• Posted 30-Aug-2019

EU Sets Out Forest Restoration Framework

The Commission have adopted a Communication on a framework of actions intended to protect and restore the world's forests, in an effort to support the biodiversity and industry that rely on them and to help fight climate change.


  • Posted 30-Aug-2019

EU and Canada Commit to Strengthening Cooperation on R&I

In July, at the EU-Canada Summit in Montreal, both actors reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen cooperation on science, technology and innovation.


  • Posted 30-Aug-2019

Juncker Plan: €800 million for innovative small and medium-sized businesses in eleven countries

The financing will target companies using new technologies and producing new products in one of the eleven countries where the facility is available.


  • Posted 30-Aug-2019

European Union becomes an observer to Council of Europe's anti-corruption body GRECO

The Committee of Ministers representing the 47 Member States of the Council of Europe on July 10 adopted a decision accepting a request by the European Union to become an observer with the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).


  • Posted 30-Aug-2019

COST Action Updates

At the end of June, COST’s Executive Board bid farewell to their outgoing President, Prof. Dr Sierd A.P.L. Cloetingh, and welcomed in Prof. Paulo Ferrão as the new President of the COST Association.