Day: May 16, 2017

Eurydice Newsletter – Spring 2017

The spring edition of the Eurydice newsletter is now available. This edition provides updates on the most recent and forthcoming Eurydice publications, as well as news from the European education world. Education systems vary significantly across Europe and Eurydice aims to understand and explain clearly how those systems work.  Powered

A Vision for Europe – Commission’s high-level advisers advocate open research and innovation as essential drivers for growth in Europe

The high level expert group of Research, Innovation and Science Policy Experts (RISE) today presented its report ‘Europe’s future: Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World’ to Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – WIRE 2017 (Week for Innovative Regions in Europe) – 28-30 June 2017, Košice, Slovakia

The 8th edition of the WIRE Conference is hosted by the Technical University of Košice and will take place from 28 to 30 June 2017 in Košice, Slovakia. The conference theme is ‘Socially responsible, creative and trusted regional innovation in the digital era’ and will cover topics like widening participation,

ESPN Synthesis Report on “Access to social protection for people working on non-standard contracts and as self-employed in Europe: A study of national policies”

Despite a number of recent national reforms which seek to improve their social protection, the self-employed still have lower coverage and benefits than salaried workers, and run a much higher risk of falling into poverty, according to a new Synthesis Report by the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) Powered by