- Posted 23-Nov-2020
The pandemic is a threat to municipal and regional finances in Europe, a joint CoR-OECD survey warns
The COVID-19 crisis is strongly affecting regions and cities in Europe. According to a joint CoR-OECD survey presented during the ECON commission meeting, most local and regional authorities expect the socio-economic crisis to severely affect their finances.
- Posted 23-Nov-2020
EU-wide monitoring system will track progress towards a sustainable Bioeconomy
A new monitoring system will help ensure that the European Bioeconomy contributes effectively to the objectives of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy, the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Posted 23-Nov-2020
Public consultation on sustainable blue economy open for contributions until 7 December 2020
The European Commission started a public consultation in October. The goal is to aid economic recovery and tackle climate change, by promoting sustainable products and services – e.g. marine renewable energy – that preserve the marine environment and maintain ocean health.
- Posted 23-Nov-2020
Towards a sustainable ecosystem for long term digital preservation of cultural heritage
In 2017 nine national archives and museums from eight European countries completed a pre-commercial procurement to improve the quality of digital files that preserve our cultural heritage for the long-term future to prevent degeneration of data storage quality over time. The procurement resulted in worldwide adoption of the three resulting open standardised solutions that improve the capacity, accuracy and quality of digital preservation at a reduced cost.
- Posted 23-Nov-2020
More than €50 million requested for projects improving the EU’s cybersecurity capabilities and cooperation
The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) cybersecurity call funds projects that aim to increase the cooperation and the capabilities of actors fundamental for the EU Cybersecurity Strategy in a variety of domains: from coordinated response to cybersecurity incidents and cybersecurity certification to capacity building and public-private sector and institutional cooperation.