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Closer cooperation between standards organisations of Europe and Canada

CEN and CENELEC

Brussels, 17 February 2012 - The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) have today signed a cooperation agreement with the Standards Council of Canada (SCC).  This agreement provides a basis for closer collaboration on various aspects of standardization, which will facilitate trade in goods and services between Europe and Canada.

The Green Economy: MEPs must make it become reality!

Glass for Europe

As the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee prepares for a crucial vote on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) next week, MEPs face a critical moment in the fight to preserve Europe’s commitment to a green, efficient and low carbon economy.

WRC-12 modernises worldwide framework for spectrum use in Europe

CEPT ECC

Copenhagen, 20 February 2012 - The World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12) ended in Geneva on Friday, 17 February after several all-night sessions in its final week where delegates worked hard to reach consensus on an updated worldwide framework for use of the radio spectrum.

THOMAS TINDEMANS APPOINTED CEO, HILL+KNOWLTON STRATEGIES BELGIUM

Burson

Oslo / Brussels, February 15th, 2012: Hill+Knowlton Strategies has appointed leading PA consultant Thomas Tindemans as CEO of its Belgium firm.  Thomas joined H+K Strategies in September 2010 as managing director and today succeeds Jeroen van Seeters who takes up a new role as Strategy Director Europe.  

During his tenure of the past two years, van Seeters recruited the team that is now accessing leadership functions and set in motion the operational structures that will ensure further growth of the Brussels business.

EurActiv 'Special Report' on Data Protection

Euractiv

EurActiv, the leading online media reporting on EU affairs and policy issues, will run special coverage, from 20 to 24 February, on the issue of "Data Protection". The Special Report will look into data mining in some mobile applications and examine the share of information in a number of competition cases. EurActiv will also interview data protection experts and offer both a European and an international perspective on the issue.
The Special Report is sponsored by VISA Europe.

The Economic governance challenge in the EU: striking the right balance between discipline, accountability, growth and solidarity

ACCA

The Economic governance challenge in the EU: striking the right balance between discipline, accountability, growth and solidarity
21st March

Bibliotheque Solvay, Leopold Park, Brussels (enter the Parc Léopold from the Rue Belliard entrance, nr 137)

18.15-20.00h, followed by a cocktail reception

Public Services Employers Sign Joint Declaration on the Role of Public Services

CEEP - European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing public services

Press release of the Public Services Employers’ Forum (PSEF)
Public Services Employers Sign Joint Declaration on the Role of Public Services

Members of the Public Services Employers’ Forum (PSEF) signed a joint declaration on 17 February 2012 highlighting some of the most important challenges for public services at a time of tightening budgets, and setting out how public services employers can work together to tackle these common issues.

Caritas Greece faces the economic crisis. Caritas Europa urges decision makers in Greece and the EU to put people first

Caritas Europa

“We have many problems because nine out of ten immigrants in Europe pass through Greece. The Greeks are now only employing Greeks so these people remain stuck here until they can escape to another European country – usually through Italy,” says Begoña Kalliga Castiella of Caritas Greece.

Brussels, 17 February 2012 - Caritas Greece is working harder than ever to help people who are suffering from the country’s financial disintegration.

FTTH Council Conference: Investors need a strong political signal: a reasonable increase in copper prices over time above inflation would clearly indicate a change of direction

ETNO - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

BRUSSELS – Speaking today at the closing plenary of the FTTH Council Europe Conference that gathers more than 3000 stakeholders in Munich, Luigi Gambardella, Chair of ETNO Executive Board of ETNO, shared the vision of leading European telecoms operators on how to accelerate the deployment of high speed broadband in line with the objectives of the Digital Agenda for Europe.

45,000 Huawei Engineers Participate in the World’s Largest Desktop Cloud

HUAWEI

Shenzhen, China, 16 February, 2012: Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced that 45,000 Huawei engineers use virtual desktops as part of the world’s largest desktop cloud collaboration.

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