Day: December 1, 2017

European Innovation Council – Commission launches EIC Horizon Prize for Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid

The European Commission has launched the first of six European Innovation Council (EIC) Horizon Prizes, on Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid. EIC Horizon Prizes are part of the European Innovation Council pilot run under Horizon 2020, the EU’s Research and Innovation Framework Programme. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – A mission to control space junk and asteroids

An EU-funded research network has studied the threat of space junk and asteroids, helping to minimise their risks and better protect our planet, satellites and spaceships from potentially catastrophic hits. Powered by WPeMatico

Scientific Advice Mechanism – Commission’s top scientific advisers publish opinion on Food from the Oceans

The High Level Group of the Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) has published a new independent scientific opinion on Food from the Oceans. At the request of Karmenu Vella – Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, on behalf of the European Commission, the scientific advisers answered the question “How

New sources of childcare support for working families in the United Kingdom

As of September 2017, the UK Government has implemented a universal scheme to provide 3- and 4-year-old children of working parents in England with 30 hours of free childcare per week, an increase from the 15 hours of free provision that has been available to date. Powered by WPeMatico

Breeding of Mediterranean storm-petrel marks Maltese milestone

The first successful breeding of a Mediterranean storm-petrel ringed under an ongoing Maltese LIFE project has occurred at L-Irdum tal-Madonna in Mellieħa. Researchers from BirdLife Malta’s LIFE Arċipelagu Garnija project have confirmed breeding at the site following the fledging of a chick in 2016 and the ringing of a nestling

Europe’s social dimension: President Juncker and Prime Minister Löfven present way forward after the Social Summit

European Commission – Press release Brussels, 28 November 2017 Less than two weeks after the Social Summit, which took place on 17 November in Gothenburg, the two hosts of the Summit, European Commission President Juncker and Swedish Prime Minister Löfven, take stock of its outcome. Powered by WPeMatico

How we engage w/ #smartcities should be different – & better. “…the challenge is finding ways to mobilise technological solutions without abandoning the values that define the cities we need – open, inclusive & accountable.” #urban #future http://urbact.eu/google-maps-toronto-showing-way-future-city-governance …

How we engage w/ #smartcities should be different – & better. “…the challenge is finding ways to mobilise technological solutions without abandoning the values that define the cities we need – open, inclusive & accountable.” #urban #future http://urbact.eu/google-maps-toronto-showing-way-future-city-governance … Powered by WPeMatico