Category: General-pt

Yesterday, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Karmenu Vella, Adina-Ioana Valean, Chairwoman of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, First Vice-President of the Committee of the Regions and Neil Kerr,  Deputy Permanent Representative of Malta signed a joint declaration proclaiming 21 May as the European Natura 2000 Day.    “With the European Natura 2000 Day we pay tribute to…

The agricultural sector is facing major challenges in terms of food security, climate change, water scarcity and energy demand. Upcoming digital and exponential technologies have the potential to disrupt today´s agriculture. This transformation will require concerted actions with an integrated systems approach to smoothly guide the transition to a digitized agriculture. The aim of Agriculture…

Yesterday the European Commission published the Urban Water Atlas for Europe which aims to improve water management in cities. This atlas has been presented during the meeting of Ministers in charge of water management that has been hosted by the Maltese Government in Valetta. It explains in a scientific but accessible way the importance of…

Today, the LIFE programme has launched its 2017 call for proposals, underlining its commitment to supporting projects that protect the environment and tackle the impact of climate change, with over €373 million total budget. Of this, over €290 million is foreseen for the sub-programme for Environment and over €82 million for the sub-programme for Climate…

  Today takes place the World Intellectual Property Day as initiative of United Nations to show the function that its rights play (brands, patents, industrial designs, copyright) in the promotion of the innovation and the creativity, as well as for boosting entrepreneurship. “This year in the Woeld Intellectual Property  Day (PI) we celebrate the innovation…

24th April 2017, the European Parliament hosted the Young Entrepreneurs’ Day, organised by the Young Entrepreneurs Association from Romania, a high-level opportunity to communicate the identity, the role and the diplomatic nature of the Parliament. Authorities as Víctor Negrescu, member of the European Parliament; Gonçalo Lobo, vice-president of the Socio-economic European Committee; Peteris Zilgalvis, Head…

La Fundación Finnova abre su Convocatoria de Pre-propuestas LIFE 2017 para proyectos europeos dedicados a la protección y mejora del medio ambiente. Esta convocatoria está dirigida a entidades públicas y/o privadas que tengan un proyecto que pueda ser enmarcado dentro del Programa de Medio Ambiente y Acción por el Clima (LIFE), instrumento financiero de la Unión Europea.…

The EU Maritime Ministers are signing today in Malta a declaration on Blue Growth, as a part of the Ministerial Conference on Blue Growth and Ocean Governance in the EU and the Mediterranean, Innovation and Nautical Tourism. This declaration aims to take further steps in the development of the Blue Growth initiative, a European long-term…

  Worktel recibe el Sello de Excelencia de la Comisión Europea, tras su presentación en la convocatoria Instrumento Pyme del programa Horizonte 2020 del 15 de febrero de 2017. La plataforma online de alquiler de espacios de trabajo y salas de reuniones por horas, Worktel, continúa ofreciendo buenas noticias. A su reciente llegada a Reino…

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have announced yesterday “Bank On Nature” the first loan agreement backed by the financial instrument Natural Capital Financing Facility, this agreement will see Rewilding Europe Capital receive a EUR 6 million loan to provide support for over 30 businesses across Europe, focused on restoring and protecting natural areas.…