- Posted 28-Mar-2022
The Commission invites ethical hackers to the NextGov Hackathon with Nextcloud from 25 April to 10 May 2022!
The NextGov Hackathon featuring Nextcloud is an online hackathon organised by the Open Source Programme Office at the European Commission together with Nexcloud. It builds upon earlier open source hackathons organised by the European Commission to enable the rapid creation of innovative solutions.
- Posted 28-Mar-2022
European Commission will support agriculture and rural development in the pre-accession countries with over €900 million
The European Commission adopted rural development programmes (IPARD) under the instrument for pre-accession assistance for Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey, with a budget of €112, €97, €288 and €430 million respectively. The programmes provide the basis for EU support in the field of agriculture, rural development and food security for the period 2021-27, particularly important in the current geo-political context.
- Posted 28-Mar-2022
EU cohesion policy: Commission adopts the first Interreg cooperation programmes for the 2021-2027 period worth more than €481 million
The first Interreg programmes of the 2021-2027 programming period have just been adopted by the Commission covering three European Territorial Cooperation programmes, involving an investment of worth more than €481 million. Programmes approved are the ‘Interreg Central Europe', the ‘Interreg Austria - Germany (Bavaria)' and the ‘Interreg Germany (Bavaria) - Czechia'. The budget will be allocated in line with the EU priorities of a smart, green and inclusive Europe.
- Posted 28-Mar-2022
Food security: Commission steps up support for global action to transform food systems via eight Global Coalitions
In light of the dire food security situation and high food prices, after two years of COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Commission is today stepping up its support to the transformation of food systems by actively engaging in eight global Coalitions for Action. These will assist partner countries in their efforts to transform food systems and help to advance the Farm to Fork Strategy agenda internationally.
- Posted 28-Mar-2022
The Commission proposes new rules to boost cybersecurity and information security in EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies
Τhe Commission proposed new rules to establish common cybersecurity and information security measures across the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. The proposal aims to bolster their resilience and response capacities against cyber threats and incidents, as well as to ensure a resilient, secure EU public administration, amidst rising malicious cyber activities in the global landscape.