Category: Tech

GET2IT partner project

The 5th event of the GET2IT project, organized by the Institute for Regional Development, ERA Partner Institute, took place in Prague on January 28-28, 2022. The project was organized as 5 events (in Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Slovenia and the Czech Republic) and also to build citizens’ understanding of how to

Action at local level will ensure the success of the EU missions and the New European Bauhaus initiative

​Adapting to climate change, protecting water, greening cities, ensuring healthy food and fighting cancer are some of today’s major challenges that EU missions, launched by the European Commission, seek to address. Markku Markkula (FI/EPP), rapporteur for the European Committee of the Regions’ opinion on the subject and member of Espoo

Interreg EURO-MED Academy Launched!

As professionals, policy makers and citizens we are being asked to direct our efforts to address environmental and social challenges. We are all fully aware of how urgent and important the situation, yet we feel still unable to act appropriately.  This course addresses these questions from the perspective of policy

BLUE BIO MED in cooperation with B-BLUE, the Blue Growth Thematic Community and PANORAMED launch the Sustainable Blue Bioeconomy Mediterranean Innovation Alliance

On 18-19 November 2021 the BLUE BIO MED project organised the Blue Bioeconomy Innovation Forum at SEALOGY (European Blue Economy exhibition) in Ferrara (Italy) and online, and gathered over 100 persons in two days. BLUE BIO MED, in collaboration with PANORAMED, B-BLUE[1] and the Blue Growth Community Interreg MED projects,

Highlights of the January plenary of the European Committee of the Regions

In case you missed the #CoRplenary: The EU’s support for a rural revival and €500bn regional investment, delivering cohesion policy, the European Green Deal and the Conference on the Future of Europe were major topics at the two-day plenary of the CoR. The remote plenary also covered the delivery of

The Destination Sustainability Index: a new index that will allow the measurement of the sustainability level of touristic destinations

In line with the 17 UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), the proposals made by the WTO for the measurement of tourism sustainability and the data set indicated by the European Tourism Indicator System (ETSI), the Data Appeal Company has created the Destination Sustainability Index (DSI). It is an index aimed

Stronger ties between the European Commission and local authorities are “a win-win endeavour”

EU’s cities and regions are looking forward to strengthening further their cooperation with the European Commission in the fields of research and innovation, education and culture. Through the Joint Action Plan which enters its second year, regions and cities will play their part in the success of the European Year

Local leaders mobilized to ensure a sustainable and just transition of regions with a strong automotive industry

​​Members of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER) adopted a draft opinion on the zero emission road transport policy and the deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure for all cities and regions in the EU. During their meeting on 10 December, local and regional leaders also debated

Join the Mediterranean Diet Course!

The current Mediterranean Diet Course is part of the MD.net project and aims to develop a common vision regarding the Mediterranean Diet in the society. The objectives of the course are: Developing a common vision regarding the different dimensions of the Mediterranean Diet; Creating and strengthening the linkages between the