Good news from around Europe
Getting people to wear bicycle helmets can be tricky. Many cyclists complain that helmets are just too hot. But EU-funded researchers are now making the headgear a lot cooler, creating an extra incentive to wear it while boosting safety. Powered by WPeMatico
This Citizen Science – SDG conference is an official event of the German Presidency taking place in Berlin and online:The conference will present, evaluate and discuss the contributions that citizen science makes in framing and achieving sustainable development, specifically the Sustainable Development Goals from the United Nations.It will bring together
The city of Mannheim virtually welcomed the 9th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns organised by ICLEI with the support of EU institutions, including the European Committee of the Regions (CoR). Hosted by the Mayor of Mannheim and CoR member Peter Kurz, local leaders gave support to the Manheim
In this interview Francina Armengol (ES/PES), President of the Balearic Islands, answers six questions on the sustainable use of natural resources on Mediterranean islands. Francina Armengol calls on the European Commission to devise a new strategy that better aligns EU policies and funding mechanisms to the particularities of Mediterranean islands
The global bioeconomy is growing, but it must overcome hurdles including avoiding competition with land used for food production. An EU- and industry-funded project is exploring using contaminated and waste land for biocrops. Powered by WPeMatico
The fourth conference of the Energy Modelling Platform for Europe (EMP-E) will take place on 6– 8 October 2020 and will be hosted by the European Commission DG Research & Innovation. The conference is organised in co-operation with the H2020 Energy Modelling Group, made up of eight Horizon 2020 projects.
This call is targeted to the programme priority axis 2, S.O.2.1. Energy efficiency in buildings and S.O.2.2. Renewable Energy and restricted to the transfer or mainstreaming of shortlisted outputs of finalised Interreg MED projects. For a detailed description of objectives and contents of the Call, possible types of activities, partnership
The Commission’s staff working document presents the main findings of the evaluation of the ESF and YEI support to youth employment during the period 2014-2018. Powered by WPeMatico
The fifth European Vocational Skills Week will be held online on 9-13 November 2020. Powered by WPeMatico
In September, representatives of ten Libyan municipalities and universities met with European provinces, regions and research institutes to discuss how the competencies of local administrators in Libya could further be strengthened. They built on the consolidated partnership within the Nicosia initiative which had developed a decentralised system of continuous learning