25-04-2013 | A smart energy cube for Dublin
The Smart Energy Cube, a polished black cube in Dublin, will draw the passer-by into an interactive exhibition providing information on renewable energy in the EU.
Lord Mayor of Dublin with the Smart Energy Cube designer, Declan...
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19-04-2013 | The future of dairy farms is green and knowledge-intensive
Dairyman project organises a visit to Irish farms within the NWE on the ground campaign
"We [dairy farmers in North-West Europe] have different systems and different climates but what concerns us all is whether we can get a decent price...
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15-04-2013 | NWE allowed to resume payment to German partners
The European Commission has lifted the expenditure suspension ordered after an audit in May 2012
In the coming days, the Programme's Certifying Authority will make the payments that had been kept on hold since the beginning of the suspension...
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13-03-2013 | Parliament rejects Council's conclusions on the EU budget for 2014-2020
The resolution approved today opens a negotiation phase with Member States that should conclude in July
The European Parliament rejects the 8 February European Council conclusions in their current form. While accepting the ceilings proposed by...
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11-02-2013 | EUR 325 billion for a more focused and efficient Cohesion Policy in 2014-2020
EU leaders agree on the EU's seven-year budget at a meeting on 7-8 February
The budget for Cohesion Policy has been cut compared to the original Commission proposal (EUR 375 billion) but Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn, expressed his...
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30-01-2013 | The house of the future needs your feedback
The SusLabNWE project seeks test-residents for its pilot house in Rotterdam to develop new solutions to save energy and resources
Imagine living in the energy-neutral house of the future and help researchers to make it user-friendly? SusLabNWE is...
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10-12-2012 | Open Days 2013 will focus on the future
The event will run under the slogan "Europe's regions and cities taking off for 2020"
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Commission Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO)presented the themes of the...
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30-11-2012 | INTERREG IVB NWE goes public with its Capitalisation Strategy
The NWE Capitalisation Strategy was presented at the APACHES cluster kick-off event in Tilburg (the Netherlands) on 19th November.
The strategy –approved by Member States this month- launches a process to identify, capture and enable the...
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23-11-2012 | NWE Programme urges lagging-behind projects to report their activities
Projects not having reported in time risk having their ERDF reduced
The Programme is putting all its resources at work in order to meet its spending target for 2012: EUR 143 million ERDF. Prior experience shows that this should not represent a...
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08-11-2012 | Sustainability Award of the International Union of Railways for SusStation
The SusStation project takes forward social and community aspects as well as the environment as it improves railway stations.
One of SusStation's investment: canopies with solar energy panels at the Utrecht
Central Station. Image by...
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