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EU and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work together against poverty-related diseases

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

The European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have today pledged to work together to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other poverty-related diseases that together affect more than 1 billion people worldwide. The agreement, signed in Paris today by foundation co-chair Bill Gates and European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, creates a new strategic partnership for research in the area.

Public sector finances will play a critical role both in economic recovery and preventing future crises, says senior member of ACCA’s Global Forum

ACCA

“Accounting standards support the generation of consistent quality management information for controlling and reporting on the use of current resources as well as informing future planning decisions” said Chris Ridley, member of ACCA’s (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Public Sector Global Forum at the sixth Astana Economic Forum in Kazakhstan recently.

Malta Police announcement about Dalli case shows unprofessional work of OLAF. Ingeborg Grässle MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

Following reports that police on Malta found no evidence to incriminate former EU Commissioner John Dalli, the Coordinator of the EPP Group in the Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament, Inge Grässle MEP, said:
"The admission by the Maltese police amounts to a declaration of bankruptcy for the work of OLAF Director-General Giovanni Kessler, who personally led the investigation against John Dalli".
"It appears the EU's anti-fraud office OLAF has no criminal evidence against John Dalli".

FIA Director of Communications

FIA EUROPEAN BUREAU

Norman Howell will be leaving the position of Director of Communications at the FIA on July 1st.
 
He has accepted the offer to become Vice President of Corporate Communications EMEA Division at the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), based in London.
 
He will be moving back to the UK where he can best combine his professional and family life.
 

From Reform to Growth: Managing the Economic Crisis in Europe

CES - Centre for European Studies
• Olof Ehrenkrona, Ambassador at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and a member of the CES Academic Council, presented the book on the occasion of the Economic Ideas Forum conference in Helsinki.
• The book assesses government responses to the current economic crisis and offers recommendations to policymakers at the national, EU and regional levels.

Arnaud de David-Beauregard elected new CLEPA President

CLEPA

At the CLEPA General Assembly in Madrid Mr Peter Tyroller, CLEPA President, announced the appointment of Mr Arnaud de David-Beauregard, FIEV Vice-President, as the next CLEPA President starting office on 1 January 2014.

Mr Tyroller who holds the presidency of the European Association since 2010 said: “I am delighted to welcome Mr Arnaud de David-Beauregard as my successor. His knowledge of the automotive industry and his business experience will be crucial for CLEPA”.

Innovative Leaders for the Automotive Supply Industry

CLEPA

CLEPA and Imperial College Business School forge a partnership to develop innovative leaders for tomorrow. The CLEPA Global Management Programme
(GMP) was unveiled today at the CLEPA General Assembly in Madrid.

The new EU draft legislation on disclosure of non-financial and diversity information: an opportunity we cannot miss!

ACCA

-The world is changing and corporate reporting must change too. Transparency, consistency and comparability of non-financial and diversity information are crucial to restore the trust of investors and stakeholders in large companies, but materiality is key to avoid creating new burden and help improving management, were the main conclusions of a recent roundtable at the European Parliament organised by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), Aviva and Eurosif.

EU anti-hacker law takes totally flawed approach to internet security

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

The European Parliament's home affairs committee today voted to endorse a legislative agreement reached with Council on EU rules governing cyber attacks (criminal attacks against information systems). The Greens opposed the agreement due to the failure to properly deal with security concerns or to differentiate between different types of system breaches and hackers. After the vote, Green justice spokesperson Jan Philipp Albrecht stated:

Internal Energy Market is the exit strategy from the crisis. Jerzy Buzek MEP, Maria Da Graça Carvalho MEP and Eija-Riitta Korhola MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

“Energy makes energy. I am convinced that the Internal Energy Market will boost our economy’s energy. We should make it our exit strategy from the crisis before it is too late. Energy prices in Europe are high and keep rising, whereas in the US or China they are falling. Europe is losing its competitive edge and the ones footing the bill are the consumer and businesses. The remedy is the Internal Energy Market.

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