The international conference “Responsible Innovation: The Southern European Way” will take place on Wednesday 10 September 2014 in Mytilen (Lesvos, Greece). The conference represents the final event of the project FaRInn – Facilitating Responsible Innovation in SEE Countries. Organised by the Region of North Aegean and FaRInn project partners, the Conference not only represents an...
The second newsletter of the FaRInn project is available on-line. The Newsletter presents the work carried out by project partners so far and provides details on the Final Confrerence, which will take place on 10th September in Lesbos island in Greece. In the newsletter you can also read about cooperation between FaRInn and other projects...
The call for European Cooperation Projects within the Creative Europe Culture sub-programme has just been published. The priorities of the Culture Sub-programme are to reinforce the cultural and creative sectors’ capacity to operate transnationally and internationally and to promote transnational circulation and mobility. The call is open to cultural and creative operators, which are active...
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...
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...
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...
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...
An example of what cooperation projects can help to achieve? Within the FaRInn project, thanks to exchange with partners across South East Europe, the Development Centre of the Heart of Slovenia has produced a video to promote the concept of Responsible Innovation, entitled: Heart of Slovenia – where ideas become reality. Watch the video on youtube
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.
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...
