The European Commission has exceeded the target set by President Jean-Claude Juncker in 2014 committing that, by the end of his mandate, 40% of the Commission’s middle and senior managers should be women. According to the latest data, female managers at all levels currently stand at 41%, up from 30% at the beginning of the mandate. This […]
WiFi4EU: over 1,700 municipalities to get free Wi-Fi hotspots after third call for applications
Following an evaluation of the applications, the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), the Commission’s executive agency in charge of implementing the WiFi4EU programme, has now published the list of winning municipalities. 1,780 municipalities from all over the EU have won a WiFi4EU voucher during the latest call! Third WiFi4EU call The third WiFi4EU call […]
Tax transparency: MEPs deplore Council’s lack of action on multinationals
MEPs urged EU countries to agree on draft rules making multinational companies publicly disclose their profit and tax paid in each country. In 2016 the European Commission produced a proposal on country-by-country reporting of tax-related information by large businesses, which needs to be approved by both Parliament and the Council before it can enter into […]
PhD student Snow Hydrology Snow-atmosphere interactions
The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL offers a PhD position. Organization Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Research field The research fields are Physics, and inside the Environmental Science field, we find Earth science and Water science. Research You will use numerical and experimental methods to […]
H2020: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing and Processing: Creating an open market place for industrial data (RIA)
In line with the objectives of Open Science and Open Innovation, the challenge is to make data FAIR through an effective common information system that allows in particular business-to-business data sharing. Specific Challenge Such a system should take the form of a user-friendly, state-of-the-art marketplace that is open to all providers and users of data […]
Winner of the Welcome Week 2019 Contest
On October 17, the European Documentation Center of Almeria participated in the Welcome Week of the UAL. Attendees were able to see first-hand the services, associations and delegations of students belonging to the University of Almeria, as well as about twenty NGOs, all under the organization of the Vice-Rectorate for Students and Employment. The European […]
Verhofstadt: “We will only approve Brexit deal after UK has approved it”
The Parliament’s Brexit coordinator declare that an orderly Brexit is needed to avoid violence returning to Ireland. He made the comments during a live session with followers of our Facebook page in Strasbourg. The agreement has been negotiated in recent weeks by the EU and the UK government, but would need the approval of the Parliament […]
Specialist – Test automation engineer, ICT Deparment in Europol
Europol is a well-established and recognized organisation that became an EU agency in 2010. It is constantly looking for creative, self-reliant and energetic employees, who are up to the challenges involved in international crime-fighting. Europol employs more than 1,000 personnel, including around 160 analysts, to identify and track the most dangerous criminal and terrorist networks […]
COSME 2019 : Accelerate and scale up innovation applications for a sustainable and circular fashion industry
Taking into account the policy context, the Commission seeks with this call for proposals to support SMEs, designers and start-ups who wants to start or scale-up a sustainable/circular business in the fashion industry. Scope Both fashion industry and civil society recognize the need to turn to a more sustainable approach in the way fashion products […]