This episode of Business Planet looks at how a company in Finland is betting on the green economy. Helsinki-based SME Paptic has developed an innovative solution to fight one of the worst environmental scourges on the planet: plastic bags.
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has just published the call for proposals. The topic is 'Supporting the promotion and development of transnational thematic tourism products linked to cultural and creative industries'.
This contract is for the production of 'Technical guidelines for EU textile laboratories'. The guidelines should describe rules and procedures to facilitate the analysis and quantification of the fibre composition of at least 6 selected made-up and finished textile products.
The call for proposals for Sectoral Skills Alliances is now open and we will hold an online info-day on 16 February 2017. Lot 3 of the call is open to sectors who have been chosen to pilot the Blueprint for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills.
This episode of Business Planet comes from Berlin, Germany where the crew visit a fashion tech hot spot to find out about its business model, the opportunities it presents, and the secrets to its success.
Policy preparation at the European Commission is supported by both retrospective evaluations and forward-looking impact assessments.
The European Commission is organising the 2016 edition of the European Tourism Day in Brussels on 29 November 2016.
The topic of this year's conference is 'Enhancing synergies between tourism and cultural and creative industries. Innovative solutions as the driver for jobs and growth'
On 14 October 2016, the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs organised a high level event on 'Attracting investment and upgrading skills in textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries: Good Practices in European Regions'.
The recent study: Boosting the competitiveness of cultural and creative industries for jobs and growth shows that Cultural and creative industries (CCIs) employ more than 12 million people in the EU, which is 7.5% of all persons employed in the total economy.
The IPR Enforcement Conference provided a forum to discuss the latest developments in the area of IPR enforcement following the announcements made in the Digital Single Market Strategy of May 2015 and the Single Market Strategy of October 2015, as well as the Copyright Communication of December 2015.
Counterfeit and pirated trade is a significant economic risk that undermines innovation and hampers economic growth. This open launch event will present the key findings of a joint OECD-EUIPO (EU International Patent Office) report that includes quantitative analysis on the value of trade in counterfeits and pirated goods worldwide.
This study presents key quantitative analysis on the exponential growth of trade in counterfeits and pirated goods worldwide. It highlights emerging trends, both globally and at country level, and the key industries affected by this illegal activity.
This workshop was aimed at stakeholders in fashion, textiles, cultural and creative industries, to give a better understanding of funding opportunities under the European Fund for Strategic Investment.
Boosting innovation and competitiveness through unprecedented transeuropean parternerships is the business of the Worth Project. Business Planet went to the French Fashion Institute to learn more about how it can benefit entrepreneurs. The project creates partnerships between SMEs and the worlds of fashion, design and technology.
The European Commission has held this public consultation to seek views from all interested parties on establishing a new generic textile fibre name: polyacrylate.
Public consultation on cross-border parcel delivery "Initiative to enhance the affordability, quality and convenience of cross-border parcel delivery"
This Call, offering support to design-based consumer goods projects, aims to shorten the time-to-market of innovative solutions, remove obstacles to wider application of creative solutions, create or enlarge markets for related products (or services) and improve the competitiveness of European SMEs in world markets.
