Day: April 13, 2018

Research Headlines – ‘Humanising’ automated vehicles for safer roads

An EU-funded project is working to ensure that automated vehicles (AVs) can react to daily situations in a safer, more intuitive way. The project’s user research will feed into the development of more interactive sensors, which could increase the level of road safety and lead to a competitive European market

Research Headlines – Making clothes from plastic debris found at sea

About 400 kg per square kilometre: this, according to estimates, is the amount of mostly plastic waste littering European seas. Some of it can be upcycled into high-quality clothing, claimed a Spanish SME, which carried out an EU-funded feasibility study to work out the details. And indeed, such garments are

Research Headlines – Detecting tiny exhaust particles to improve human health

Tiny particles in vehicle exhaust are damaging to human health, but some of these emissions have been too small to accurately measure until now. An EU-funded project is developing innovative technologies to achieve real-time analysis of emissions of ultrafine particles smaller than 23 nanometres. Powered by WPeMatico

#MySocialRights photo competition – How do you perceive social rights in Europe?

Young people living in the EU are invited to submit up to three photos describing what #SocialRights mean to them and get the chance to attend the European Youth Event and win two interrail tickets. Powered by WPeMatico

Making skills and qualifications more visible across the EU: Statement by Commissioner Thyssen following the adoption of the revised Europass framework

Today, EU Member States adopted the Commission’s proposal to revise the Europass framework. The revision, which aims at simplifying and modernising the Europass CV and other skills tools for the digital age, will enable people across the EU to make their skills and qualifications more visible, and will help policy

Can all regions profit from globalisation? Launch of a new OECD report on 26 April, 10:00-11:30 @EU_CoR more: http://cor.europa.eu/en/events/Pages/Productivity-and-Jobs-in-a-Globalised-World.aspx … live: https://livestream.com/corlive1/events/8154448 … @EU_Regional @OECD_local @eprc_eu @JoaquimOM @ToWobpic.twitter.com/CZLILyNlc8

Can all regions profit from globalisation? Launch of a new OECD report on 26 April, 10:00-11:30 @EU_CoR more: http://cor.europa.eu/en/events/Pages/Productivity-and-Jobs-in-a-Globalised-World.aspx … live: https://livestream.com/corlive1/events/8154448 … @EU_Regional @OECD_local @eprc_eu @JoaquimOM @ToWob pic.twitter.com/CZLILyNlc8 Powered by WPeMatico