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Exchanging best practice experiences about the states’ public administration modernisation
07.12.2013
On 15 and 16 May 2013, the Director General of the Estonian Information System's Authority (RIA), Jaan Priisalu, and the Head of the State Portal (eesti.ee) Mihkel Tikk, met the President of the Portuguese Agency for the Modernisation of the Public Administration (AMA), Paulo Neves, and its representatives. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange best practices on the two states’ modernisation of their public administration.
Commission proposes New European Industrial Strategy for Electronics – better targeted support to mobilise €100 billion in new private investments
07.05.2013
The European Commission today launches a campaign for coordinated public investments in micro- and nano-electronics (such as semiconductors and computer chips), designed to expand Europe's advanced manufacturing base.
New application of the EC’s Internal Market Information System (IMI) available to Member States
06.21.2013
The IMI system, developed by the European Commission in close cooperation with the Member States, helps national, regional and local authorities to identify and communicate with authorities in other EU Member States. Until now the IMI tool has covered the exchange of information regarding the free movement of citizens and businesses.
Galaţi municipality, the first local authority to join the national Point of Single Contact
04.17.2013
In April 2013, ‘Digital Romania’, the national public centre affiliated to the Ministry of Information Society and the technical operator of the Point of Single Contact, PSC (Punctul de Contact Unic, in Romanian) launched the process of requesting local public administrations to join www.edirect.gov.ro, the central PSC portal.
Vassiliou welcomes launch of first pan-European university MOOCs (massive open online courses)
02.12.2013
Partners in 11 countries have joined forces to launch the first pan-European 'MOOCs' (Massive Open Online Courses) initiative, with the support of the European Commission. MOOCs are online university courses which enable people to access quality education without having to leave their homes. Around 40 courses, covering a wide variety of subjects, will be available free of charge and in 12 different languages.
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