European Public Sector Award, EPSA 2011 - “Public Sector Excellence Awarded in November in Maastricht”
On 15-17 November 2011, the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) will be proud to honour the most innovative performers in European public administration with the prestigious European Public Sector Award 2011. This is an award for the best and most innovative public sector performers in the fields of: Smart Public Service Delivery in a Cold Economic Climate; Opening up the Public Sector through Collaborative Governance; and Going Green: Concrete Solutions from the Public Sector.
A Nice, les députés européens Marie-Christine Vergiat (Front de Gauche, France) et Jürgen Klute (Parti Die Linke, Allemagne) participent activement, aux côtés des mouvements sociaux, aux mobilisations populaires alternatives au G20.
Executive Summary
ECTA’s members welcome BEREC’s draft guidelines on Net-Neutrality and Transparency and support BEREC’s pragmatic approach to the Net-Neutrality debate. ECTA members stress that, with respect to transparency and Net-Neutrality, it is important to consider that:
The IRU Goods Transport Council has revised the IRU’s General Conditions for International Carriage of Goods to better reflect the latest economic, legal and contractual developments in hauliers’ operating environment.
Twenty-five years after the EU Recommendation 86/666/EC on fire safety in hotels, and 20 months after the adoption of the HOTREC MBS Methodology – guidelines for fire safety in Europe, consumers are still waiting for a more binding instrument able to achieve their expectations on safety. ANEC questions the claim that hoteliers are using the MBS Methodology and welcomes the recommendation of the European Parliament² to look for regulatory solutions if self-regulation fails
Brussels – The correct European approach to net neutrality, one which is based on openness, transparency and competition, can have a significant positive impact on EU citizens and on businesses’ capacity to compete in the global arena, underlines ETNO in its response to the BEREC consultation on draft guidelines for transparency and net neutrality.
The first joint cyber security exercise between the European Union (EU) and United States (US) is being held today (3rd Nov.) in Brussels, with the support of the EU’s Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) and the US Department of Homeland Security. The day-long table-top exercise, Cyber Atlantic 2011, is using simulated cyber-crisis scenarios to explore how the EU and US would engage each other and cooperate in the event of cyber-attacks on their critical information infrastructures.
Brussels, 2 November 2011 – At the 3/4 November 2011 Cannes Summit, important decisions will be made to tackle the root causes of the crisis and to strengthen financial regulation.
Commenting on the decision by Greek prime minister Papandreou to hold a referendum on the implementation of the terms of the latest Greek bail out, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit said:
