It is crucial that banks continue financing households and corporates, including SMEs experiencing temporary difficulties amid the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, making full use of the flexibility provided for in the prudential and accounting framework, is essential at a time when sufficient financing to cover financial pressures is vital for the economy. EU ministerss […]
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Coronavirus: Commission issues guidelines on testing
As part of the European Roadmap towards lifting coronavirus containment measures, the Commission is presenting guidelines on coronavirus testing methodologies. Objective The guidance aims to support Member States in effectively using testing tools in the context of their national strategies and during the different stages of the pandemic, including when phasing out confinement measures. The Commission also […]
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Catching up with ColRobot: a ready-to-use robotic device for industry
ColRobot is an EU-funded project that had been working to revolutionise the use of collaborative industrial robots, specifically designed for use on production lines. For 3 years, ColRobot (Collaborative Robotics for Assembly and Kitting in Smart Manufacturing) worked on the development of collaborative robotics to help overcome some of the biggest common challenges in the […]
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Video conference of ministers of health, 15 April 2020
EU ministers of health are holding a video conference to take stock of the current situation and measures already taken in response to the spread of COVID-19 in the EU and to reflect on the challenges ahead in order to find the best coordinated approach for moving forward. Conclusions In their exchange of views, they […]
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Cuidados con Compasión: A tool for heatlh professionals to face COVID-19
“Cuidados con Compasión” is a web environment aimed at health professionals that emerged as a result of a research project, funded by the Regional Goverment of Andalucía, Health and Families Department “Burnout and Compassionate Fatigue in Nursing Professionals in the Andalusian Public Health System” (AP-0100-2016). This project is led by the principal researcher and professor […]
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Coronavirus: European roadmap shows path towards common lifting of containment measures
The Commission, in cooperation with the President of the European Council, has put forward a European roadmap to phase-out the containment measures due to the coronavirus outbreak. While we are still in firefighting mode, the necessary extraordinary measures taken by Member States and the EU are working. They have slowed down the spread of the virus […]
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Extension of deadline calls due to Covid-19
Due to the Covid-19 crisis, deadlines for some calls are extended to give more time for applicants to prepare their proposals. This concerns the following calls: PRIMA Call The new closing dates of the call are: + info o Section 1: until 6 May 2020. o Section 2: until 13 May 2020. H2020 Call Deadline extended to: […]
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Medidas contra la violencia doméstica durante el confinamiento
Tanto a nivel global como en algunos países de la UE se ha detectado un incremento de los casos de violencia doméstica tras imponer medidas de confinamiento. Las mujeres en relaciones de violencia están obligadas a permanecer en casa, más expuestas por tanto al riesgo de abuso. También es más difícil contactar con los servicios de […]
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Children’s story book released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19
A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the WHO, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red […]
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