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Continue ReadingDelivering the 2025 Work Programme 2025 has been a year of transitions for the Network, with the appointment of a new Chair and first Vice-Chair. Activities focused on anticipating labour market needs through labour market and skills intelligence, strengthening career guidance and skills‑based approaches in PES services. Work also addressed early interventions, job‑to‑job transitions and partnerships with private employment services. The […]
Continue ReadingAre you a worker getting paid cash in hand with no contract? Does your employer only declare some of your working hours? Or are you registered as self-employed, but your hours and work are controlled by a company? If any of these sound like you, then read on, because you’re an undeclared worker and you’re […]
Continue ReadingOn Thursday, DG DEFIS hosted the 8th meeting of the EU Industry and Start-ups Forum on Space Traffic Management (EISF). DG DEFIS and the EU SST Partnership informed some 140 participants from the EU SSA commercial sector on upcoming calls on operational and research activities in the next two years. Participants also learned about an […]
Continue ReadingToday, the Commission and the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published the individual contributions received in response to the public consultation on the draft joint guidelines on the interplay between the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), launched by the Commission and the EDPB. The Commission and the EDPB welcome the high level of […]
Continue ReadingOn 13 March 2026, DG DEFIS hosted the 2nd meeting of STM subgroup 3 on regulatory aspects. Member States, European space industry associations and voluntary measures experts from industry, standardisation entities and academia learn ed about the current standards landscape in the domain of space traffic by Organisme Luxembourgeois De Normalisation (ILNAS), received updates on […]
Continue ReadingIn Italy, the EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (the Covenant) has evolved to be the backbone of an Italian multilevel governance system, guiding local authorities towards their climate and energy goals. The Covenant National Coordination Board (NCB), established in 2021 and composed of key national climate and energy agencies, has been acting […]
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