February 11 is the European 112 Day. On this day, different awareness and networking activities are organised throughout the EU in order to promote the existence and use of Europe’s single emergency number. 112 is the European emergency phone number, available everywhere in the EU, free […]

An exhibition is being held at the European Parliament in Brussels from 22nd – 24th September to showcase advanced manufacturing, design and innovation from Greater Birmingham and the West Midlands. The event is free to attend. This exhibition is being sponsored by Neena Gill, MEP for the West Midlands. […]

The 9th of March marked an important milestone for the delivery of Birmingham’s European and International Strategy. For the first time since its launch, the four chairs of the area based associations met with the Leader of the Council, Sir Albert Bore. They talked about […]

As announced by the University of Birmingham, on 21 October 2014, the University signed a collaboration agreement with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JCR) in Brussels. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir David Eastwood attended the signing ceremony along with the JRC’s Director General Vladimir Sucha. The […]

The Birmingham-based company will now compete with other UK businesses to become National Champions and represent the UK in the European-wide competition. International Synergies Ltd has been selected among more than 17,000 companies across Europe and was evaluated by a judging panel in terms of […]

Great opportunity for food processing, food technology, food packaging and cleantech SMEs to go on a mission to China in early December. The West Midlands European service is organising a breakfast event to inform and promote a visit to China, targeted at SMEs representing West […]

The BETTER project has officially commenced. Five partners have joined together to address a common challenge: how to encourage Public Authorities to develop Regional Innovation Strategies in which e-Government solutions improve their services and can stimulate regional innovation chains. The project will share and integrate […]

                           Newsletter #05                                        January 2022        Dear Readers,  Welcome to the fifth Newsletter of the BETTER project! BETTER is an Interreg Europe project that focuses on the promotion of e-Government solutions. With our project we aim to create a win-win situation for everyone by enhancing the […]

Newsletter #04       July 2021        Dear Reader, Welcome to the fourth Newsletter of the BETTER project! BETTER is an Interreg Europe project that focuses on the promotion of e-Government solutions. With our project we aim to create a win-win situation for everyone by […]

Virtual Study Visit No. 1, 25.03.21 Tools and projects for participative budgeting (PB) and participative planning (PP) were the focus of the Interreg NW Europe ‘Better’ project’s first virtual, online study tour of the beautiful city of Nyíregyháza, Hungary. With a population of 120,000 and […]