2nd International RREUSE conference: Making the circular economy attractive, convenient and inclusive

From November 22 to November 23 RREUSE, the European network of social enterprises active in re-use, repair and recycling, is holding its second annual conference in the city of Nijmegen, Europe’s Green Capital for 2018. The conference will focus on how to encourage citizens, companies and governments to think second-hand and on how to mainstream the circular economy and raise awareness about the value of re-use in doing good for the environment and creating local jobs. High profile...

Subnational finance and investment ten years after the crisis

On 12 November the Committee of the Regions and the OECD co-hosted a conference where key developments in subnational finance and investments over the 10 years since the economic crisis were discussed. The speakers provided evidence on the fundamental role of subnational government investments (SGIs) and the rise and potential of innovative public finance instruments.

Subnational finance and investment ten years after the crisis, Event higlights

What Long-term Investments for the future of Europe?

Scaling Up the Green Innovations

On 4 December The Norwegian National Suppliers Development Programme, The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise and the MEP Dr. Igor Яltes will be hosting a seminar at the European Parliament on the strategic use of public procurement in driving and accelerating green innovation. The Seminar will focus particularly on public procurement as a strategic tool to implement innovation and climate policies.Participants will include experts from the European Commission and European politicians,...

High-Level Conference: EU Research and Innovation in our daily life

The European Parliament and the European Commission are organizing a joint conference taking place on November 27 and titled: 'EU Research and Innovation in our daily life'. The event will take place in Brussels and will be focusing on how the 200 billion euros invested over the past 30 years have affected citizens' daily life.The conference will bring together researchers and politicians to reflect on past and present achievements and will focus on the following areas: health and...

Innovation Radar Prize 2018: vote your favourite innovation

From 29 October to 12 November the EU citizens are encouraged to vote for their favourite scientific and technological breakthroughs among 50 nominees who have been developing innovations through EU-funded projects.

Conference: What Long-Term Investments for the Europe of tomorrow?

This conference will take stock on the achievements regarding the creation of a conducive environment for long-term investments in Europe, from the Green paper on the Long-term financing of the European Economy by former Commissioner Barnier (2013) up to the Capital Markets Union (prudential regulation, accounting standards, governance issues…) and the Action plan on sustainable finance published earlier this year. This conference will also be the occasion to launch a report on this...

EUROCITIES launches citizen panels initiative

Following the success of our 'Cities4Europe - Europe for citizens' campaign, we are keeping dialogue about the future of Europe going by organising citizen consultations in 20 cities.

Highlights of our EDF meeting in Grenoble: internationalisation and economic attractiveness