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...
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...
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...
Resolvo took part in the kick off meeting of R-ICT – Responsible ICT Network, held in Brussels on 19 March 2014. As well as the technical meeting with network members, the event saw the participation of DG CONNECT of the European Commission and of a number of key stakeholders working in the ICT sector.
Resolvo helped organise the COGITA project Political Forum, held during the Open Days in Brussels on 9 October 2013 at the Eurocities Headquarters. The event, entitled COGITA POLITICAL FORUM – Socially Responsible and Sustainable Public Procurement, continued the debate on how public authorities can support CSR in SMEs. Through exchange on various European case studies...
INTEGRANCE: Inclusive Dance and Creative Movement INTEGRANCE is a cooperation project funded by the 2007-2013 Culture programme. INTEGRANCE demonstrates what can be achieved in terms of dance and creative movement, when able bodies and diversely able dancers from different cultures are brought together. Inclusive dance recognises that artists should be chosen, regardless of their disability...
The FaRInn project mid-term seminar was held in Forlì on 17 May 2013. The seminar “Conversation on Responsible Innovation in Europe” was organised within the city-wide event on RI, entitled Responsible Innovation – Un/Ties. The FaRInn event saw a round table of distinguished speakers from the EC, academic institutions and private sector debating the theme...
Resolvo helped organise the COGITA Project Joint Event, held in Brussels on 6 March 2013. The event welcomed the European Commission – DG ENT, the Committee of the Regions and 4 projects working on issues related to responsible and sustainable development: DESUR – Developing Sustainable Regions through Responsible SMEs; FaRInn – Facilitating Responsible Innovation in SEE...
Resolvo helped organise the Final Conference of the Responsible Med project: entitled Promoting CSR and Competitiveness in the Mediterranean and beyond, held in Lucca on 8 November 2012. Over 100 participants took part in the conference, which was not only a learning experience, but also a moment to take stock of progress made in the...
Resolvo helped organise the Conference Periurban Parks: Adding Value to Metropolitan Areas, che ha held in Florence on 25 October 2012. The conference presented the results of the three year cooperation project PERIURBAN Parks, co-funded by INTERREG IVC and coordinated by the Regional Government of Tuscany – Sector for Spatial Planning. Through a mixture of panel...
