Artificial Intelligence in Europe: Regions and cities emphasise their contribution and call for stronger safeguards against social scoring
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Artificial Intelligence in Europe: Regions and cities emphasise their contribution and call for stronger safeguards against social scoring Description: The EU's regions and cities have underlined their essential role in boosting investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and fostering trust in AI solutions. The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has adopted an opinion calling for more transparency and stricter information requirements, especially what comes to high-risk AI systems. It also points out the major human rights risks and implications associated with the use of social classification, which should only be allowed only for specific purposes and always with human oversight to avoid any violations to the right to dignity and non-discrimination and to the values of equality and justice.
European Year of Youth 2022 needs a strong social and local dimension
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: European Year of Youth 2022 needs a strong social and local dimension Description: Europe's regions and cities have welcomed the proposal to designate 2022 as the European Year of Youth. The resolution adopted today by the European Committee of the Regions' plenary session underlines the key role of local and regional authorities in promoting youth participation in local democracy and urges to mainstream a youth perspective in all EU policy areas. Bearing in mind the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on young people and their education, employment, income and mental health, the Committee calls to strengthen efforts to tackle youth unemployment and precarious working conditions and to improve access to housing, education and training.
Regional innovation ecosystems are the key to higher competitiveness and strategic autonomy of European industry
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Regional innovation ecosystems are the key to higher competitiveness and strategic autonomy of European industry Description: The EU needs a strategy that can help industry to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reach climate-neutrality at the same time as helping to recover from the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. A set of concrete measures on how this can be achieved – including strengthening the role of SMEs and the territorial dimension of the EU's industrial strategy, pushing for place-based innovation policies, smart specialisation strategies and closer links between industrial and regional ecosystems – were adopted today by the European Committee of the Regions in its opinion 'Updating the 2020 New Industrial Strategy: Building a stronger Single Market for Europe's recovery'.
European Committee of the Regions calls for a European eco-label for aquaculture products and a one-stop-shop for licenses
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: European Committee of the Regions calls for a European eco-label for aquaculture products and a one-stop-shop for licenses Description: The blue economy employs close to 4.5 million people and generates around €650 billion in turnover and €176 billion in gross value added in the EU. Aquaculture – fish farming - accounts for 20% of fish and shellfish supply in the EU. The sector is composed of 15,000 enterprises and employs 70,000 people. As part of the blue economy, fisheries and aquaculture are key to boosting the COVID-19 economic recovery, creating jobs and offering sustainable development opportunities to coastal and rural populations. Yet red tape and insufficient investments continue to hinder the full development of a European aquaculture sector.
Supporting sustainable development of regions and cities a 'top goal' of EU's international partnerships
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Supporting sustainable development of regions and cities a Description: Sustainable Development Goals and public participation in focus at Cities and Regions for International Partnerships forum.
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIOPA analyses trends in cross-border IORPs - Eiopa European Commission Description: EIOPA analyses trends in cross-border IORPs