Year: 2018

Preventing food waste benefits the environment and economy

The EU is committed to halving the amount of food waste per capita in Europe in line with UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Food savings are required across the chain, from reducing production losses to reducing the amount of food that is thrown away. Powered by WPeMatico

Events – Energy Poverty and Social Isolation – 16 October 2018, Brussels, Belgium

Energy poverty is defined as the inability of households to access adequate energy services, including: home heating/cooling, electrical appliances and mobility. Since the global financial crash and the ‘cost of living crisis’ that has accompanied austerity, energy poverty is a pressing concern for many households across Europe. The launch of

Research Headlines – Vaccines, and their benefits beyond immunisation

How do vaccination programmes influence child survival in low-income countries? Protection against the targeted illness is not the only aspect to consider, according to an EU-funded project that explored associated outcomes known as ‘non-specific effects’. The research focused on public health interventions in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Guinea-Bissau. Powered by

Major EU investments in infrastructure help write a new chapter in Greece

European Commission – Press release Brussels, 3 October 2018 This week, Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Crețu will travel to Greece to visit or inaugurate three major transport and environment projects which have received a total of €1.3 billion in support from EU funds. Powered by WPeMatico

Meet us next week at #EURegionsWeek in Brussels

You can expect a very busy activity during all 4 days: 170 sessions, 6.000 participants, officials from EU institutions and national and regional organisms and other relevant stakeholders. Hence, at least, this is a unique moment to make friends and expand your network in all possible levels. At this stage

Events – EBN TechCamp – 22-23 October 2018, Noordwijk, Netherlands

The EBN TechCamp is the main EBN technical event where incubation and acceleration practitioners from EU|BICs all over Europe and beyond come together for mutual learning, experience exchange and enhancement of technical know-how. The 8th EBN TechCamp is organised in partnership with ESA/ESTEC (Noordwijk, The Netherlands), on the 22-23 November

Events – Science Café with Tomáš Jungwirth – 23 October 2018, Brussels, Belgium

Tomáš Jungwirth is a recognized scientist in the field of Spintronics that is behind the virtually unlimited data storage on the internet. The fields of expertise of Tomáš Jungwirth are condensed matter physics, materials science, electronic properties of nanostructures, quantum Hall effects, ferromagnetic, and antiferromagnetic spintronic devices. Recently, Tomáš Jungwirth