Researchers are using cultural heritage to drive cities’ regeneration, sustainable development and economic growth. Urban decay, social conflict and low living standards are not uncommon in many of Europe’s historic city centres. Is it possible to breathe new life into these areas while doing it in a sustainable way? Researchers working on the EU-funded ROCK […]
Horizon 2020: Secure, clean and efficient energy Programme. The role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions
This call for proposals focus on the role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions, subprogramme “Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future (LC)” A precondition for active demand is for consumers to be aware of their own potential to permanently or temporarily reduce energy consumption; and moreover, for them to […]
Safe drinking water and sanitation: Council approves EU guidelines
On 17 June 2019 the Council adopted conclusions approving EU human rights guidelines on safe drinking water and sanitation. 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and 4.5 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services in the world. Climate change will increasingly affect water availability and access. Across the globe, tensions […]
H2020: Secure societies: Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects of border and external security
The project’s priority is to address the human factors and social and organisational aspects of EU border and external security within the Secure Societies-Protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens sub-programme within the Horizon 2020 Programme. Objective Border and external security may depend on a variety of human factors, and social and societal […]
2019 Innovation Scoreboards: The innovation performance of the EU and its regions is increasing
The European Commission’s 2019 European Innovation Scoreboard and Regional Innovation Scoreboard recently published show that the EU’s innovation performance has been improving for four years in a row For the first time ever, Europe’s innovation outperforms that of the United States. However, the EU continues to lose some ground to Japan and South Korea, and China is […]
LIFE: Adaptation to climate change
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 […]
Not to be miss: Preferences of our users
Do not miss it… We have made a selection of the most successful publications, news and calls from our website from the Spanish and English version, from last week. Choosing is not always a simple task and more if there is a great variety. That is why the European Documentation Center of Almería provides you […]
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 […]