Year: 2017

Equal Pay Day: Statement by First Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioners Thyssen and Jourová

European Commission – Statement Brussels, 31 October 2017 Today, the average hourly pay of women in Europe is 16.3% lower than that of men. European Equal Pay Day, which falls on 3 November this year, marks the moment when women effectively stop getting paid compared to their male colleagues, with…

Events – “Social dynamics and food from the oceans” Workshop – 27-28 November 2017, Lisbon, Portugal

The European Commission, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Portuguese Government are delighted to organize the high-level conference on “Opening up to an era of social innovation” The aims of this event are to develop a new narrative for social innovation by sharing experiences, learning about new trends, and networking to

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

In this Conference evidence of the social impact achieved by EU funded projects will be presented by different agents including scientists, policy makers representing different levels of policy implementation – regional, national and European- as well as end-users who have benefited from the social impact of EU research. The FP7

Events – Innovating grid technologies for sustainable energy – 22 November 2017, Madrid, Spain

Join Best Paths’ experts in Madrid, Spain on 22nd November 2017 for the workshop “Best Paths: Innovating grid technologies for sustainable energy” to share experiences and learn more about the latest developments in the state-of-the-art technologies for electricity grids. With nearly 40 leading organisations from research, industry, utilities, and transmission