Συνάντηση ΥΦΥΠΕΞ Δ. Κούρκουλα με Σύνδεσμο Τουρκικών Βιομηχανιών (TÜSİAD)

ΥΠΕΞ, Παρασκευή, 04 Απρίλιος 2014
Ο Υφυπουργός Εξωτερικών, Δημήτρης Κούρκουλας, συναντήθηκε, σήμερα, Παρασκευή 4 Απριλίου, στο Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών με το Προεδρείο του Συνδέσμου Τουρκικών Βιομηχανιών (TÜSİAD).

Κατά τη διάρκεια της συνάντησης, αντηλλάγησαν απόψεις για τις σχέσεις Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης- Τουρκίας, καθώς και τις διμερείς οικονομικές σχέσεις.

Ο κ. Κούρκουλας ενημέρωσε το Σύνδεσμο Τουρκικών Βιομηχανιών για την πορεία της Ελληνικής Προεδρίας στο Συμβούλιο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, την εμπορική πολιτική της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, καθώς και την πορεία της ελληνικής οικονομίας.
[mfa.gr]
4/4/14
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• TÜSİAD Yönetim Kurulu AB Dönem Başkanı Yunanistan'ı ziyaret etti

TÜSİAD Yönetim Kurulu başkanlığındaki TÜSİAD heyeti, AB Dönem Başkanı Yunanistan'ın başkenti Atina'ya 4 Nisan 2014 tarihinde bir ziyaret gerçekleştirdi. TÜSİAD'ın muadil kuruluşu SEV (Yunan Girişimciler Federasyonu) ile işbirliği içinde düzenlenen ziyaret kapsamında, Türkiye'nin AB üyelik süreci ve küresel ekonomik ve siyasi gelişmeler ile ilgili görüş alışverişinde bulunuldu.
 
Yunanistan Başbakanı Antonis Samaras ile biraraya gelen heyet, AB'den Sorumlu Dışişleri Bakan Yardımcısı Dimitris Kourkoulas ve Kalkınma ve Rekabet Bakanı Kostis Hatzidakis ile de temaslarda bulundu. TÜSİAD heyeti ayrıca, TÜSİAD'ın Yunanistan'daki muadil kuruluşu SEV ile bir toplantı gerçekleştirdi ve Türkiye Atina Büyükelçisi Kerim Uras ile bir araya geldi.................http://www.tusiad.org/blog/tusiad-yonetim-kurulu-ab-donem-baskani-yunanistani-ziyaret-etti/
4/14

ICRI 2014 – A conference with a view to the future...

The 2^nd International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI 2014) is taking place at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre on 2-4 April 2014, in the framework of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The conference is organised by the European Commission and the Greek General Secretariat of Research & Technology (Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs) with the organisational support of the “Athena” Research and Innovation Center.
The strategic aim of ICRI 2014 is to highlight how global Research Infrastructures may respond to the local and global challenges the world is facing today (environment, poverty, sustainability, security), what lessons have been learnt from the past and what the priorities and directions for the future should be.
Over three days, 600 participants and 90 speakers will discuss and debate a plethora of subjects, from international research infrastructure management (i.e. laser, telescopes, accelerators, aircraft or deep sea crafts, for atmosphere or sea bottom observation, as well as electronic infrastructures, data networks, computer arrays and data bases), to food safety and marine research.

The plenary sessions of the Conference will address topics such as “Research Infrastructures for Global Challenges”, “Governance of Research Infrastructures”, “and Innovation Potential of Research Infrastructures” and “Big Data management”, while a panel of distinguished scientists will debate “The Way forward”. ICRI 2014 will be accompanied by a poster and video gallery of international research infrastructure projects, set up at the Nikolaos Skalkotas foyer. A series of parallel thematic sessions will deal with the Environment (special focus on Marine Research Infrastructure and the Arctic), Palaeoanthropology and Cultural Heritage, Food Safety and e-Infrastructure.

Greek minister of Education & Religious Affairs, Prof. Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos will deliver the welcoming speech, while Commissioner for Research, Innovation & Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Italy’s minister of Education, Universities & Research, Stefania Giannini, and Greek General Secretary for Research & Technology, Dr Christos Vasilakos will also address the conference, along with scores of high-ranking officials and a strong delegation from South Africa, which will host of the next ICRI, two years from now.
In addition, an exhibition of 53 works of art, selected after an international competition on the theme “Research & Art” theme, will be on display at a specially designated area of the Conference Centre.
More information here
[http://gr2014.eu]
1/4/14

"THE 7 MOST ENDANGERED" PROGRAMME LAUNCHED. This programme will identify endangered monuments and sites in Europe....

European Investment Bank teams up with Europa Nostra to save Europe's Cultural Heritage 

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The Hague/Luxembourg, 24 January 2013 - Europe's leading heritage organisation Europa Nostra has launched today its new flagship programme ‘The 7 Most Endangered’ with the European Investment Bank Group, represented by the EIB Institute, as its founding partner. This programme will identify endangered monuments and sites in Europe and mobilize public and private partners on a local, national and European level to find a sustainable future for those sites.

“Cultural Heritage is Europe's greatest asset: our crude oil, our gold reserve. Our heritage is Europe's bread and butter, as much as it is Europe's heart and soul. Together with the European Investment Bank, Europa Nostra is proud to launch ‘The 7 Most Endangered’ programme. If we all work together, we can stimulate a true renaissance of Europe’s unique cultural heritage “ said Plácido Domingo, President of Europa Nostra.

“The preservation of the cultural heritage in Europe is a huge task and without any doubt a common responsibility for all of us. The European Investment Bank is therefore pleased to be the founding partner of Europa Nostra’s new programme of “The 7 Most Endangered”. Its contribution to this project via the EIB Institute will be to provide analysis and advice on how funding could be obtained for the projects selected within this programme.” added Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank.

The first list of ‘The 7 Most Endangered’ will be announced during Europa Nostra’s 50^th anniversary Congress in Athens on 16 June 2013. An international Advisory Panel will prepare the short list of 14 most endangered sites and the final list of 7 will be selected by the Europa Nostra Board. Nominations of most endangered sites can be made by Europa Nostra member or associate organisations or Europa Nostra’s country representations, the full list of which is available on the Europa Nostra website.  Deadline for the submission of nominations is 15 March 2013. (For the nomination form click here)

After the selection of ‘The 7 Most Endangered’, the experts selected by the EIB Institute and the other associated partners will visit each of the 7 sites in close consultation with local stakeholders and will propose realistic and sustainable action plans for saving those sites. The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) based in Paris will be one of the associated partners for this phase of the programme. The plans would include advice on how funding could be obtained, e.g. by drawing on EU funds or, in appropriate cases, on EIB or CEB loans. Europa Nostra’s extensive network of heritage organisations will mobilise local communities and public or private bodies to strengthen the ownership and commitment for the 7 selected heritage sites in danger.

 

‘The 7 Most Endangered’ is inspired by a successful programme of the US National Trust for Historic Preservation, based in Washington. This programme will not only identify a priority list of heritage sites in danger; it will also propose concrete rescue plans indicating what could and should be done to save those sites. Besides generating public interest and enthusiasm the programme will bring people together to create sustainable solutions through feasibility studies, technical advice, capacity and funding assistance, project management support and wide-scale publicity. In this way, ‘The 7 Most Endangered’ will work as a catalyst for action.

.europanostra.org

25/01/13

TOP 20 MOST AMAZING PLACES ON THE PLANET

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(#7 Athens, Greece)