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Call for best practices from EU local and regional authorities
Showcase the achievements of your city or region and inspire others to create thriving, healthy and sustainable communities
The Committee of the Regions has launched a call for best practices to
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GDSO Newsletter on Biodiversity is now available!
Have you read the Biodiversity issue of the newsletter?
As the International Day for Biological Diversity is coming up on 22 May, we focus on the biodiversity-related Green Deal projects and their
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EU Green Week, 3 - 11 June 2023: Delivering a Net-Zero World
EU Green Week is your annual opportunity to debate, become familiar with, or even celebrate EU environment policy.
It’s an opportunity to celebrate the progress we’ve made, and to encourage individuals
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International Day for Biological Diversity
Biological diversity is often understood in terms of the wide variety of plants, animals and microorganisms, but it also includes genetic differences within each species — for example, between
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SESA's First Course Launched in Capacity Building Programme
The first course in SESA’s Capacity Building Programme is now available! The online programme, designed to close the knowledge gap around renewable and smart energy solution technologies, aims to help
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MERLIN Innovation Awards 2023 (MIA)
Merlin seeks new and widely applicable solutions for restoring or enabling financial benefit for freshwater ecosystems.
The winners were selected in two categories:
- Product of the year 2023
- Servi
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ACCTING Call to Action
Let's start 2023 with positive actions!
ACCTING invites you to join their network of EU-funded project and to be part of a community of stakeholders intent on implementing a fair, gender equal and
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NEW WaterLANDS Communication
The Horizon 2020 project WaterLANDS is please to announce they have issued their first newsletter which launched on the project’s one-year birthday. Its full of interesting information about
Capturing long-term impacts from Citizen Science projects
Citizen science is a rapidly emerging mode of research and innovation, and one which the projects funded under the Horizon 2020 Green Deal call are increasingly using to engage citizens in adapting to
Engaging Citizen Scientists: Challenges and Barriers to Implementation
Citizen science is a rapidly emerging mode of research and innovation, and one which the projects funded under the Horizon 2020 Green Deal call are increasingly using to engage citizens in adapting to