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04 December 2015

Expanding business start-up support for disadvantaged groups can tackle unemployment and social exclusion, report said

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and European Commission have published The Missing Entrepreneurs 2015, which examines the potential of inclusive entrepreneurship policies and programmes in the European Union. Target group...
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30 November 2015

Copernicus: the EU programme contributing to climate change policies

Published : Mon, 30 Nov 2015 The EU’s efforts on climate change go beyond ambitious carbon reduction commitments. Through its innovative earth observation programme Copernicus, the EU is harnessing world leading science and technology to he...
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20 November 2015

New EU procurement rules: Better quality, value for money, simplification and benefits for SMEs

Published : Fri, 20 Nov 2015 New Directives on public procurement and concession contracts will enter into force on 18 April 2016.
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19 November 2015

EU-China dialogue on industrial sectors underlines importance of open economies

Published : Thu, 19 Nov 2015 Today, Director-General Lowri Evans of the Directorate-General (DG) for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, and Vice-Minister Xin Guobin co-chaired the 5th plenary meeting of the Dialo...
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03 December 2015

Justice and Home Affairs Council

The Justice and Home Affairs Council is made up of justice and home affairs ministers from all EU member states and works to develop common policies on cross-border issues such as free movement of citizens, asylum and immigration matters, the fight agains...
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30 November 2015

Competitiveness Council

The Competitiveness Council brings together ministers responsible for trade, economy, industry, research and innovation and space from all the EU member states. It deals with four policy areas: internal market, industry, research and innovation and space...
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