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European project further consolidates the potential for cogeneration in achieving energy savings and CO2 emission reductions to 2050.

COGEN Europe

At a time when the EU is discussing the future direction of its energy policy and has started the revision of the Cogeneration Directive, the results of the CODE project highlight the 120 GWe untapped potential which Member States believe can be developed by 2020. Showcasing three innovative case studies the expert meeting on Friday 25 March in Brussels heard how the sector continues to develop new business
models around bio-energy, electric cars and district heating. However, the policy environment still fails to promote anything like the full sector potential.

Trans Adriatic Pipeline identifies optimal pipeline route in Greece

TAP

Baar, Switzerland. TAP finalizes route refinement study of the pipeline section between Thessaloniki and the Greek-Albanian border.

More than 50 national and international experts conducted comprehensive and detailed studies of a 50 km wide corridor. Three extensive field missions were organised in northern Greece to identify geological, environmental and cultural heritage constraints as well as safety and social concerns.

Fair access to professions needs to add up, says ACCA in its new social mobility paper

ACCA

Widening access to the finance professions can only be achieved if all those involved in the process of qualifying professionals adopt values that truly break down barriers to entry, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) today in a new report called Climbing the ladder: ACCA and Social Mobility.

Automobile industry supports holistic transport policy approach; rejects u-turn on ‘co-modality’ in White Paper

ACEA - European Automobile Manufacturers' Association

Brussels, 28 March 2011 -- The ‘White Paper’ on transport published today by the European Commission in Brussels recognises that mobility and transportation will further boost economic growth and job creation while addressing major societal challenges including sustainable development, environmental protection and transport-related safety. The Commission, however, sends the wrong signal with regard to the acknowledged principle of ‘co-modality’, and ACEA calls for an urgent clarification to this respect.

EU Agency Presents the First Report Ever on how to Measure IT Resilience

ENISA

“If you Cannot Measure, it you Cannot Improve it!” -  Lord Kelvin

EU Agency Presents the First Comprehensive Report on Metrics and Measurements in Network and Service Resilience, Uncovering a Lack of Standards & Coherency

Boosting Entrepreneurship and Innovation…AER breaks new ground

AER - Assembly of European Regions

 Østfold (N), 25 March 2011

The Assembly of European Regions (AER) strongly believes in the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation as key factors for future European knowledge economies and a stepping-stone to emerge out of the current economic and financial recession. AER organised a debate, attended by more than 100 participants, where entrepreneurship and innovation were elaborated along a series of broader concepts highly relevant to regions:

WHO and the European Commission agree future common action in key areas

WHO

Senior officials and technical experts from WHO and the European Commission (EC) met in Brussels on 24–25 March 2011 to outline and agree how the two partnering organizations will work more closely together in priority areas of shared interests. The meeting was opened by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, who was accompanied by Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr Luis Sambo, WHO Regional Director for Africa and Dr Mirta Roses Repiago, Director of the Pan-American Health Organization, together with senior officials from other WHO regions.

The cure for what ails us is leadership...

CES - Centre for European Studies

It was supposed to be a historic meeting when EU leaders convened in March of 2000 to establish the Lisbon Strategy—a new goal for making the EU the ‘most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world.’ Ten years later, the EU has realised that the goals of this strategy are not realistic, to say the least, especially given that Europe’s growth has been severely disrupted by the economic crisis.

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