This call for proposals addresses the priority area ‘adaptation to climate change’ of the climate action subprogramme. Climate change adaptation The LIFE programme co-finances projects in the areas of resilience to water scarcity, droughts, forest fires or floods, adaptive technologies for economic sectors, and safeguarding natural resources. It provides action grants for best practice, pilot […]
Barriers to trade: as protectionism rises, EU continues opening up export markets for European firms
The European Commission’s report released confirms the continuous rise in barriers encountered by European companies in foreign markets. Thanks to the EU’s firm response, 123 such barriers have been eliminated since the beginning of the current Commission mandate, allowing for more than €6 billion extra exports in 2018. The latest edition of the Trade […]
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European Commission increases support for the EU’s beekeeping sector
The European Commission will provide €120 million to the EU’s beekeeping sector over the next three years to support its essential role in agriculture and the environment. This represents an increase of €12 million compared to the support provided for the period from 2017 to 2019. EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan said: “Beekeeping is an important part of the […]
Sustainable finance: Commission publishes guidelines to improve how firms report climate-related information
The European Commission has today published new guidelines on corporate climate-related information reporting, as part of its Sustainable Finance Action Plan. These guidelines will provide companies with practical recommendations on how to better report the impact that their activities are having on the climate as well as the impact of climate change on their business. The Commission […]
European Development Days 2019 to focus on fighting inequalities
The 13th edition of the European Development Days (EDD), the leading global forum on development cooperation, kicks off in Brussels. The two day event will host more than 8,000 participants from 140 countries worldwide, representing 1,200 organisations from the development community, including Heads of State or Government, leading experts, key influencers and young leaders. This year’s European Development […]
Interreg Europe: RETRACE: Systemic Design for Circular Policymaking
The priority of the RETRACE project is to give a systemic approach to circular policy formulation within the Interreg Europe programme. RETRACE aims to promote systemic design as a method that allows local and regional policies to move towards a circular economy when waste from one production process is incorporated into another, preventing waste from […]
Seeds for Integration Grants
In the framework of the “Seeds for Integration” project, the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions (OBESSU) has launched the Seeds for Integration Grants. The aim is to provide seed-funding to secondary school students on local, regional or national level to empower them to implement initiatives aimed at enhancing the integration of refugee students and […]
European Defence Industrial Development Programme: EDIP-AG: Software suite enabling real–time cyber defence situational awareness for military decision-making
This call for proposals is aimed at implementing the real-time detection and response to cyberthreats through the exchange of information within the EDIP Action Grant sub-programme of the Defence Industrial Development Programme. Cyber Situational Awareness (CSA) enables commanders to have a clear understanding of the threats landscape in order to manage cyber risks during the […]