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Poverty risks since the crisis: are older people winning at the expense of the young?
15 June 2016

Poverty risks since the crisis: are older people winning at the expense of the young?

One of the legacies of the crisis is an increased number of people at risk of poverty. These are people with household incomes below 60% of the median income in their country. The share of people at risk of poverty (or the ‘at-risk-of-poverty rate’, AROP)...
Poverty European Union Shutterstock Person Household income in the United States Median Nation-state Legal working age Demographic Elderly Croatia Malta
13 June 2016

Joint Initiative on Standardisation: responding to a changing marketplace

Published : Mon, 13 Jun 2016 Standards are all around us, they affect all our lives even if we are often unaware of them. Standards set requirements for specific items, materials, components, systems and services, or describe a method or pr...
Standard Requirement Materials science Manufacturing System Services International trade Interoperability Product Cost Business Consumer Safety
03 June 2016

Bosnia and Herzegovina joins COSME, the EU programme for small and medium-sized enterprises

Published : Fri, 03 Jun 2016 SMEs and entrepreneurs from Bosnia and Herzegovina will now be able to participate in COSME, the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Programme, under the same condition...
Bosnia and Herzegovina Small and medium enterprises Competitiveness Member states
02 June 2016

Measures to support the integration of asylum seekers and refugees

On 22 June 2016, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion of the European Commission will host a Thematic Event under the umbrella of the Mutual Learning Programme addressing the integration of asylum seekers and refugees.
Racial integration Refugee Employment Social work Social exclusion European Commission Education Labor Integration
02 June 2016

Providing clarity for the development of the collaborative economy

Published : Thu, 02 Jun 2016 The collaborative economy is a new and fast-growing area of economic activity based on individual citizens and businesses sharing assets, services and skills via online platforms. It has the potential to increas...
Economic development Sharing economy Economics Citizenship Business Services Skill Efficiency Transparency European Union Cost Consumer
02 June 2016

The European Community of Women Business Angels for Women Entrepreneurs

Published : Thu, 02 Jun 2016 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 The general objective of this call is to increase the number of Women Business Angels (WBAs) in Europe, and to facilitate the funding of Women Entrepreneurs (WEs) by Business Angels.
European Union Angel investor WBUR Europe Funding Entrepreneur European Economic Community Member states

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