Day: March 20, 2019

EU Energy – Competition starts today: new prize to reward islands for local renewable energy production

The European Commission is launching the first edition of the RESponsible Island Prize, which is dedicated to islands with innovative and sustainable local renewable energy production for use in electricity, heating, cooling and transport. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Creating more responsive, intuitive prosthetics

Using advances in electronics and software, a team of EU-funded researchers is developing new ways to control upper limb prosthetics. Their goal is to improve and facilitate the everyday lives of amputees. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – Drug therapy tailored to your genes

Your response to a drug depends, in part, on your genetic make-up. An EU-funded project is developing a system to help doctors take into account a patient’s genotype when prescribing treatment, for safer and more effective therapy. Powered by WPeMatico

Fair labour mobility: Commission welcomes provisional agreement on modernised social security coordination rules

The provisional agreement reached today by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission revises the European rules on social security coordination to ensure that they remain fair, clear and easier to enforce. Powered by WPeMatico

Ninth report on projects and organisations funded by EaSI

To facilitate the dissemination of results, the Commission published the ninth report presenting projects and organisation supported by the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). Powered by WPeMatico

Fair labour mobility: Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached on the modernised rules on social security coordination

European Commission – Statement Brussels, 19 March 2019 The provisional agreement reached today by the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission revises the European rules on social security coordination to ensure that they remain fair, clear and easier to enforce. Powered by WPeMatico