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Brexit? That missed long-term opportunity…

September 11, 2017

Suppose for a while that the UK would not have taken the route of a referendum to part with the European Union; how do you think this Country would have found itself in 7-10 years’ time vis-à-vis to the EU? Well, oddly enough it would have found itself – or very close to – the… » read more

  Posted by Wishing on Europe

blogactiv, Citizens, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Global Europe, Social Europe & Jobs, UK in Europe, United Kingdom

Showcasing the communities of the future

September 8, 2017

  Guest post by Eamon O’Hara, Executive Director and cofounder of ECOLISE On 22nd September, policy makers and representatives of the thousands of community-led initiatives on climate change and sustainability in Europe will gather at a conference in the European Economic and Social Council (EESC), Brussels, to launch the first ever European Day of Sustainable… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, development, EU Priorities 2020

An Open or a Fortress Europe? – TAXI: Stockholm, Sweden

August 25, 2017

  Europe is the most open continent. Faced with less growth for part of its citizens, islamist terrorism and an increase in migrants and refugee influx, should it seize-up and become a ’Fortress Europe’? The above Eurobarometer suggests that, for the first time, Terrorism is EU citizens’ main concern, taking over from Immigration which took… » read more

  Posted by TAXI: Europa

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe, immigration, intégration, Social Europe & Jobs

Solvay goes for BRE(F)xit

June 27, 2017

Ana Barreira1, Director at the Instituto Internacional de Derecho y Medio Ambiente (IIDMA)2 Chlorine has a diverse variety of uses ranging from health and medicine uses to high-tech applications. Three techniques have been used to produce it: mercury, membrane and diaphragm cells. Mercury and its compounds are highly toxic to humans, ecosystems and wildlife. It… » read more

  Posted by The Guest Blog

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020

EU’s external fishing fleet to become the most transparent, accountable and sustainable globally following legal reform.

June 22, 2017

Author: Vanya Vulperhorst, Oceana Today’s agreement by EU bodies on a new regulation governing the European Union’s extensive external fishing fleet is a momentous step towards building sustainable fisheries globally and deserves wholehearted praise. After almost two years of negotiations, the European Commission, the Parliament and the Council of Fisheries Ministers have agreed on a… » read more

  Posted by Oceana Europe

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Fisheries, Global Europe, Health & Consumers, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev.

Member States must support an ambitious reform of the EU’s external fishing fleet regulation. In this crucial year for ocean governance, it will ensure much-needed transparency and help prevent illegal fishing.

June 20, 2017

This month’s first-ever United Nations Oceans Conference and the upcoming Our Ocean meeting to be hosted by the EU, put robust governance of our oceans and sustainable use of marine resources to the forefront as perhaps never before. With this in mind, the world’s largest market for seafood, the EU, must ensure the most ambitious… » read more

  Posted by Oceana Europe

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Development Policy, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Fisheries, Global Europe, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev.

Learn how to save energy in the office with our new interactive game developed for the START2ACT project!

June 19, 2017

As a group of SMEs, we at Europa Media and Geonardo are well familiar with the need to apply energy saving practices in our offices. In fact, that is where we drew our inspiration for the START2ACT project. Now, as the project is in its second year, we are never short of creative ideas for… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects

Data protection: The need for a global approach

May 23, 2017

The recent global ransomware attack ones more showed the world how dependent we are on digital infrastructure and how vulnerable this infrastructure is to the outside world. Anywhere in the world viruses, malware, etc. can be developed from a computer and start a chain reaction. Good reason to protect data from getting blocked, stolen or… » read more

  Posted by Antonius Voluptarius

blogactiv, EU Priorities 2020, EurActiv.com, Global Europe
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