AGE Platform Europe General Assembly, Brussels
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Interested in EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations?

Join DG CONNECT’s stakeholder meeting and share your views on the transatlantic relations in the ICT  on 12 June 2013.

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The purpose of this call for tenders is to evaluate the feasibility of a software-based EU-wide monitor of vacancies for ICT practitioners published online, including a geographic breakdown at least at NUTS2 level and an occupational breakdown into at least 20 sub-categories of ICT practitioners. The evaluation of the feasibility will include a pilot covering one member state.
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Interested parties, such as representatives of network operators, service providers, users, consumers, manufacturers, trade unions, third countries and international organisations, are invited to a short debriefing session following the Communications Committee (COCOM) meeting on Monday 3 June 2013. The session is estimated to start at 18:00 in the Charlemagne building. The debriefing is intended to give a general overview of the discussions in the Committee. In order to attend the debriefing, the interested parties are requested to register with the secretariat of the Committee at the latest by Monday 27 May 2013, using the enclosed registration form.
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In the construction sector, seasonally adjusted production fell by 1.7% in the euro area (EA17) and by 1.1% in the EU27 in March 2013, compared with the previous month, according to first estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2013, production declined by 0.3% in the euro area and remained stable in the EU27.
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Going local Italia 2013 – Roma, 3 giugno e Milano, 4 giugno
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New measures would give all Europeans a legal right to a basic bank account anywhere in the EU – and make switching to another provider easier.

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Don’t miss the main AAL event of the year, the AAL Forum in Norrköping, Sweden, from September 24th to 26th! Meet around 1000 participants from all over Europe, hear and discuss the latest news from the ambient assisted living field, learn more and network with decision makers, scientists, entrepreneurs, care providers, end users and more.
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Those 37 good practices have been provided by the members of the Action Group on integrated care of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. The collection of good practices is an ongoing activity of the Action Group, and is part of a wider exercise to define a methodology for the deployment of integrated care.
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EU meets Eastern and Southern African partners to discuss EPA implementation

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11th European Business Summit, Brussels
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A high-level event in Bratislava, co-organised by the European Commission and the Government of the Slovak Republic, today launched six scientific clusters to support economic development in the Danube Region. The six clusters will focus on: water; land & soil; bio-energy; air; data exchange & harmonisation; and smart specialisation.

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This event offers an opportunity to explore and discuss how Public Administrations can use semantic technologies to make information exchange more efficient and effective, allowing them to operate at lower costs and provide better services. The conference programme addresses topics such as: Basic data for public services; Open Standards for eGovernment; Data interoperability in the Cloud and on the World-Wide Web; Open Government Data and interoperability; Putting interoperability solutions in a regional or local context. It is organised by the ISA Programme of the European Commission. Attendance is free of charge but registration is required and places are limited.
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Euro area annual inflation was 1.2% in April 2013, down from 1.7% in March. A year earlier the rate was 2.6%. Monthly inflation was -0.1% in April 2013.
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The first estimate for the euro area (EA17) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in March 2013 gave a 22.9 billion euro surplus, compared with +6.9 bn in March 2012. The February 2013 balance was +10.1 bn, compared with +1.2 bn in February 2012. In March 2013 compared with February 2013, seasonally adjusted exports rose by 2.8% while imports fell by 1.0%. These data are released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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This conference will bring together Chief Information Officers and ICT managers from local government as well as business leaders. The goal of the event is to find answers to today’s challenges regarding ICT in cities. Participants will showcase key implementations and ideas, share experiences, facilitate debate and exchange views through presentations, roundtables, one-to-one discussions and workshops.
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This workshop was an attempt to understand and facilitate connections between Art and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
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This event is organised as a cross-dissemination event of ongoing projects. It foremost addresses European companies interested in research in the domain of ICT for manufacturing under the aegis of the FP7 Public Private Partnership “Factories of the Future”. One of the main objectives is to discuss emerging and novel “out-of-the-box” concepts and ideas for research, development and innovation. Innovation outcomes will be reviewed and future research agendas will be discussed.
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This conference will explore the emerging technologies and trends that are changing the way policy is made. Policy-making 2.0 refers to a blend of emerging and fast developing technologies that enable better, more timely and more participated decision-making in government. The aim of the conference is to cross-fertilize projects to support community building and to learn from each other. Over these two days many topics will be discussed including: open and big data, visual analytics, modelling and simulation, collaborative governance and crowdsourcing, serious gaming, and opinion mining.
There will also be a chance to submit an application for the Policy 2.0 prize. It’s goal is to raise awareness and consolidate the community about a new set of tools to support policy making, such as open and big data, visualization, opinion mining, collaborative governance, modeling and simulation, serious gaming.
The event is free and open to anyone with an interest in 21st century policy making.
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COM(2012) 392 final – Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.
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Recommendations for the Member States on open access.
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Concept paper of the Digital Science vision, and its integration in the Horizon 2020 programme.
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The European Commission’s central platform for disaster response, the Emergency Response Centre (ERC), was inaugurated today in Brussels on the occasion of the Civil Protection Forum, which aims to address the EU’s increasing role in disaster management.

This new Centre relies extensively on three JRC platforms used for the forecast and monitoring of floods, fires, humanitarian natural disasters and tsunamis, as well as on the JRC’s monitoring and analytical capabilities (ie: flash situation reports, map services…). The JRC also co-ordinates the Copernicus Emergency Mapping Service, which provides accurate geospatial information derived from satellite remote sensing which is completed by available in situ or open data sources.

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The European Commission will launch soon a call for tenders for a service contract of a maximum value of EUR 60 000.
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See also President Barroso’s call for progress at the 22 May European Council.

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See pages 10 and 11. See also Commissioner Šemeta’s press conference remarks.

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See page 27.

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Statement by EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht on mobile telecommunications networks from China

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GDP fell by 0.2% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.1% in the EU27 during the first quarter of 2013, compared with the previous quarter, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the fourth quarter of 2012, growth rates were -0.6% and -0.5% respectively.
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Commission calls for significant progress on completing the internal energy market and tackling growing tax fraud and evasion ahead of leaders’ meeting.

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The forecast for the Future Internet looks bright and sunny thanks to good news and progress in the first half of the year. Europe can expect even bigger things around the Horizon 2020 launch …
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European researchers have set a record for data transfer using an advanced version of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Partners in the CHANGE and Trilogy 2 projects are reporting throughput rates of 52 Gbps for a single TCP connection over six parallel 10 Gbps links. This is equivalent of sending more than an entire DVD’s worth of data every second … the fastest TCP connection ever!
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Online discussions opened on 29 April 2013
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Opportunities in future networks and mobile, 3-5 July
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Co-creating ideas for future policies at Futurium
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The European Commission is going to propose by end of May 2013 a new strategy for electronics in Europe. The strategy proposes concrete set of measures to strengthen the growth of the micro- and nanoelectronics components and systems industry in Europe. The goal is to reverse the decline of Europe’s share of the supply of micro- and nanoelectronics and ensure in a decade from now a level of production in the EU that is more in line with the size of its economy. The proposed strategy is in line with the Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) initiative approach.
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Fighting tax fraud and tax evasion is on the agenda, as well as the Fiscalis 2020 Programme.

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European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes has awarded prizes to eHealth SMEs from Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom as part of eHealth Week 2013 in Dublin, Ireland.
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In March 2013 compared with February 2013, seasonally adjusted industrial production grew by 1.0% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.9% in the EU27, according to estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February production increased by 0.3% in both zones.
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Did you know that eHealth technologies can help you to check and manage your health, where ever you are? You can monitor your heart, stress, diabetes, a stroke, a depression…
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