Videos
Cohesion Policy – Dialogue between key actors
Cohesion Policy is the EU’s main investment policy. It targets all regions and cities in the European Union in order to support job creation, business competitiveness, economic growth, sustainable development, and improve citizens’ quality of life.
Tweets of the Week: Strasbourg Return, Macron Slap, Cornwall Travel
MEPs are back in place, Macron gets slapped in the face, taking a plane, what a disgrace.
Over a Coffee with Alex Rogers, Executive Vice President of Qualcomm
Over A Coffee with Alex Rogers, Executive Vice President of Qualcomm, and President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing A recent Accenture study on the impact of 5G in the European economy reports that 5G will drive up to €2.0 trillion in...Promoted content
EDD21: Join us at the “The Global Village Online City Hall”!
This year, the European Development Days (EDD) are fully digital. But once again, the five major international networks of local and regional governments active in development cooperation (AIMF, CLGF, PLATFORMA/CEMR, UCLG and UCLG-Africa) are showcasing how cities and regions lead...
Media Partnership – The European Green Deal: How does the German Mineral Water Sector Contribute?
The European Green Deal affects sectors of the European economy in different ways and poses a major challenge.
Shaping the agriculture of tomorrow – How can farmers and consumers benefit from a reformed CAP?
In 2020, the agricultural sector faced unprecedented challenges due to the Covid-19 crisis. From logistical issues, a shortage of workforce, to radical changes in demand, the sector showed its resilience by adapting to the different challenges. Overall, the impact of...
COP26: Will it be different this time?
After being delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, will take place in Glasgow from 1 – 12 November 2021. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres described 2021 as a “make or...Promoted content
Beyond sandboxes
Innogrid 10th edition – 11 June 2021 On 11 June, “Beyond sandboxes”, a selection of EU funded projects will showcase how they can accelerate the transition.Promoted content
CEPA celebrates World Pest Day
CEPA #TheGoodPestManager would like to thank everyone in the pest management industry for their hard work through what has been a difficult year. The industry remains essential to public health, and contributes to the protecting our urban environments and supply chains.
A re-‘CAP’ of Common Agricultural Policy coverage
This year has been a decisive one for the reform of the EU’s farming subsidy programme, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Tweets of the Week: European Semester, Sound Canon, ECJ Hungary case
Commission unveils the European Semester, the EU is not the sound canon tester and Viktor Orban finds that he’s the court jester.
Global Europe: Is the EU serious about engaging with Africa?
The EU and African Union seek to make up for the time lost in 2020 by accelerating talks on a new strategic partnership covering political and economic cooperation. But some are asking whether the EU’s plan to strike a strategic...Promoted content
Copper and the Circular Economy
Society must learn to treat waste as a resource, and the circular economy is the golden opportunity to do so.
CAP impact: voices from beyond EU borders
From competition with local products to the recent focus on agriculture sustainability, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) carries a lot of clout on the EU’s neighbours and trade partners. In this video reportage, EURACTIV asked agriculture stakeholders and representatives from...Promoted content
Innogrid 10th edition – 4 June 2021
On 4 June, we will debate how to incentivise innovation, how flexibility markets act as vehicles for renewables integration and how innovation supports energy system integration; with a focus on electromobility.
Georgia’s road to the EU: What’s next?
2019 marked the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), when the EU strengthened its relationship with 6 Eastern partners. Georgia, as one of the most ambitious of the six partners, has seen its ties with the EU grow stronger since 2009.
China, EU and US cooperation on climate change – Is there political will to make real progress?
China, the EU and the US are collectively responsible for around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Investing in sparsely populated regions
Investments into remote and sparsely populated regions are an often overlooked area of EU support. EURACTIV travelled to Ličko-Senjska county in central Croatia, a two-hour drive from the capital Zagreb, to explore how EU-funded projects are contributing to improving the...
EU agenda for global forests – Getting the balance right
The EU engagement in negotiating Forest Partnerships for the period 2022-2027 is expected to deliver on the European Green Deal priorities as well as the EU’s development cooperation objectives, including poverty alleviation and human rights.
Tweets of the Week: Ryanair grounding, Shell lawsuit, CAP reform
Ryanair flight forced down, CAP reform’s final round, Shell legally bound
What’s the CAP impact on third countries?
Although Europe have abandoned the use of subsidizing export of its agricultural products, the EU’s main farming subsidies scheme continue having an impact on third countries, particularly the ones that can afford a similar direct payments system.
The Recovery and Resilience Facility: Can effective oversight bring about true reform?
Member States are in the process of submitting their recovery and resilience plans that set out a coherent package of reforms and public investment projects.
Cogeneration and district heating: An enabler of the green transition?
According to a recent study, cogeneration or, as it is also called, Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in district heating, is thought to be an efficient enabler for reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.