The next Interreg North-West Europe 2014-2020 call for proposals will be open from the 16th of October to the 17th of November 2017. The call aims to support transnational cooperation initiatives with project proposals addressing main challenges of the North-West Europe area. The themes selected for the 2014-2020 period are […]
Daily Archives: July 27, 2017
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The European Environment Agency (EEA) published a briefing on “NEC Directive reporting status 2017”, which contains information on how Member States are meeting their emission ceilings under the NEC directive. The NEC directive restricts emissions for five key air pollutants: nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), sulphur dioxide […]
The International Financial Corporation (World Bank Group) published a guide on biomass to energy, addressed to investors of the energy market. Enhancing access to power is a key priority for IFC and biomass is a crucial contributor in order to meet the energy needs in emerging countries. Click here to […]
The Urban Water Atlas Europe published by the EC Joint Research Centre on April 2017, shows how the different management choices as well as factors such as waste management, climate change and food preferences affect the long-term sustainability of water usage in more than 40 European cities. The atlas aims to […]
The Online Public Consultation on modernising and simplifying the CAP was launched on 2 February 2017 with the aim of collecting views from farmers, organisations and other interested parties on the current CAP and future changes. According to the results, the main goals of CAP should be: keep the status […]
The 11th of July took place a first meeting of the sugar expert group, made up of 14 organisations of the sugar and sweeteners supply chain and officials from Commission’s agriculture and rural development department. The group aims to provide more transparency on the EU sugar sector by providing market […]
The International Financial Corporation (World Bank Group) published a guide on biomass to energy, addressed to investors of the energy market. Enhancing access to power is a key priority for IFC and biomass is a crucial contributor in order to meet the energy needs in emerging countries. Click here to […]
A discussion took place at ITRE Committee on the Commission’s proposal to amend the Council Regulation (EU) No 560/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking. The BBI JU is due to operate for 10 years until 2024. The main issue of the regulation concerns the need […]