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RICS calls for water valuation to refocus management of the world’s most important resource

RICS

A method of attributing a financial value to water is needed to allow individuals, investors, banks and governments to appraise and understand their water resource, according to RICS’ information paper which is launched today.

ECR Group - European Conservative and Reformist Group

EACA call for entries for the Care Awards® 2011 is now open: Members of the European Parliament to judge Social Marketing Campaigns

EACA - European Association of Communications Agencies

Brussels 17 January 2011:  The EACA Care Awards 2011 are now open for entries until the 1st April 2011. These Awards for European Social Marketing Campaigns recognise excellence in promoting care for people, resources and the environment. They are part of the EACA’s overall commitment to promote Corporate Social Responsibility and are linked to the ACT Responsible online gallery and the ACT Responsible World Tour.

New EU Agency report on Governmental Cloud Computing Security in EU.

ENISA

The EU’s ‘cyber security’ Agency ENISA has launched a new report on Govermental Cloud Computing. The report is targeted at senior managers of public bodies who have to make a security and resilience decision about how to ‘go cloud’, if at all. The main goal of the report is to support governmental bodies in taking informed risk based decisions regarding security of data, resilience of service and legal compliance on their way to the cloud.

Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) welcomes European Union's cautious approach to Indirect Land-Use Change (ILUC)

UNICA - The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association

Brussels, 12 January 2011 - The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) is pleased that the European Union is pursuing a vigilant and cautious approach to indirect land-use change (ILUC) as it relates to biofuels and bioliquids. The report issued by the European Commission on December 22 is an example of continued commitment to improving the science behind ILUC.

Smart Move: road safety first: Bus and coach operators contribute to global UN Decade of Action efforts by making road safety their top priority for 2011.

IRU - International Road Transport Union

Geneva – True to the road transport sector’s commitment to support the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, the bus and coach industry has made road safety its top priority objective for 2011 within the global Smart Move campaign, notably by further developing and implementing industry’s road safety best practices and training activities, such as those provided by the

Climate Action rests with the regions!

AER - Assembly of European Regions

After a meeting in Brussels on January 13, AER President Michèle Sabban and the Commissioner for Climate Action Connie HEDEGAARD agreed the way forward to overcome the economic and ecological crisis

Strasbourg (F), 13 January 2011.

Michèle SABBAN, President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) met this morning with EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie HEDEGAARD to report on the policies implemented by European regions in the fields of adaptation to climate change and energy.

European Parliament to debate EU dioxin scare

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Following an initiative from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats this week, Parliament's group leaders approved this morning an addition to the agenda next week in Strasbourg to allow for a debate with the European Commission on the state of play regarding the dioxin scare that is affecting animal feed stocks and consumer products in a number of Member States following an incident at a German processing plant at the end of December.

Data Breach Notifications in Europe - new EU Agency report

ENISA

The EU’s ‘cyber security’ Agency ENISA, (the European Network and Information Security Agency) has today issued a report on Data Breach Notifications. The EU data breach notification (DBN) requirement for the electronic communications sector in the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC) is vital to increase in the long term the level of data security in Europe. The Agency has reviewed the current situation and identified the key concerns of both the telecom operators and the Data Protection Authorities (DPA)s in its new report.

EP delegation holds crisis talks in Lisbon and Madrid

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

In turbulent times a delegation of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (CRIS), lead by ALDE member and CRIS chairman Wolf KLINZ (FDP, Germany), is undertaking a long planned, but timely, journey to the capitals of Portugal and Spain. From Tuesday until this afternoon, the delegation that includes ALDE member Olle SCHMIDT (Folkpartiet, Sweden), has met representatives from both national parliaments as well as social and industrial partners, first in Lisbon now in Madrid.

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