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1st IRU/EU Presidency Road Transport Conference & Ministerial Meeting to be held in Brussels on 1 December

IRU - International Road Transport Union

The 1st IRU/EU Presidency Road Transport Conference  & Ministerial Meeting will be held on 1 December 2010 in Brussels to focus on Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Road Transport for the Future.

Brussels - The 1st IRU/EU Presidency Road Transport Conference and Ministerial Meeting, hosted by the State Secretary for Mobility of the Kingdom of Belgium representing the EU Presidency, Etienne Schouppe, will be held in Brussels, Belgium on 1 December 2010 on the theme “Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Road Transport for the Future”.

KELLEN EUROPE AND ASAE HOST EUROPE TODAY CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Kellen Europe

November 12, 2010 (BRUSSELS, BE) – Kellen Europe, a division of global association management firm Kellen Company, today hosted the Europe Today conference in conjunction with ASAE, The Center for Association Leadership, at the ASAE headquarters in Washington, DC.  The conference provided U.S. association leaders with the latest information on the political changes taking place at the European Union level and the implications these changes will have for U.S. associations doing business in and with Europe.

Bottom up! European Regions focus on making Europe 2020 strategy a success

AER - Assembly of European Regions

Istanbul (TR), 12 November 2010.

As the newly adopted Europe 2020 strategy sets high objectives in terms of competitiveness and sustainable development, 500 representatives from 150 European regions gathered in Istanbul to adopt a Declaration on innovation, Research and Development (R&D), further cementing the AER as a key actor in building new models of growth for post-crisis Europe.

MEP GUE/NGL Miguel Portas on EU Budget talks Stinginess trumps European solidarity

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

With yesterday's 2011 Budget conciliation procedure suspended next year's financial necessities for EU policies, projects and programmes are clearly compromised.

"The responsibility for the current uncertainty must lie at the door of the leaders of some of the richest countries in the EU. The UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Austria and Germany after having accepted an agenda for talks focused on the future, then stated that they did not want to debate anything beyond current 2011 budget proposals."

AER 2010 Awards for the regional best practices in the fields of ‘Communicating Europe’ and ‘Innovation’ go to…

AER - Assembly of European Regions

Istanbul (TR), 12 November 2010.

The best Communicating Europe Region 2010

AER Elections 2010: Michèle Sabban re-elected President

AER - Assembly of European Regions

Under the lead of its President, AER elects a new Bureau in order to tackle the numerous challenges that regions will be facing until 2012

Istanbul (TR), 11th November 2010.

Mrs Michèle SABBAN, Vice-President of the Region Ile-de-France (F), was this morning re-elected President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER) for a second two-year mandate, during the AER’s General Assembly in Istanbul.

A floundered chance to check harmful speculation

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Calling new rules on 'alternative funds' including hedge funds and private equity a "missed opportunity", German GUE/NGL MEP Jürgen Klute said today's EP vote on the AIFM directive fell far short of what was required to effectively regulate hedge funds.

"Council has missed an opportunity here. It bowed down to the intense lobbying of the finance industry and the UK government, undermining efforts to put in place effective regulation at European level" he said after the vote.

MEP Spinelli Group launched today in European Parliament

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Today MEP's from the main political groups founded the MEP Spinelli Group. The Group will be co-presided by Andrew Duff (MEP, ALDE) and Sergio Cofferati (MEP, PD). Already more then sixty MEP's have joined by signing the Manifesto.

Pensions reform in the EU: Striking the right balance for the overall financial well-being of 21st century’s society

ACCA

- We need to create the right environment to find and maintain secure retirement benefit schemes throughout the EU, namely through cultural change, better coordination with job creation -and preservation- strategies, as well as better involvement of employers in these schemes - asserts ACCA (the association of Chartered Certified Accountants) today in its response to the EU Consultation Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems.

Researchers at Freie Universität Warn of Division between European Leadership and Population

FREIE UNVERSITÄT BERLIN

EU Liaison Office of Freie Universität Organized Discussion in European Parliament  -
Start of New Discussion Series for Researchers and Politicians

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