As part of the Skills Agenda for Europe, the Commission has published an 'Entrepreneurship Competence Framework' to raise consensus about what entrepreneurship skills are. The development of the entrepreneurial capacity of European citizens and organisations is one of the key policy objectives for the EU and Member States. The Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp) proposes a shared definition of entrepreneurship as a competence and aims to establish a bridge between education and work. 

European Commission has published a public consultation on the possible revision of the Mutual Recognition Regulation (EC) No 764/2008 applying in the field of the free movement of goods. If a business is lawfully selling a product in one EU country, it should be able to sell it in other EU countries without adapting it to the national rules of that country, even when there are no common European rules on how the product has to be manufactured (i.e. rules on the characteristics of the product, its size, composition, etc.).

This book brings together some of the key conceptual insights behind the "Three Os" and highlights actions that are already taking place or are being prepared at time of publication in May 2016. It is hoped that the ideas and initiatives described in the book will stimulate anyone interested in European research and innovation.

The 2016 event, hosted by CyIDA in Limassol, Cyprus, was attended by representatives from twenty five member organisations. The BEDA Strategic Policy Plan 2021 is now in its second year; as a means of conveying its five strategic objectives, the organisation has launched a new manifesto, setting out its plans to 2021. Having begun with ‘structure’, BEDA is now in the second phase of its Design Europe 2021 project – ‘populate’.

DG REGIO has published an economic analysis of the impacts of cohesion and rural development policies at country level based on model simulations of the volume and patterns of EU investments over the period 2007-2015. For this analysis, the actual data for EU investments for cohesion and rural development are used to simulate the policies with QUEST III, a macroeconomic model developed by DG ECFIN.

Switching from a linear (take-make-use-throw away) economy to an eco-design focused circular (make-use-reuse-remanufacturerepair) economy in which nothing is wasted is a critical challenge for Europe. It makes the economy more sustainable and reduces the environmental footprint through better resource management and reduced extraction and pollution;

During the latest decades, the power relations in the food supply chain have changed, leading to a progressive concentration of food manufacturers and retailers in the market and to a shift in bargaining power, mostly to the detriment of primary producers. In particular, the existence of Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) disrupts the functioning of the food supply chain.

This report was commissioned in the framework of an evaluation of the overall functioning of the design protection systems in Europe. The Economic Review of Industrial Design in Europe provides information on the general characteristics of design-intensive industries in Europe, on the type of IPR being used to protect designs and on the economic rationale behind using some IPRs more often than others.

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The Smart Guide to Cluster Policy is a new tool for policy-makers and practitioners to support industrial modernisation, SME growth and smart specialisation. The Guide was presented at the Smart Regions conference on 2 June 2016, and is the latest publication in the series of Guidebooks on supporting SME policy through structural funds. The new Smart Guide to Cluster Policy is a practical guide targeting regional authorities and stakeholders interested in "how to make better use of clusters for promoting regional industrial modernisation, supporting the growth of SMEs and encouraging smart specialisation".