Last 25th of September DEV&CO19 took place in Paris. This event is the Forum of Attractivity and Economic Development Professionals, and it was organised by CNER, the French Federation of Investment and Economic Development Agencies. Most of the participants and speakers were from French development agencies, nonetheless, there was also external representation: Agencia IDEA from Andalusia [...]
In our efforts to spread out relations and sharing knowledge and good practices with new partners all around the world, we received on last Friday 11th of October the visit of the colleagues from the Korea Development Institute: Senior Fellow and Director of the Office of Global Economy, Cheonsik Woo and the research associates of the Office of [...]
These last three days the EURADA team was part of the more than 9,000 people that attended the European Week of Regions and Cities, the annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs, implement European Union cohesion policy, and prove the importance of the local and regional [...]
In the framework of the European Week of Regions and Cities, last 9th of October, the H2020 project TeRRItoria was presented in the workshop Science for Citizens: how science meets regions and cities, attended by more than 100 people. The workshop sought to present how citizens get involved in science and how researchers and policymakers are able [...]
On the 9th and 10th of October EURADA had the pleasure to take part in the kick-off meeting of POCITYF in Évora (Portugal). A new smart city EU-funded project, POCITYF, is set to transform our historical and cultural cities into more efficient, healthy, sustainable living environments with "positive energy districts". Led by EDP, the project kicks [...]
On the 20th of September we had the pleasure to host the kick off meeting of XPRESS (Support for Public Procurements to facilitate the collaboration between SMEs and public sector for the development and adoption in renewables in regions), a project funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme and coordinated by APRE – the Agency for the Promotion of European [...]
Past 27 September took place the second edition of the YES Conference (Youth Entrepreneurial Spirit), an event organised by Tuscany Region and EARLALL. Regional policy officers; EU representatives (European Commission, European Committee of the Regions); members of NGOs and international associations; the business sector; and, most important, young people discussed about how to boost young entrepreneurship in rural [...]
Eurada News nº392 - September 2019 Industry 4.0 and the Next Programming Period Last 17th of September, the city of Gabrovo in Bulgaria hosted an international conference on "Industry 4.0 and the Next Programming Period". This event was organised within the framework of the European Union inter-institutional Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP) by DG RTD and the [...]
Eurada News nº392 - September 2019 Save the date! Infoday on Sustainable Transport Big changes are being undergone in the transport sector through the H2020 programme. Transport represents a high percentage of the greenhouse gas emissions nowadays and measures are being taken to introduce sustainable tourism. With such big changes, security and other aspects cannot be [...]
Eurada News nº392 - September 2019 EU and National Funding Opportunities for Defence Technologies The European Defence Fund will provide a key contribution to Europe’s strategic autonomy, protecting and defending its citizens. It will promote defence cooperation among companies and between EU countries to foster innovation and develop state-of-the-art defence technology and products. As part [...]
