To better leverage European innovation and technological knowhow, the EU-funded ClusteriX project created links between European regional innovation clusters, resulting in new opportunities for collaboration and higher levels of productivity.
da | de | fr | hu | it | ro | svA new building for the management of street waste collected in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona is delivering a range of benefits to the area’s 86 000 local residents and to the city as a whole. As well as improving waste collection services, the state-of-the-art facility offers energy efficiency savings, reduces water consumption and even provides a new urban space for the community to enjoy.
es | frThe CENFORGIL training centre in the Brussels commune of Saint-Gilles is helping to promote social inclusion, jobs, education and training in the area by providing courses for young job seekers who have not completed secondary education or who lack educational qualifications. With the extension of its “ATELIERS DU MIDI” site, the CENFORGIL training curriculum is also expanding to take in courses on ecological construction and new technologies.
fr | nlThe Green Energy project fosters innovation, research and technological development by stimulating knowledge transfer and cooperation between the University of Zielona Góra and the Brandenburg University of Technology. This should widen access to scientific knowledge and support integration between both sides of the German-Polish border, leading to economic development.
de | fr | plThe Opolskie region has gained five combustion engine rail buses to handle the non-electrified railway lines. That translates into 680 additional seats in regional public transport.
fr | plThe “Agence de Stimulation Technologique” (AST) of Wallonia provides vouchers for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as a means of business support for innovation, research and technological development. The vouchers allow SMEs to buy services related to technological innovation from accredited research centres, so as to encourage them to make the most of new technological developments.
fr | nlA major programme of ICT investment in Greece to upgrade network capacity will ensure that the public ICT infrastructure increases its capacity and service level nationwide. This is to be achieved by providing sufficient bandwidth to support current and future needs, securing public data and facilitate transactions through a modern electronic service.
el | frBy pooling resources and developing response procedures, the EU-funded project “Emergency response without borders” provides for faster and better coordinated emergency help in Schleswig-Holstein and Southern Denmark.
da | de | frPoland can look forward to greater energy security and less interruption to its gas supplies thanks to a project that aims to develop a huge underground storage facility at Kosakowo in Pomorskie. The scheme involves building four caverns which are capable of storing a total of 100 million m3 of gas.
fr | plPermanent exhibitions, laboratories, workshops and a multi functional planetarium will all form part of the Kopernik Science Centre, giving tourists and residents alike a unique cultural and scientific experience.
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