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Car data privacy: Who’s in the driving seat?
As cars become more and more connected, the amount and the type of data they can capture – and share – increases exponentially. While sharing car data has the potential to optimize the driving experience for all, questions of data privacy naturally arise: especially when personal data is involved.Promoted content
European People’s Party: What role for the regions and cities in EU 2019 elections?
The European People's Party local dialogues are a central part of the grassroots engagement for the 2019 European elections, an initiative to be launched in Sofia, Bulgaria on 9 March 2018.Promoted content
Listed real estate: a large contributor to the EU economy
Real estate plays a crucial role in all aspects of our everyday lives. The new report by EPRA demonstrates that European listed real estate is a key sector for the EU economy, providing and securing a significant amount of jobs and investments.Promoted content
Mastercard: Core values in a changing payments landscape
With PSD2 now in force and an ever changing payments landscape encapsulated by changing consumer expectations and technological advances now is an exciting time for payments.Promoted content
The engineering industry is critical to EU and UK
Brexit poses three important challenges for the engineering industry: customs handling, differing standards, and restrictions for posted workers.Promoted content
Eastern Europe’s shadow economy: What citizens think
A new poll commissioned by Mastercard shows that citizens across Eastern Europe are not fans of the shadow economy.Promoted content
The textile and fashion sector: A powerhouse of EU manufacturing
The textile and clothing sector is a powerful manufacturing industry in Europe. Each step of the production chain is present in the European Union.Promoted content
Mastercard 2017 Masterindex survey on Pan-European E-Commerce Trends
Mastercard’s 2017 Masterindex survey on pan-European e-commerce trends reveals that Europeans are avid online shoppers!
Spain’s contribution to global agri-trade
Global trade has its ups and downs and the numbers involved are often difficult to comprehend. EURACTIV's partner EFEAGRO visualises EU agri-trade, with a focus on Spain's contribution, in this infographic.
How much money goes into Europe’s universities?
Almost a decade has passed since the financial crisis broke out, but universities across Europe are still feeling the pinch.Promoted content
Boeing: Current Market Outlook 2016-2035
Strong growth despite uncertainty Europe’s aviation market remained strong in 2015 despite significant economic uncertainties. Europe’s GDP grew by 1.9 percent in 2015 and is forecast to grow by 1.8 percent annually through 2035. The European aviation market is expected...Promoted content
The construction sector in Europe and its SMEs: facts and figures
The construction sector is the EU’s largest industrial employer with a total direct workforce of 18 million people and it contributes at around 9% to the GDP of the European Union.Promoted content
Socio-economic contribution of the European cosmetics industry
The vast majority of Europe’s 500 million consumers use cosmetic and personal care products contributing to well being and healthy lifestyles, and positive self-esteem every day. Ranging from antiperspirants, fragrances, makeup and shampoos, to soaps, sunscreens and toothpastes, cosmetics play an essential role in all stages of our life.
5 differences in corporates & federations communication
In April 2016, EURACTIV circulated a survey among EU affairs experts working in corporations and federations in Brussels, trying to examine the different roles these entities play in “the Bubble”, the synergies between them, but also what sets them apart in their approach to raise awareness of various policy aspects.Promoted content
European Textiles and Fashion: Facts & Figures
Textile and clothing sector is a powerful manufacturing industry in Europe. Our strength is that each step of the production chain is present in the EU.
Timeline of a crisis: Europe’s economic strategy from 2008 to today
At the outset of the economic crisis in 2008, the EU mirrored the rescue packages seen in the US and elsewhere. In total, more than €1.6 trillion was used to save the banks and €200 billion to keep the European economies afloat.Promoted content
TTIP: A Strong Framework for EU-US Regulatory Cooperation on Chemicals
For more than 29,000 European chemical companies, TTIP is a no-brainer: European manufacturing industries – not just chemicals, but other industries we supply such as automotive and construction – face growing competition from other global regions.
Women in ICT – How do EU member states measure up?
Women are underrepresented in the technology industry in Europe, constituting only 18% of the workforce.Promoted content
INFOGRAPHIC: European Advertising Consumer Research Index 2015
New research shows growing awareness of the OBA Icon, and understanding of this EU Industry initiative to give control over targeted advertising choices. In 10 of the 13 countries surveyed, at least 1 in 4 consumers who are aware of the OBA Icon say they have clicked on it.Promoted content
INFOGRAPHIC: Breaking the vicious circle for juvenile offenders
Foster care is an alternative response to juvenile offending, but only rarely used as part of juvenile justice systems in the EU.Special ReportPromoted content
INFOGRAPHIC: Coding at school — How do EU countries compare?
SPECIAL REPORT / Digital competences and ICT skills are seen as key for young people to integrate in the job market. Jobseekers will have a harder time finding work without them.Special ReportPromoted content
INFOGRAPHIC: Digital skills in Europe
SPECIAL REPORT / Most jobs today require some digital and ICT skills. Jobseekers will have a harder time finding work without them.Promoted content
PKN ORLEN challenge: Heat Up Innovation contest
PKN ORLEN challenge: Heat Up Innovation contest for waste heat recovery technologies that can operate with low-grade heat of about 115 to 120°C Conserving energy is an absolute necessity for all industries. It is no longer economically viable for manufacturing or processing plants to emit heat-laden exhaust into the atmosphere without first reclaiming a significant portion of that energy. PKN ORLEN has made optimal use of the high-grade waste heat sources in their refinery in Plock (Poland) to preheat combustion air, crude oil, and boiler feed water. However, the heat lost through the air coolers at the top of the K1 atmospheric crude distillation column still needs a solution. Pinch analysis has shown that with conventional technology no economic use of this low-grade heat (e.g. for further preheating the crude oil by heat from the process streams) is achievable within the refinery. A novel means to usefully capture a portion of this heat is required.Promoted content
