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Innovative SMEs support call for Community Patent

September 11, 2009

Sir, At the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) we have been relentlessly fighting for a Community patent for the past five years. We’re happy to see UEAPME joining us in carrying the flag for this important cause. Innovative SMEs can only benefit from the improvements that a one-stop shop for patent protection across Europe would… » read more

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English, Innovation and Growth, Science & Research, Trade & Industry, Uncategorized

Algae is no miracle solution

July 30, 2009

Sir, Regarding your LinksDossier ‘Algae: the ultimate biofuel‘ and interview ‘EABA: Promises and challenges of algae biofuels‘: There are more issues than just costs (which are mentioned in the interview). There is doubts about the net energy balance (energy needed to get the energy out) and serious concerns about the environment. For some of the… » read more

Posted by Andreas

English, Innovation and Growth, Science & Research, Transport & Services, Uncategorized

Extortionate interest banks blocking economic recovery

May 14, 2009

Sir, The big banks, which caused the current recession, refuse to take responsibility to date. By calculating excessively high interest rates, the economic recovery is being blocked. EuropeanCompanyMarket has found that the negative sentiment is fortunately decreasing. The number of visitors on the website www.E-cm.eu is increasing. People from all over Europe are interested in… » read more

Posted by Andreas

Economy & Euro, English, Innovation and Growth, Trade & Industry, Uncategorized

EU approach ‘not valid for fundamental research’

March 13, 2009

Sir, Regarding ‘Strauss: Europe ‘wasting billions’ by duplicating research‘: The EU only funds only a small proportion of research in Europe. It would be bad for fundamental research in Europe if it were possible to carry out a single type of research in a single laboratory, instead of using several independent groups, because the most… » read more

Posted by Andreas

English, Innovation and Growth, Science & Research, Uncategorized

SMEs: Think small first!

February 25, 2009

Sir, Regarding ‘MEP: Use procurement process to ‘leverage innovation’‘: On behalf of small business innovators across Europe, I would like to congratulate MEP Malcolm Harbour for his success in getting through his report on pre-commercial procurement. This is a fine example of the ‘think small first’ principle put into action. Traditionally, SMEs have shied away… » read more

Posted by Andreas

English, Innovation and Growth, Trade & Industry, Uncategorized

It’s almost impossible to apply for EU funds

February 11, 2009

Sir, Regarding ‘MEP: European research grants becoming ‘unattractive’‘: From a practical experience, the European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN) agrees that applying for EU funds, especially for NGOs, is almost impossible. This holds for DG Research and DG Sanco, although the agency dealing with DG Sanco projects is more transparent. Nevertheless, the paperwork stays the… » read more

Posted by Andreas

English, Innovation and Growth, Science & Research

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