Day: October 10, 2017

Evaluation and Monitoring – Commission review states that partnerships in research and innovation boost the economy

Research partnerships between the EU, the private sector and the Member States are on track to deliver on their objectives, to improve people’s lives and to increase Europe’s international competitiveness. This was confirmed by the results of interim evaluations of public-private and public-public partnerships supported by Horizon 2020, the EU’s

Events – Evidence for Society: Transforming the future of European people through research – 8 November 2017, Brussels

The Conference “Evidence for Society: Transforming the future of European people through research” is jointly organized by the IMPACT-EV Consortium and Ms Soledad Cabezón, Member of the European Parliament, who has coordinated the Report on the assessment of Horizon 2020 implementation in view of its interim evaluation and the Framework

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees Catalogue has been revamped and updated.

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees (EMJMDs) currently offering scholarships are now linked to the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform for better dissemination and valorisation. Visit the refreshed EMJMD Catalogue. Powered by WPeMatico

Conserving roamers not road kill

Over 180 bears have been run over in Slovenia since 2005. For centuries, hunting and urbanisation have driven the country’s brown bears (Ursus arctos) near to extinction. Now cars and trains kill one in seven of them. In attempts to safeguard Slovenia’s drivers and wildlife alike, LIFE-funded conservationists are fencing

Invasive rats out, seabirds in

Recent sightings of the European storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) on a once rat-infested island demonstrate a LIFE project’s success at restoring local habitats. Since 2014, conservationists have been trying to protect some of Northwest Europe’s most threatened seabirds on the Shiant Isles Natura 2000 network site in northern Scotland. The

The Future of EU Finances: the 7th report on economic, social and territorial cohesion

European Commission – Fact Sheet Brussels, 9 October 2017 Today the Commission publishes the 7th Cohesion report, taking the pulse of EU regions, drawing lessons from cohesion spending during the crisis years and setting the scene for Cohesion Policy after 2020. Powered by WPeMatico

The Future of EU Finances: new Cohesion report fuels the discussion on EU funds after 2020

European Commission – Press release Brussels, 9 October 2017 Today the Commission publishes the 7th Cohesion report, taking the pulse of EU regions, drawing lessons from cohesion spending during the crisis years and setting the scene for Cohesion Policy after 2020. Powered by WPeMatico