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.

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.

“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

 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:

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.