This event will look at which policies public authorities can implement to optimise the collaborative economy for consumers and companies. It is part of the Single Market Forum 2016/2017.
This workshop aims to raise awareness of enforcement, compliance and surveillance in the European Single Market for Goods . The target audience is industrial companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.
This episode of Business Planet looks at what makes the French city of Lyon an entrepreneurial stronghold. The team visit a successful business in the medical industry that uses a unique tool to treat the eye disease glaucoma.
One year after the adoption of the Circular Economy Package, the Commission is taking stock of progress towards the circular economy.
The latest addition to the Copernicus satellite earth observation family will halve the time needed to provide precision land-use data to benefit farmers, builders, fishermen and anyone else who needs rapid access to up-to-the-minute data on conditions on the ground.
Today, the European Commission released the 2017 Rolling Plan on ICT Standardisation. The plan identifies ICT standardisation activities that support EU policies.
On 28 February in Athens, the European Commission officially launched the 2017 edition of the European Social Innovation Competition aiming to ‘reboot’ equality by inspiring Europeans to provide fresh and energetic approaches to technologies, digital inclusion, connectivity and skills development.
New year, new European Social Innovation Competition!
This Business Planet is special: a runaway success story for hi-tech entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic’s second city Brno. South Moravia is central Europe’s silicon valley.
Adoption of Commission Implementing Decision of the Revision of the Work Programme of COSME for 2017 - Commission Decision C(2017)1042 of 17 February 2017
Business Planet looks at the social and solidarity economy (SSE). Cooperatives employ about 4.5 million people. To better understand why an increasing number of entrepreneurs are using the SSE model, the crew look at a cooperative in the Paris region that is social, while also being competitive, robust and resilient.
This call for proposals aims to conclude a Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) with a European organisation representing SMEs' interests in European standardisation activities.
The 'High-Tech and Leadership Skills for Europe' conference on 26 January highlighted the need for more leaders and professionals with high-tech skills if Europe is to keep pace with fast and disruptive technological change.
European companies are increasingly adopting digital technologies, but there are still big disparities between EU countries with regard to digital transformation performance.
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.
One year after adopting its Circular Economy Package, the Commission reports on the delivery and progress of key initiatives of its 2015 Action Plan.
On 24 January 2016, the Commission is organising a workshop for SMEs on global value chains.
Advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) are key to industrial competitiveness, growth and job creation in Europe. This study identifies the main reasons for their adoption by companies and shows that the uptake of these technologies creates benefits to SMEs from, not only a technological but also an economic perspective.
Every year, around 450 000 companies and over two million employees are transferred to new owners but up to one-third of these transfers may not be successful. This episode of Business Planet looks at a business transfer system in Barcelona that works especially well.
The European Commission launched a public consultation on the evaluation of Directive 85/374/EEC on the liability for defective products. The contributions that were received are available below.
