The summary of the brochure providing an overview of the possible combinations of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) is now available in all EU languages. The brochure published on 22 February is designed to help local authorities and project promoters make full use of the opportunities of combining the EFSI and ESI Funds.
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The Commission is today launching a public consultation to hear the views of entrepreneurs and start-ups, as well as all other stakeholders, on how to improve the environment for start-ups in the EU. The consultation launches the Start-up Initiative announced in the Single Market Strategy which aims at creating favourable conditions for entrepreneurs to start up and scale up their businesses in the EU.
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In the framework of the H2020 project EISS - Eco-Innovation Support Services using the Twinning Advanced methodology, project partners will elaborate a Design Option Paper (DOP), which will serve as a “guide” or a “handbook” to other innovation agencies to design and/or deliver similar, more enterprise-friendly programmes and services on eco-energy efficiency.
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Green areas in cities, like parks, public gardens and nearby forests fulfil a variety of functions, ranging from ecological values to recreational functions. They also provide aesthetic value and they play a role in promoting public health. In a general way, these areas contribute to a better quality of life of the inhabitants.
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Business support for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) remains a common focus for the Member States’ financial instruments. Success factors for these instruments include the importance of managing authorities understanding SMEs financing requirements. Success is also aided when SMEs understand the support available from managing authorities.
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Smart specialisation (S3) emphasises the identification of niches, cross-sectorial innovation and solving societal challenges. With this comes a need for an outward-looking dimension, to find a region’s potential advantages in international markets, and to identify partners to help deliver new solutions and solve common challenges.
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The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Société financière de la NEF (la NEF) have signed the first Social Entrepreneurship guarantee agreement aimed at supporting more than 300 social enterprises in France under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI).
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The Commission presents first deliverable of Circular Economy Package with new rules on organic and waste-based fertilisers in the EU. The reuse of raw materials that are now disposed as waste is one of the key principles of the Circular Economy Package adopted in December 2015. Today the Commission is proposing a Regulation which will significantly ease the access of organic and waste-based fertilisers to the EU single market, bringing them on a level playing field with traditional, non-organic fertilisers.
The Commission suggests policy measures to support the European steel sector to overcome its serious challenges, largely due to global overcapacity. The European Commission has presented today a Communication setting out how the European steel sector can overcome its short-term and long-term challenges with the support of Member States and the EU institutions.
The European Commission is announcing today an additional package of exceptional measures using all the tools made available in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to support EU farmers while safeguarding the EU internal market.
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On 10 March 2016, the Council adopted its position at first reading on a regulation which will facilitate the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the EU.
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