Paskelbus tarptautinės EUREKA programos kvietimą teikti paraiškas pagal priemonę „MTEP rezultatų komercinimas ir tarptautiškumo skatinimas“, Mokslo, inovacijų ir technologijų agentūra (MITA) vėl laukia mokslo-verslo projektų. Bendras kvietimui numatytas finansavimas siekia 1 831 674 eurų, o didžiausia galima finan
Investment in research and development by companies based in the EU grew by 2.6% in 2013, despite the unfavourable economic environment. However, this growth has slowed in comparison to the previous year's 6.8%. It is also below the 2013 world average (4.9%), and lags behind companies based in the US (5%) and Japan (5.5%).
Global demand for food is expected to increase by 70% by 2050, while a steep increase in biomass use will also put pressure on agriculture. Feeding the world without damaging the environment is the focus of World Food Day 2014 – and the goal of several EU-funded research projects.
Meet Poppy, the first completely open-source, 3D printed, humanoid robot (@poppy_project). Poppy is a robot that anybody can build and program. That means it's not just a tool for scientists and engineers: the team of developers aims to make it part of vocational training in schools, giving students the opportunity to experiment.
According to the 2014-2020 EU financial framework for the 2014-2020 programming period, Lithuania will be provided funding of 44 billion LTL; of them a sum of about 23 billion LTL is composed of the European Social Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Cohesion Fund: the EU’s cohesion policy investments. The most important document that sets out what socio-economic changes will be aimed at investing these EU funds in Lithuania is the 2014-2020 EU Structural Funds Action Programme.
The levels of student tuition or administrative fees, grants and loans highlight stark differences across Europe, according to a report published on 22 October by the European Commission's Eurydice network. The report, which covers 33 European countries, reveals that fee systems have remained relatively stable across the continent, despite some notable exceptions. Germany is the only country to recently abolish tuition fees, despite introducing them only in 2007.
More than 20,000 entrepreneurs have already benefited from loans and guarantees worth a total of €182 million under the European Progress Microfinance Facility, according to the latest European Commission report about the implementation of this financial instrument.
In particular, the report finds that Progress Microfinance has significantly contributed to job creation, by enabling credit for unemployed or inactive people struggling to borrow money from financial institutions.
Recommendations:
The European Commission should support Member States in developing and implementing comprehensive national frameworks for diversifying provision and integrating new modes of learning and teaching across the higher education system. It should promote mutual learning on key aspects including skills development, infrastructures, legal frameworks, quality assurance, and funding, in particular by exploiting the potential of the Erasmus+ programme.
The deadline for submitting entries to the European Green Capital 2017 competition cycle has expired.
The following cities have entered:
Bursa (Turkey)
Cascais (Portugal)
Cork (Ireland)
Essen (Germany)
Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)
Istanbul (Turkey)
Lahti (Finland)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Pécs (Hungary)
Porto (Portugal)
Umeå (Sweden)
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European Union (EU) greenhouse gas emissions fell almost 2 % between 2012 and 2013, putting the EU very close to its 2020 reduction target, according to new analysis from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EU is also on track to meet two other targets to boost renewable energy and energy efficiency by 2020.
That’s how the What Will You Plant...In 2011 exhibit ended. The Valley organized its own exposition for the first time in its heart–ASU Building IV, the location of the Communication and Technology Transfer Centre. The purpose of the exposition was to distinguish the products that the founders and partners of the Valley created together from the general mass at the exhibit. This is an attempt to introduce society to work done by scientists and entrepreneurs in the field of innovation.
