Sustainable Growth

28 January 2016

Pilot peer-review workshop on integrated sustainable urban development strategies

The European Commission (DG REGIO and the JRC) and the City of Seville are organising this workshop, in the context of the Urban Development Network.

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26 January 2016

Mapping and assessment of ecosystem services in enlargement countries

The aim of this workshop is to take stock of the progress made in enlargement countries on mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services, to analyse gaps in knowledge and to initiate training activities on mapping and modelling ecosystem service...

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18 December 2015

Stricter EU rules on laundry capsules and lamp oil protect small children from poisoning

Published : Fri, 18 Dec 2015 New EU rules on laundry capsules help protect children from poisoning. Existing provisions on lamp oil and grill lighter fuels have already proved to effectively prevent children from getting harmed. ...

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15 December 2015

BEREC and ERGP adopt a joint opinion on price transparency and regulatory oversight of cross-border parcel delivery

Published : Tue, 15 Dec 2015 A joint working group of BEREC and ERGP adopted on 3 and 10 December a joint opinion on price transparency and regulatory oversight of cross-border parcel delivery, taking into account possible regulatory insigh...

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15 December 2015

Commission creates High Level Expert Group on Energy Intensive Industries

Published : Tue, 15 Dec 2015 Event: 18/12 > 18/12/2015 @ CCAB The High Level Expert Group on Energy Intensive Industries was created by the Commission decision on 26 October 2015. The first meeting of the group will be held on 18 December...

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14 December 2015

Business Planet: Is social enterprise a new business model for Europe?

Published : Mon, 14 Dec 2015 This week's Business Planet looks at the concept of social enterprise - sustainable and innovative entrepreneurship that aims to find answers to society's challenges. It's fast becoming a new business m...

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11 December 2015

Reforming regulation of professions: results of mutual evaluation and way forward

Published : Fri, 11 Dec 2015 The conference will focus on the work EU countries have done in the last two years to review their national regulation and on what they propose in terms of regulatory reform.

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09 December 2015

Turning recycled raw materials into business opportunities

Published : Wed, 09 Dec 2015 Increasing the market uptake of secondary raw materials is a key objective of the visionary new European Commission package to transform the EU economy to a more circular one. This package will boost recycling, ...

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09 December 2015

Are we richer or poorer than before the onset of the crisis?

The global financial crisis triggered a deep recession in 2008 and 2009, the deepest since the Great Recession of the early 1930s. In 2009, the EU's GDP dropped by 4.4%, and in 2014 it barely exceeded the level of 2008.

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07 December 2015

Call for proposal: Thematic Routes on Underwater Cultural Heritage

Published : Mon, 07 Dec 2015 This is a call for proposals on projects aiming at the conception, development, establishment and promotion of a tourism product in the field of underwater cultural heritage routes in European sea-basins. ...

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