• Posted 12-Apr-2018

Morocco joins the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area

The European Union and Morocco signed today an international agreement on Morocco's participation in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area(PRIMA).


  • Posted 11-Apr-2018

VentureEU: €2.1 billion to boost venture capital investment in Europe's innovative start-ups

The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have launched a Pan-European Venture Capital Funds-of-Funds programme (VentureEU) to boost investment in innovative start-up and scale-up companies across Europe.


  • Posted 11-Apr-2018

Commission takes further action to better protect workers against cancer-causing chemicals

The European Commission presented on 5 April 2018 is taking another important step to protect workers in the European Union from workplace-related cancer as well as other health problems.


  • Posted 04-Apr-2018

Projects for Policy (P4P) Platform Launched The European Commission has launched a new initiative, called Projects for Policy (P4P), aimed at using the results of EU-funded research and innovation projects to shape policymaking.

The Projects for Policy (P4P) platform gathers the results of previously funded FP7 projects, which can help to further shape EU policies in selected areas in line with the European Commission's commitment to evidence-based policymaking and exploiting valuable research and innovation results to their full potential.


  • Posted 04-Apr-2018

Commission welcomes ambitious agreement on first ever EU legislation to monitor and report CO2 emissions from heavy-duty vehicles

Representatives from the European Parliament and the Council reached 26 March 2018 a provisional agreement on the Regulation for monitoring and reporting CO2 emissions and fuel consumption data from new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), i.e. lorries, buses and coaches.