Good news from around Europe
The Green Deal aims at “fighting climate change, protecting nature, making our economy sustainable and leave nobody behind. Because if this is not a social Green Deal, it will not be a successful Green Deal.” said Frans Timmerman, executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal. The objective is to make Europe “the
Europe is facing one of its most advanced moments in terms of energy transition legislation framework. National Energy and Climate Plans are becoming very ambitious setting their targets for renewable energy consumption. We understand that now it is the time to implement and bring it to reality, but there is
The 2020 Access City Award goes to the city of Warsaw, in Poland. By involving people with disabilities and accessibility needs in its endeavour to make the city more accessible, Warsaw was able to make a substantial overall improvement to the city’s ease of access in a short space of
On 4 December, the President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Karl-Heinz Lambertz, will deliver his third “The State of the European Union: the View of Regions and Cities” speech, during a debate with European Parliament President, David Sassoli. The speech, which comes as the CoR marks its
The 2019 FEAD Network case study catalogue has been published and is now available to download. Powered by WPeMatico
The European Pillar of Social Rights has grown out of infancy – on 17 November 2019, it will be two years that this compass towards better working and living conditions was proclaimed by EU institutions and leaders in Gothenburg, Sweden. Powered by WPeMatico
The Commission has launched a public consultation to evaluate the support to social inclusion by the European Social Fund in the 2014-2018 period. Send your contribution until 19 December 2019 (midnight Brussels time). Powered by WPeMatico
The European Commission has published the 2019 edition of the report “Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe” confirming that the European labour market has so far proven to be resilient to the weakening of the economy. Powered by WPeMatico
At the Council meeting of 8 November 2019, the Council Recommendation on access to social protection for workers and the self-employed was formally adopted. Powered by WPeMatico
Among the goals of the 2014-2020 Interreg MED transnational cooperation programme is that of fostering creativity and social innovation in all the key sector of the territorial economy. To strenghten creative industry, to consolidate coworking spaces, to enhance the cultural heritage, to modernise public contracting, to foster sustainable growth and