Commission approves €350 million German plan for renewable hydrogen
In a significant show of support for the Green Transition, the European Commission has approved a €350 million German scheme to rapidly grow the production of renewable hydrogen.
Launch of the Global Green Bond Partnership
The Global Green Bond Partnership (GGBP) was launched in San Francisco, at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS). This new partnership will support efforts of sub-national entities such as cities, states, and regions, corporations and private companies, and financial institutions to accelerate the issuance of green bonds.
> Circular economy - EP propose ways to boost plastics recycling
EU - Designing a European Innovation Council
The European Commission launched a call for ideas on the setting up of a European Innovation Council
> EU - Bio-Based Industries JTI, Call 2016
> Research - ERA-NET Cofund WaterWorks2015, pre-announcement call 2016
Economic Forum, Europe in the Face of New Challenges
From reconstruction in Ukraine to sustainable mobility, what was discussed at the 31st edition of the Economic Forum, this year hosted by the city of Karpacz, Poland, from 6 to 8 September.
The EU Commission proposes additional € 5 billion of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
How NOT to work with the World Bank and other international financial organizations
A company can have several objectives beyond the simplistic but correct aim of profit maximization: these can extend to growth into new or foreign markets, the development of a social responsibility program, an increase in market share in its sector, networking for future opportunities, internationalization etc. or even the necessary fight for survival in these post great recession times.
> Business opportunities for medical devices with the World Bank and other IFIs
Business opportunities for medical devices with the World Bank and other IFIs
The World Bank Group, in order to tackle the medical crisis, will be providing up to $ 160 billion over the next 15 months in financing for delivering record levels of support in order to help countries protect the poor and vulnerable, reinforcing health systems, maintaining the private sector, and bolstering economic recovery.
MFF and Recovery Fund: Brussels should be ambitious
ESPON - seminar on territorial cohesion
Places in decline, are not left behind, they are kept behind, by decades of neglect, under-development, lack of investment and misguided policies said Professor Simin Davoudi, from the University of Newcastle, keynote speaker in the ESPON seminar about “the role of functional areas in territorial cohesion”.
> Mongolia - consulting services for sustainable urban transformation