Category: Tech

Towards zero pollution in the Mediterranean agri-food: fiction or reality?

The Interreg MED Green Growth Community (GGC) partner event in the EU Green Week gave an overview of the outcomes achieved by the Community projects PEFMED, REINWASTE and RE-LIVE WASTE to reduce pollution in the agri-food sector. Participants could apply their knowledge and the lessons learnt from the GGC projects

Towards a multimodal Adriatic-Ionian major line with multiple connections to the Tyrrhenian coast

A large number of citizens and experts took part on 23 June in “Towards a multimodal Adriatic-Ionian major line with multiple connections to the Tyrrhenian coast”, an event staged by the Abruzzo Region in collaboration with the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) as part of the European Year of

The creative industry as a multiplier of innovation and competitiveness

As part of the implementation of the Social and Creative project, the Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry of Cyprus is organizing a meeting with the key stakeholders of the creative business community. The meeting will be the opportunity to present the work to be done all together for the

The CoR and the Joint Research Centre step up their cooperation to pilot Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability in EU regions

The EU’s pilot initiative “Smart Specialisation Strategies for Sustainability” (S4) was launched in Seville today by the President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Apostolos Tzitzikostas, and the Director for Growth and Innovation of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), Mikel Landabaso. The initiative represents a voluntary

Interreg Policy Campaign

A mother is smiling because her son has decided not to drop school thanks to his trainers’ support in the Mediterranean coast of Sicily. In the meantime, commuters of the Franco – German border are enjoying their new sustainable transport systems that allows a faster and more comfortable trip to

YFactor 2021 Spring edition presents: Next Stop, a #EuropeanYearOfRail podcast

The Spring trainees of 2021 are working on a Y-Factor project focused on the European Year of Rail (EYR). The trainees are producing a podcast series, Next Stop, exploring everything to do with the EYR. Next Stop plans on addressing pressing issues in the rail sector, advertise rail related initiatives

BlueMed Hackathon “Ideas and solutions for a Healthy Plastic Free Mediterranean Sea”

The BlueMed Hackathon “Ideas and solutions for a Healthy Plastic Free Mediterranean Sea” is open for candidature! The Hackathon is dedicated to 18-30 years old Master and PhD candidates or graduates in STEM disciplines, designer/creatives and marine science young professionals with no restriction on geographical origin. This team challenge will

New European Bauhaus: Cities and regions ready to act as living labs

To strengthen the territorial dimension of the New European Bauhaus initiative, the European Commission and the European Committee of the Regions organised on 14 April an online workshop with mayors and other high-level representatives of several former European Capitals of Culture and Capitals of Innovation. Participants highlighted to Commissioners Mariya

Artificial Intelligence: challenges and opportunities for policy makers

Potential of artificial intelligence applied to government, semantic technologies, natural language processing for text analysis, ontologies and tools for viewing policies: this was discussed during the “Artificial Intelligence for policy making” webinar, organized last March 22 by the University of Rijeka – Faculty of Economics and Business as part of