European Commission

05 December 2016

Commission organises first European Vocational Skills Week

From 5 to 9 December 2016, the European Commission is organising a first European Vocational Skills Week to inspire people to discover, use and improve their talents and abilities through vocational training. It is one of the ten key actions proposed by t...

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30 November 2016

Multiple framework contract for the procurement of economic studies and analyses related to impact assessments and evaluations

Published : Wed, 30 Nov 2016 Tue, 28 Feb 2017 Policy preparation at the European Commission is supported by both retrospective evaluations and forward-looking impact assessments. These are key elements of the EU decision-making process tha...

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02 December 2016

Shaping smart Industries discussed at European Cluster Conference 2016 with over 300 stakeholders

Published : Fri, 02 Dec 2016 The fifth edition of the European Cluster Conference was held in Brussels on 1-2 December 2016. The conference focussed on the theme “Clusters 4.0: Shaping Smart Industries”.

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01 December 2016

Clean energy and the construction sector

Published : Thu, 01 Dec 2016 The European construction industry alone provides 18 million direct jobs in Europe and creates 9% of GDP. It has the potential to respond to a number of economic and societal challenges, such as jobs, growth and...

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30 November 2016

Improving the access of SMEs to cross-border defence procurement

Published : Wed, 30 Nov 2016 A set of recommendations to improve the access of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to cross-border defence procurement and the supply chains of large defence companies has been published.

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30 November 2016

Commission proposes Action Plan to boost research and innovation of European defence industry for long term security

Published : Wed, 30 Nov 2016 The Commission adopted today a European Defence Action Plan with concrete measures to support a strong and innovative European defence industry and defence capability priorities agreed by Member States....

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30 November 2016

The “Survey on the access to finance of enterprises” (SAFE) was published today

Published : Wed, 30 Nov 2016 Small businesses from the EU are increasingly confident about their access to finance, according to a joint survey published today by the European Commission and the European Central Bank.

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29 November 2016