European economic, social and territorial cohesion is threatened by the unequal development of growing urban and declining rural areas. RURALIZATION develops a novel perspective for rural areas to trigger a process of ruralisation as counterforce to urbanisation, that is, a development towards a new rural frontier offering new generations stimulating opportunities for economic and social […]
The H2020 URBAN-WASTE project: what’s been going on lately? On November 2017 the URBAN-WASTE project had gone halfway through and is soon starting its most operational phase. The project has the aim to help the transition to a circular model of waste management in urban contexts in tourist cities, throughout participatory processes and good practices experimentation. The […]
The EU has used the Strategic Energy Technology Plan to transfer power to consumers, by decentralising the energy ecosystem by establishing “100 positive energy districts by 2025 and 80% of electricity consumption to be managed by consumers in 4 out of 5 households”. The SMART-BEEjS recognises that this requires the systemic synergy of the different […]
Selections for the participation to the training course “Child rights based approach: turning principles into practice” in Senegal opened! Consulta Europa is selecting a spanish participant for the second training course of the Child Protection project. The course will provide training on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) and its application […]
In the frame of the project “Sustain your life through social entrepreneurship” participants in the second training course dedicated to “Social and Cultural entrepreneurship” had the opportunity to experience a lively reality together with a nourished group of Lithuanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian and Dutch energies. The training has been organized by Hogeschool Rotterdam and […]
The event “Canarias Circular” took place last Friday, 18th of November 2016 at the Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the context of the OSCE days. The day focused on the concept of Circular Economy and how Canary Islands could represent the perfect example of “living lab”, where the development […]
Time for the second Steering Committee physical meeting and for the second Mutual Learning event of the H2020 project “URBAN WASTE” has come. On Tuesday 13th December 2016, the project’s Steering Committee will gather in Florence (IT), one among the 11 pilot cases of this project. The other pilot cases are Nice (FR), Lisbon (PT), Syracuse (IT), Copenhagen (DK), Kavala […]
The MATcHES project, that has been running since 2013 with the aim of modernizing the higher education system in Uzbekistan, is approaching to its end. But the project results will remain: each of the three Uzbek universities involved in the project has set up its own Regional Knowledge Platform (REPs), to attract all representatives of research and regional innovation […]
Consulta Europa will give its next training session about project development and management. The courses provided are: 3-days Masterclass on coordination of H2020 projects, 5-6-7 December 2016 2-day course on development and management of Erasmus + projects, 1-2 December 2016 The courses will take place at the Science and Technology Park of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, […]
Consulta Europa participates to the event that is taking place today in Brussels about H2020 calls for proposals about Smart Cities and communities. The topics presented at the event are the following: SCC-1-2016-2017: Smart Cities and Communities lighthouse projects4 SCC-02-2016-2017: Demonstrating innovative nature-based solutions in cities SCC-03-2016: New governance, business, financing models and economic impact assessment […]
Are you a practitioner in the field of circular economy? Do you want to inspire change? Do you want to inspire progress? Across Europe, numerous activities exist relating to circular economy among SMEs, industries, universities, public authority and so on. For this reason, within the global initiative of the OSCE days, we would like to launch […]
Do you want to be trained on the development of community-based projects with a focus on the child’s rights ? We are opening the selections for the first course of the project Child protection. Name of the course: CHILD RIGHTS PROGRAMMING IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT When: 20-28 October 2016 Where: Caltanissetta, Sicilia, Italia Objective: through a informal process of learning, intercultural […]
Call for proposal “Best practices of implementation of Circular Economy in Canary Islands” launched by Consulta Europa This call for proposal pretends to pick up the best practices dealing with “Circular Economy” set in motion in the autonomia de Islas Canarias by public or private entities. In a circular economy, the value of the products and materials is […]
Biogas Wipptal is a LIFE funded project and an excellent example of cooperation and innovative solidarity. In fact Biogas Wipptal, founded in 2008, is a limited company that was created by farmers and vineyards’ owners and employees of Northern Italy when they realized that their cooperation could lead to reciprocal benefits. Specifically, farmers of Wipptal […]
While initiatives are trying to address societies towards a zero-waste economy and boost recycling, manage waste and reduce resource use, new technological products such as smartphones, computer and similar gadgets become an obstacle for the zero-waste society. This is happening since these products use some materials that are difficult to reuse. Consequently waste companies have […]