highest political level and invited their respective members and other partners to attend a digital construction seminar on in Brussels. 

EIB - new financing for energy, SME and transport