Putting SDGs into action
SEEDLING project holds First Project Team Meeting
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Ukraine cities commit to LINK goals
All five of the LINK project's beneficiary municipalities have made progress towards institutionalising cooperation with the REC. Three municipalities have already signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) (Cherkasy, Ivano Frankivsk, Lubny), and two more (Poltava and Berdychiv) plan to sign in the near future. The LINK team visited all five municipalities between January...
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REC travel plan greens commutes
A raft of measures to encourage greener transport among staff has helped cut the REC's carbon footprint, and increase healthy means of travel. The combined initiatives of the REC's sustainable mobility plan have helped cut single-occupancy car commuting by 8 percent and boosted shared mobility and other sustainable travel significantly. The REC's plan...
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Online transport tool helps cut REC's CO2
A bespoke transport monitoring tool developed in-house has helped to reduce the REC's carbon footprint and make staff commuting habits more sustainable. Since the tool launched in 2014, staff commutes by single-occupancy cars fell 8 percent, REC's ride-sharing community grew by 3.2 percent and car use overall has fallen 5 percent. The tool was introduced as part of...
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Closing one chapter, opening another
PLANTFOODSEC project draws to a successful close, as EMPHASIS projects hold kick-off meeting A late-January visit by REC Executive Director Marta Szigeti Bonifert and several REC experts to various European Commission institutions in Brussels was also connected with the closing events of the Plant and Food Biosecurity (PLANTFOODSEC) project, within which the REC was...
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Sharing results, shaping a plan
Last week, REC Executive Director Marta Szigeti Bonifert and several experts visited European Commission institutions with the double aim of showcasing relevant projects and learning more about the EC's strategic goals and processes in order to better integrate them into efforts made at the regional level. The purpose of the meeting with Directorate-General for...
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Transparency, access to information, stakeholder participation
REC stands up for good environmental governance during German OSCE Chairmanship in 2016
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REC, Tunisia strengthen ties through WATER SUM project
A REC delegation comprised of Dr. Radoje Lausevic, REC Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Janos Zlinsky, Director of the Sustainable Development Academy, and Ms. Jovanka Ignjatovic, REC Senior Expert on Water Management, met today with H.E. Samia Ilhem Ammar, the Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to Hungary, to discuss the WATER SUM project and to strengthen ties between the...
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