THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION MEASURES AGAINST COVID-19

In the context of the fight against Covid-19, the Athenora consulting firm has developed a graphic deciphering the various measures taken by the European Commission.

The graphic summarises all the measures proposed by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen to deal with the coronavirus crisis. These measures aim to ensure an adequate supply of protective equipment and medical supplies throughout Europe, cushion the blow to the economy and businesses, invest in research, provide Member states with a coherent set of guidelines, temporarily restrict non-essential travel, facilitate the purchase of health-related equipment and capital goods and activate the Commission's crisis coordination mechanism.

The Commission has also set up a Policy Response Coordination Team, composed of the Commissioners responsible for the sectors most concerned: Margrethe Vestager for digital issues, Valdis Dombrovskis for economic issues, Paolo Gentiloni for macroeconomic aspects, Thierry Breton for the internal market, Stella Kyriakides for health and food safety, Janez Lenarčič for crisis management, Ylva Johansson for border issues as Commissioner for Home Affairs, and Adina Vălean for mobility.

The following link allows learn more about the measures deployed by the European Commission against Covid-19: here.

BUSINESS4CHANGE HACKATHON

The EU Commission launched this social innovation hackathon to trigger the deployment of new business models in support of the circular economy.

It will take place in November 2020, in the frame of the European Business Summit, focused on sustainability.

We are now looking for Challenge owners, i.e. companies that are interested in the circular economy but are facing concrete challenges in their transition.

The hackathon will be the opportunity for them to have teams of innovators work on designing solutions to their specific challenge.

Find all details here.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS SOCIAL ECONOMY MISSIONS : EU PROGRAMME FOR THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SME

The call for contributions from the European Union's Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Programme (COS-SEM) is still open. It gives the opportunity to share good practices and experiences between social economy organisations and public authorities in the fight against the Covid-19 crisis. Until 9 June 2020, propose your vision and take part in the reflection on the challenges of the social and solidarity economy. All the details of the call are available here.