Day: September 6, 2017

Research Headlines – Collaborative machining, powered by the cloud

Design, planning, and even production – EU-funded researchers have developed a cloud-based system that supports the machining of parts. Intended primarily for SMEs, this system is designed to streamline manufacturing processes and facilitate collaboration among users. Powered by WPeMatico

Success Stories – An underwater kite built to harness tidal energy

It looks like a big toy, but it’s a technological jewel designed to produce energy from the tides. It is a prototype kite, very different to those used for flying. Its design allows it to glide underwater at speeds up to ten times faster than the tides themselves. Powered by

Women Innovators prize – Commission launches the 2018 edition of the Women Innovators Prize

The European Commission is launching today the fifth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators to award women entrepreneurs who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market. The first prize is €100 000, with second and third prizes of €50 000 and €30 000 respectively. A special

Intensification of efforts to tackle child poverty and social exclusion are needed

A Synthesis Report from the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) on Progress across Europe in the implementation of the 2013 EU Recommendation on ‘Investing in children: Breaking the cycle of disadvantage’ has just been published. Powered by WPeMatico

Apprenticeships abroad: Commission gives boost to long-term placements across the EU

European Commission – Press release Brussels, 4 September 2017 The European Commission is pre-financing seven pilot projects that offer long-term apprenticeships abroad. The aim of these projects is to test experiment placements of at least 6 months, in an effort to promote apprenticeships abroad of a longer duration. Powered by