Day: December 4, 2020

Big Buyers for Climate and Environment

Last month, the European Commission launched its Big Buyers for Climate and Environment (BBCE) initiative, which aims to promote cooperation between big public buyers in implementing strategic public procurement for sustainable solutions. Regions and cities can join this initiative to share knowledge and develop new products and services leveraging their

Agreement reached on EU provisions for cooperation programmes

The new allocated resources for each strand of cooperation were approved: cross-border, transnational, interregional and for the first time, a specific allocation for strengthening exchanges with the 9 outermost regions. Home to 4.8 million citizens, these regions are French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion Island and Saint-Martin (France), Azores and