The European Commission has published a new report on the LIFE Platform Meeting which was held in Norwich, UK, on 14-15 May 2014. The report, “Climate change – ecosystem services approach for adaptation and mitigation”, puts together current and past experiences of LIFE projects focalised on developing responses to the predicted impacts of climate change across EU...
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...
At the beginning of July 2014 the European Commission has adopted a Communication Green Action Plan (GAP) for SMEs: Enabling SMEs to turn environmental challenges into business opportunities. The Action Plan presents a series of SME-oriented actions proposed at European level to help exploit the business opportunities that the transition to a green economy offers,...
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...
A presentation of the future call for proposals for investments in research, development and innovation among regional enterprises will be held in Siena on 22 July 2014. The event will be launched by Regional Minister Simoncini and Angelita Luciani, Head of Sector for Industrial Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer for the Regione Toscana, will present the guidelines for the...
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
On the web page of La toscana nel mondo is now possibile to download the INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES BULLETIN of July 2014. The aim of the bulletin is to provide a simple tool for the identification of funding opportunities to all the actors involved in the sector and operating in accordance with the Regional Governement of Tuscany areas of...
You can now register online to the 108 Brussels-based seminars organised as part of the 12th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities – OPEN DAYS 2014 (6-9 October). The OPEN DAYS – European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to...
