Italy: EIB and Italian Ministry of Justice join forces to promote social inclusion of convicts through a social impact bond
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIB and Italian Ministry of Justice join forces to promote social inclusion of convicts through a social impact bond Description: The European Union, through the European Investment Advisory Hub will advise the Italian Ministry of Justice on the implementation of innovative financing and procurement methodologies, aimed at curbing reoffending rates of ex-convicts. The European Investment Advisory Hub, funded by the European Commission and the EIB, will support the Ministry in its mission to ensure a smooth transition of inmates back into society through innovative financing models, such as social impact bonds.
A rural agenda is urgently needed for rural areas after COVID crisis
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: A rural agenda is urgently needed for rural areas after COVID crisis Description: The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Parliament Intergroup on Rural, Mountainous and Remote Areas (RUMRA)&smart villages intergroup at the European Parliament with the supports of the International Association Rurality-Environment-Development (R.E.D) and Euromontana have organised a conference in Brussels on 27 November to talk about the specific needs of rural areas post-2020.
#CohesionAlliance mobilises to back the European Parliament in the final stretch to secure a strong and participated cohesion policy 2021-2027
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: #CohesionAlliance mobilises to back the European Parliament in the final stretch to secure a strong and participated cohesion policy 2021-2027 Description: The #CohesionAlliance partners met online on 26 November to discuss the current state of the trilogue negotiations of the cohesion policy package with representatives from the European Parliament, the European Commission and the German Council Presidency. The partner organisations representing cities, regions and regional assemblies voiced their concern about macroeconomic conditionality, the risk of centralisation and the full implementation of cohesion and REACT EU programmes over the upcoming years and urged for cohesion as a fundamental value.
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: ARLEM at 5th UfM Regional Forum Description: ARLEM at 5th UfM Regional Forum. On 27 November 2020, ARLEM co-chair Musa Hadid, Mayor of Ramallah (Palestine), addressed the co-presidency of the Union for the Mediterranean and ministers of foreign affairs at the UfM Fifth Regional Forum – Building a stronger Mediterranean.
Greece: EIB backs EUR 470 million road safety scheme
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: EIB backs EUR 470 million Greek road safety scheme Description: The EIB has agreed to support a EUR 470 million nationwide programme to reduce death and injury caused by traffic accidents across Greece.