Eurada News nº400 - May 2020 The Hidden Cost of Card Payments – EuroCommerce Call for a Reform of the Interchange Fees Regulation The increasing usage of payment cards in recent years – intensified by the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis – has raised concerns over the substantial market power held by operators of payment [...]
Eurada News nº400 - May 2020 How can digital financial services help MSMEs? Adapting to change is crucial for keeping Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) relevant and able to grow. Although in the current climate of economic contraction, survival is perhaps a more appropriate aim than growth, moving with the times is still of [...]
Eurada News nº400 - May 2020 The Commission’s SME strategy and the role of RDAs The EU SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe lists three pillars to focus on and a strategy for governance to comprehensively address the needs of diverse SMEs. EURADA believes that Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) have a role to [...]
Eurada News nº400 - May 2020 ESSPO Final Conference Although there is not a chosen date yet, the final conference of the Interreg project ESSPO is drawing near. Learn which will be the main topics and what is the project about. The Final Conference of the project ESSPO, in which EURADA takes part, will not [...]
After several weeks of teleworking and attending webinars organised by several institutions and organisations, it was EURADA’s turn to take the front seat and participate in a webinar it will be hosting. This happened on the 14th of May when EURADA co-organised a webinar together with the Artisans of Innovation entitled “How the creative, [...]
EURADA contributed to the European Alliance against Coronavirus debate during a webinar organised by the European Clusters Alliance on the 19th of May 2020. This association represents over 700 clusters in 12 Member States. During the webinar, Mrs Tereza Krausova from the European Commission (DG REGIO), presented the mobilisation of resources and flexibility rules of the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiatives (CRII and CRII+). These regulations already approved by the European Parliament and [...]
The last call of Science with and for Society, under H2020, closed on the 23rd of April. The amount of proposals and funds requested shows the commitment of the EU in this area. Applicants requested almost €700 million, 11 times the total available budget, and more than 400 project proposals have been submitted. The [...]
Eurada News nº399 - April 2020 The Role & Value of Culture and Creative Industries During and Post the Covid 19 Pandemic As in the last month edition of EURADA NEWS, we publish an article of an external contributor: Johanna Suo Kouzmine Karavaïeff. In the following lines, she will explain how Cultural and Creative Industries can [...]
Eurada News nº399 - April 2020 ROCKET, Oost NL’s Successful Project EURADA’s secretariat is committed to finding best practices from development agencies and disseminating them amongst its network and beyond. Every year, EURADA organises its Awards, with the aim of getting to know better the good practices conducted by members and non-members over recent years. The [...]
Eurada News nº399 - April 2020 The LIFE Call is Open and Ready for Your Proposals The last stage of the funding period for 2014-2020 is opening for submissions now. This is a key moment to submit proposals on the given topics since it will serve as a bridge for the upcoming 2021-2027 period. The LIFE [...]
