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European Commission presents its Energy Efficiency Communication 2014

The European Commission has published its Energy Efficiency Communication, which proposes a higher and achievable energy savings target for 2030. The expected benefits of the energy efficiency target for 2030 include new opportunities for European businesses, affordable energy bills for consumers, increased energy security through a significant reduction of natural gas imports and a positive...

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Johannes Hahn, EU Regional Policy Commissioner is asking EU citizens to share their views on an EU Urban Agenda through a public consultation alongside a formal Communication just published by the European Commission. The Commission’s Communication “The Urban Dimension of EU Policies” describes the situation of cities across the EU and urban policies in the Member States...

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ICT4Society is the virtual meeting place for all those interested in making business more responsible and more competitive. ICT4Society helps us to reflect on how ICT, one of our key economic sectors in Europe, can become more socially and environmentally responsible. The on-line platform is part of a process of stakeholder engagement on CSR in...

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DG Research and Innovation has published a new public consultation for the H2020 Science with and for Society programme. The aim of the consultation is to obtain views and contributions from a broad constituency on the potential priorities for the work programme covering the period 2016-2017. These contributions will complement the opinion provided by an...

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INTEGRANCE Festival Gathered Together

Indepen-dance, coordinator of the INTEGRANCE project co-funded by the Culture 2007-13 programme, is hosting Scotland’s first Inclusive Dance Festival, Gathered Together. A 4 day programme of workshops, panel discussions, presentations and performances will take place in Glasgow from 27 – 30 August 2014. For more information and bookings visit Indepen-dance’s website.

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COGITA CSR consultation published

European enterprises are invited to participate in the COGITA project CSR consultation. This online-survey addresses companies active in CSR all over Europe. The aim is to learn more about companies’ requirements in terms of external CSR support and their perceptions of the impact of public support for CSR on companies. Click here to participate in...

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The Director General of DG RTD of the European Commission has revealed that they received 16,000 applications in the first round of calls for Horizon 2020. These calls had a budget of €15 billion. Funding requested in 9 times that much. The first-round success rate will be 11%. The most heavily-subscribed calls concerned health, food, ICT and...

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The first call for action grants for the LIFE programme for the Environment and Climate Action (2014-2020) is now open. The LIFE 2014-2020 programme replaces Life+. It funds projects on environment (environment & resource efficiency / nature & biodiversity / environmental governance & information) and climate action ( climate change mitigation / climate change adaptation / climate governance...

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Responsible ICT Stakeholder Event @ Edinburgh

The first Stakeholders meeting of the R-ICT network was held in Edinburgh on 6 May 2014. With participants from the world of business and research, the meeting focused on challenges and solutions in various cross-cutting issues related to CSR in the ICT sector: CSR and Competitiveness; Social Innovation in the ICT Sector; Responsible Innovation in...

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