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Promoting innovative cogeneration in cities

COGEN Europe

Best practice cases of cogeneration in cities at EUSEW seminar in Brussels on 25 March.

8 March 2010

One outstanding example of the promotion of cogeneration by a city is Berlin. Its campaign “KWK Modellstadt Berlin” (CHP Pilot City Berlin) shows on several levels how to promote cogeneration in an urban environment and how to combine cogeneration with other innovative technologies and with renewable energy sources.  

Citizens denied transparency and open debate on GMO issue

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Brussels 08-03-2010

 

The European Parliament has rejected a GUE/NGL proposal for a debate with the Commission on GMOs. 

Pets: de Brún report to improvemobility and health

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Strasbourg 8/03/10 

GUE/NGL MEP Bairbre de Brún will speak in Strasbourg today on a report she authored on the non-commercial movement of pets. This legislative text is the first modified regulation coming to the plenary, falling under the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty 

Economic and social justice for women is more pressing than ever!

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Strasbourg, 8/03/10 

The financial, economic, and social crisis of capitalism in Europe and globally are generating greater inequalities, precarity, unemployment, and poverty in our societies. Existing inequalities are being reinforced, including between women and men. The feminisation of poverty is not only a world-wide reality; it is also a European reality.  

XBRL : a matching challenge towards simplification

ACCA

Too few finance professionals have sufficient knowledge of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) – a tool designed for the digital communication and presentation of financial and business data – which is why FEE (The Federation of European Accountants) and two of its member bodies, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and Royal NIVRA (Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut van Registeraccountants), recently organised a roundtable to raise awareness of XBRL.

Aquawareness Policy Forum: "Water 2030 - who cares?"

EWP - European Water Partnership

The European Water Partnership has the pleasure to invite you cordially to attend and participate in the Aquawareness Policy Forum "Water 2030 - who cares?" taking place on the World Water Day in Brussels and being part of the European Union Sustainable Energy Week.

EUFORES Presidents ask for strong National Renewable Energy Action Plans

EUFORES - European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources

Press Release EUFORES

Brussels, 8th March 2010

EUFORES Presidents ask for strong National Renewable Energy Action Plans EUFORES Board of Presidents, Claude Turmes (EUFORES President, Member of the European Parliament - MEP), Fiona Hall (EUFORES Vice-President, MEP) and Anni Podimata (EUFORES Vice-President, MEP) call upon Member States to submit ambitious National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) to the European Commission in June this year.

ACCA and EFAA Joint Position Statement

ACCA

The proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC

Our position
In advance of the vote in the European Parliament on the report to amend Directive 78/660/EC on the annual accounts of certain types of company, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and EFAA (the European Federation of Accountants and Auditors for small and medium-sized enterprises) wish to make the following comments on the proposal.  

Exempting Europe's micro enterprises from a financial reporting requirements: frequently asked questions on the views of ACCA

ACCA

Q: Why is ACCA opposing an initiative to reduce red tape for small businesses?
A. ACCA actively supports the reduction of the administrative and other burdens that regulation imposes on small businesses. Through our SME Unit and ACCA’s SME Committee, we have constantly sought to give voice to the cause of reducing burdens on small businesses.  Through our publications, our events, our research and our networks we have consistently urged opinion formers and policy makers to Think Small First.  

Catholic development agencies and partners worldwide demand better cooperation with the European Commission

Caritas Europa

4 March 2010, CIDSE & Caritas Europa Press release –

BRUSSELS - Today in the European Parliament, the two networks of Catholic development
agencies, CIDSE & Caritas Europa, presented a unique set of recommendations to the
European Commission (EC) in an attempt to improve cooperation between the Commission
and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). After discussion with Commission officials, CIDSE &
Caritas prepared a joint statement on the challenges the networks and their partners in Africa,

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