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The International Hellenic University in collaboration with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Municipality of Thessaloniki, the Business and Cultural Development Centre (KEPA), the Goethe Institut, the British Council, the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, the Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and the Creativity Platform, are co-organizing the conference Designing Creative Synergies 2016.

Today, the European Commission presents a first concrete outline of the European Pillar of Social Rights announced by President Juncker in September last year and launches a broad public consultation to gather views and feedback from otther European institutions, national authorities and parliaments, social partners, stakeholders, civil society, experts from academia and citizens. 

The European Commission seeks the views of all interested parties on the performance of the current Transparency Register for organisations and self-employed individuals engaged in EU policy-making and policy implementation and on its future evolution towards a mandatory scheme covering the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission.

A new report published by the European Commission examines how European countries teach and promote entrepreneurship in schools. Entrepreneurship skills involve a full range of competences needed to adapt to a constantly changing economy and competitive labour market, such as an entrepreneurial mind-set, creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, languages or communication.

The Juncker Commission’s top priority is to get Europe growing again and to increase the number of jobs without creating new debt. The European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) – the heart of the Investment Plan for Europe - and European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) both play a crucial role in creating jobs and growth.

February marks the end of Eurofound’s tenure as the coordinating Agency of the Network of EU Agencies 2015–2016. It proved to be a busy year, with the overall assessment of the year’s achievements being definitely positive. At a time when discussions about the future of the EU Agencies continue at the highest level, Eurofound was able to facilitate an effective dialogue with the EU institutions.

Promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship is an important way of creating new jobs and enhancing the labour market opportunities for the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups. Are Member States using the full potential of self-employment and entrepreneurship for tackling their employment challenges?.

Matching SMEs and talented researchers!  Under Horizon 2020, the European Union's Research and Innovation Programme, a new programme will support 90 SMEs hire a researcher to bring their brilliant idea to life.

The draft version of the regional Social Progress Index, released yesterday for public comment, aims to measure the social progress for 272 European regions as a complement to traditional measures of economic progress. The index scores absolute performance on a 0-100 scale for each of the 50 indicators included to measure the Index components. It also presents strengths and weaknesses relative to regions of similar economic performance.

The EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) Policy Conference is calling for contributions to the 2016 edition (Brussels, 14-16 June). It is a chance to help shape the energy landscape and play your part in activating Europe’s Energy Union.  Watch the EUSEW video to learn more.

Designed for practitioners such as social enterprises, investors, social finance intermediaries, market builders and social enterprise support organisations, this publication will guide you step by step through the process of designing and implementing initiatives to develop social finance instruments and markets. You will discover that there is no tried-and-tested formula or recipe and that there are challenges at whatever level you operate.