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New markets for SMEs with easy access to information on standards in China

CEN and CENELEC

Brussels (21 January 2010) –  Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) lack resources and language skills to obtain information on standards in China. This will be made easier with an upgraded Standardisation Information Platform agreed on 20 January 2010 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Brussels. 

Harmonising payment services in Europe

Euractiv

EurActiv ‘Special Week’ coverage on the Payment Services Directive and the Single Euro Payment Area

EurActiv, the independent media portal specialised in EU policies, will be running special coverage next week on the move towards a harmonised payment system in the European Union. 

CEEP addresses the constitutive meeting of the Parliamentary

CEEP - European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing public services

ntergroup on Public Services
In Strasbourg on the 20th January 2010, Ralf Resch, General Secretary of CEEP, addressed MEPs in the first meeting of the Intergroup on public services in the European Parliament. He stressed the fact that “the creation of such an Intergroup was broadly supported by CEEP as a means of consulting key stakeholders. Indeed, now that the Parliament is given legislative powers in the field of Services of General Interest, it is essential that future policies are based on the real needs of the providers of those services”.

BOOSTING PUBLIC TRANSPORT: ACTION!

UITP - International Association of Public Transport

On January 20, the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is officially announcing the theme of its 59th World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition ‘Boosting public transport: Action!’ The Congress and the Exhibition will be hosted by Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai (RTA) on 10-14 April 2011 in Dubai. UITP and RTA welcomed press and media to a press conference organised for the event at the RTA Auditorium located in Umm Ramool, Dubai.

Spam Survey 2009: status report of the fight against spam in Europe

ENISA

The EU ‘cyber security’ Agency - ENISA (the European Network and Information Security Agency) presents its new, 3rd ‘spam report’, i.e. anti-spam measures implemented by European Internet service providers (ISPs). The report looks at spam budgets, impact of spam and spam management. No significant progress is reported in the fight against spam.

Flexible working: Governments "Must 'Think Small First" on Employment Legislation

ACCA

What Is Flexible Working? A simple question, but one that many small businesses (SMEs) aren't sure how to answer. Whether or not they can answer it, evidence collected in a new report by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), written in conjunction with the UK All-Party Parliamentary Small Business Group, shows that SMEs are often actively engaged in offering flexible working opportunities to their staff, even if they are unaware that what they are providing is 'flexible working'.

ANEC - The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation

ANEC is the European consumer voice in standardisation. ANEC represents the European consumer interest in the creation of technical standards, especially those developed to support the implementation of European laws and public policies.

 

Boosting public transport: ACTION!

UITP - International Association of Public Transport

Dubai, 20 January 2010

On January 20, the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is officially announcing the theme of its 59th World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition ‘Boosting public transport: Action!’ The Congress and the Exhibition will be hosted by Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai (RTA) on 10-14 April 2011 in Dubai. UITP and RTA welcomed press and media to a press conference organised for the event at the RTA Auditorium located in Umm Ramool, Dubai.

BirdLife International's reaction on the European Commission's communication: Options for a EU vision and target for biodiversity beyond 2010

BirdLife International

Brussels, 19 January 2010 - Today, the European Commission published its communication with the long term vision for biodiversity (by 2050) and four options with different level of ambition for its 2020 biodiversity target.

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