Funding News
Launch of the Global Green Bond Partnership
The Global Green Bond Partnership (GGBP) was launched in San Francisco, at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS). This new partnership will support efforts of sub-national entities such as cities, states, and regions, corporations and private companies, and financial institutions to accelerate the issuance of green bonds.
> Circular economy - EP propose ways to boost plastics recycling
ProCCS: Microfunding Cultural and Creative Sectors
International partners collaborate to promote entrepreneurship and access to finance in the Cultural and Creative Sectors
"ProCCS: Microfunding Cultural and Creative Sectors" is a project supporting the overall cultural and creative sectors (CCS) by bridging the skills gap of professionals in the sector and connecting them with the business and microfinance sector. The aim of this project is to support cultural entrepreneurs in the implementation and financing of their business ideas.
Fit for 55 package: an overview of the Social Climate Fund
During the April plenary session, the European Parliament discussed and adopted five fundamental laws of the “Fit for 55 in 2023 package”, approving the deals that had already been reached at the end of 2022 with the member states: the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, the reform of the EU’s Emissions Trading System and a new Social Climate Fund to combat energy and mobility poverty. Let's get into the latter.
Fit for 55: Parliament adopts key laws to reach 2030 climate target
EU - Designing a European Innovation Council
The European Commission launched a call for ideas on the setting up of a European Innovation Council
> EU - Bio-Based Industries JTI, Call 2016
> Research - ERA-NET Cofund WaterWorks2015, pre-announcement call 2016
Bruxelles adopts revised State aid rules for broadband networks
The European Commission will apply the revised Broadband Guidelines to assess State aid measures notified by Member States to support the deployment and take-up of broadband networks in the EU.
4 new calls for proposals to support investments in digital connectivity infrastructures
Economic Forum, Europe in the Face of New Challenges
From reconstruction in Ukraine to sustainable mobility, what was discussed at the 31st edition of the Economic Forum, this year hosted by the city of Karpacz, Poland, from 6 to 8 September.
The EU Commission proposes additional € 5 billion of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine
Covid19, Europe between failures and supremacies
The clear inability of the European governments to face the crisis should lead to a rapid strengthening of the European Union for a unitary, coordinated and rapid management of health, economic and social emergencies. Having lost its digital and productive supremacy, Europe must not give up its cultural and civil supremacy.
How NOT to work with the World Bank and other international financial organizations
A company can have several objectives beyond the simplistic but correct aim of profit maximization: these can extend to growth into new or foreign markets, the development of a social responsibility program, an increase in market share in its sector, networking for future opportunities, internationalization etc. or even the necessary fight for survival in these post great recession times.
> Business opportunities for medical devices with the World Bank and other IFIs
Business opportunities for medical devices with the World Bank and other IFIs
The World Bank Group, in order to tackle the medical crisis, will be providing up to $ 160 billion over the next 15 months in financing for delivering record levels of support in order to help countries protect the poor and vulnerable, reinforcing health systems, maintaining the private sector, and bolstering economic recovery.