Social Affairs
The 2023 European Vocational Skills Week (EVSKW), launched this Monday and closing on Friday, is embedded in the European Year of Skills (EYS), which takes place from 9 May 2023...
Standardisation
After four years of absence, EBC and SBS have the pleasure to announce the SBS Construction Forum 2023! This event will happen both in SBS premises in Brussels and online,...
Energy & Environment
The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) is pivotal in defining a legislative framework for delivering the ambitions of the European Green Deal and the Renovation Wave, rendered even more...
Social Affairs
The European Labour Authority (ELA) considers the construction sector to be a critical area as the largest industrial employer in the EU. Many of its sectoral employment models are relevant...
Energy & Environment
On 12 and 13 October in Leuven, EBC attended the kick-off meeting of the brand-new EU-funded project INCREASE, which stands for “effective advaNCements towards uptake of photovoltaic (PV) integrated...
On October 3, EBC attended the Built4People Stakeholders Forum, organized by its managing partners the European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP) and World Green Building Council’s (WGBC) Euro...
Social Affairs
At the invitation of its Slovak member Slovenský Živnostenský Zväz SZZ (the Slovak Craft Industry Federation, in English), an enlarged EBC Board of Directors travelled to Bratislava this week for...
Energy & Environment
Following the entry into force of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), new EU sustainability reporting requirements will apply to EU companies, varying on their size and status. La...
Social Affairs
The European Commission has recently released the first Pact for Skills Annual report 2022. This first edition assesses the progress made towards skills anticipation and development by members of the...
Economy
Yesterday, the European Commission has taken a significant step towards addressing the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and crafts in the construction sector by proposing ...
Economy
The Article that follows is by the Euronews journalist Andrea Bolitho (the original article is available here) Quarter of European bankruptcies blamed on late payments. What is the Commission doing...
Digitalisation & Innovation
From 23 to 25 August, the partners in the EU-funded HumanTech initiative gathered in Oslo for the mid-term meeting of this Horizon Europe project aimed at developing human-centred technologies that...