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European Development Days (15 – 17 de Novembro de 2008)

European Development Days 2008 is the European Commission's major event. Each year the EDD hosts some 3000 participants from every continent, representing over 1200 organisations in the development community. Everyone has a say at the European Development Days: administrations, parliaments, local authorities, civil society, international organisations, academics, development agencies, the private sector and the media. It is an open forum that brings together the whole development family. ...

Expo Zaragoza 2008

At world level, the European Union is the leading environmental and water policy organisation. The 27 member states coincide in prioritising sustainable development: developing technology and management models to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Convinces, as we are, that the long term goal is the survival of the plants; these 27 countries are committed to a technology, legal and economic change process that, for the f...

More R&D and Innovation

Fonte: Comissão Europeia During the 2006 and 2007 Spring European Councils, Member States agreed on 4 priority areas, including investing more in knowledge and innovation.  The EU performs particularly weakly in comparison to its competitors over the number of patent applications and the amount of business spending on R&D .  The 'innovation gap' reflects weaknesses in areas such as links between research and industry, the availability of early stage finance, education and t...