In the future, you could live in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin
The St James Gate brewery in the Irish capital will be transformed into an urban district
This is part of a plan that will involve 13 projects over the next year
Today the official website of the Government of Catalonia announced that call for proposals has been placed with a view to fulfilling 13 projects that will compose the Sustainable Roads Plan of the autonomous region. The underlying rationale behind the initiative, worth more than 25 million euros, is to use innovation as the driving engine to competitiveness and economic growth.
This tender is part of the larger RIS3CAT Public Procurement Innovation Programme, which is a strategic policy on part of the Catalonian authorities to turn their region into one of the leading research and innovation centres of Europe.
The Sustainable Roads Plan contributes to this overall vision through the promotion of innovation in the development and application of more sustainable materials and technologies for the processes of road design, paving, construction and maintenance, while maintaining their functionality and safety.
As for the sustainability which is the main focus of the Plan, this is expected to be achieved through the reduction of emissions, circular economy and energy sustainability. There are specific measures that are key to these goals:
Likewise, the Plan also has a provision for novelty as far as the participation of the companies and the system for evaluating the winning beneficiaries.
That’s one area that still hasn’t been directly affected by sanctions but as discontent with ongoing military aggression grows, this might change
The country is keen on doing its part to ensure technological independency for the EU
The country may run out of this common frozen product before the end of the summer
This year, authorities will be boosting their efforts to get people familiar with different sides of the water body
The country is keen on doing its part to ensure technological independency for the EU
Around 8 million euros of state funding will help academic institutions to create a collaborative city-wide digital network
It was high time to do something about the new pollution scourge of our era
Two lines will run until mid-December in order to find out whether that can solve issues with public transit scarcity in the countryside
The country may run out of this common frozen product before the end of the summer
The building is adorned with murals by the Urban Creatures street art collective
This year, authorities will be boosting their efforts to get people familiar with different sides of the water body
That’s one area that still hasn’t been directly affected by sanctions but as discontent with ongoing military aggression grows, this might change
These will be spread across 11 EU countries and will serve to support the EU Missions
The European Commission has accepted to develop the idea
An interview about AYR, one of the 2021 New European Bauhaus Prize winners
A conversation with the President of the European Committee of the Regions, about energy, climate change and the underrated importance of cohesion policy
Interview with Herald Ruijters, Director, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE), European Commission
A conversation with the Mayor of Matosinhos, Portugal’s first UN Resilience Hub