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EU funding: €100m available for the LIFE Clean Energy Transition Call 2022 Economy

EU funding: €100m available for the LIFE Clean Energy Transition Call 2022

Last 17 May, the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency - CINEA officially opened the 2022 LIFE Clean Energy Transition Calls (CET). Following the success of Horizon 2020 En...

June 16, 2022 Read more
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Built4People partnership: EBC talks about inclusivity and innovation in construction Digitalisation & Innovation

Built4People partnership: EBC talks about inclusivity and innovation in construction

The first ever Built4People (B4P) Stakeholder Forum took place online on 1 June, under the coordination of the European Construction Technology Platform (ECTP), the World Green Building Council’s Eu...

June 15, 2022 Read more
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Research & Innovation: ECCREDI Open Forum and Council Meeting Digitalisation & Innovation

Research & Innovation: ECCREDI Open Forum and Council Meeting

Today 8 June, ECCREDI (The European Council for Construction Research, Development, and Innovation) held in Brussels an Open Forum followed by its Council meeting. The event sought to give an...

June 8, 2022 Read more
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Skills: 7th Construction Blueprint for skills partners’ meeting in Paris Social Affairs

Skills: 7th Construction Blueprint for skills partners’ meeting in Paris

On 23 and 24 May 2022, EBC participated in the seventh international meeting of the Erasmus+ project Construction Blueprint for skills, hosted at the headquarters of the Fédération Française du...

May 31, 2022 Read more
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Skills: join us in SMEUnited event on apprenticeship with Commissioner Schmit Social Affairs

Skills: join us in SMEUnited event on apprenticeship with Commissioner Schmit

In the wake of its annual theme, “Youth and Skilled Workforce”, and in the framework of the European Vocational Skills Week 2022, SMEunited will host next Thursday 19 May, from 11:00...

May 16, 2022 Read more
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EBC letter to the European Commission on the need of supporting measures for construction SMEs facing fuel and materials price increases Economy

EBC letter to the European Commission on the need of supporting measures for construction SMEs facing fuel and materials price increases

EBC today sent a letter to the President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen and Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans on the need for the European Commission and the...

May 12, 2022 Read more
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Reach revision: survey for construction professionals using construction products containing chemical with hazard risks Social Affairs

Reach revision: survey for construction professionals using construction products containing chemical with hazard risks

In the past weeks, EBC has been contacted by FEICA, the Association of the European Adhesive & Sealant Industry, to discuss the revision of the EU chemical legislation, and more...

April 29, 2022 Read more
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The Romanian cluster ZEPHER joins EBC

The Romanian cluster ZEPHER joins EBC

EBC is happy to announce that the Cluster ZEPHER has joined EBC, becoming its second Romanian member next to Uniunea Nationala a Patronatului Roman (UNPR). Established in 2016 and based...

April 29, 2022 Read more
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Philip Van Nieuwenhuizen assumes the presidency of the European Builders Confederation

Philip Van Nieuwenhuizen assumes the presidency of the European Builders Confederation

Today EBC held its Board of Directors and an extraordinary General Assembly. During the Board, the new EBC Secretariat Team was officially introduced to the members and several topics have...

April 28, 2022 Read more
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Energy Efficiency: EBC highlights areas for improvement in the revision of the EPBD Energy & Environment

Energy Efficiency: EBC highlights areas for improvement in the revision of the EPBD

The war in Ukraine has made it all the more urgent and pressing than ever for the European Member States and their citizens to improve the energy efficiency of buildings,...

April 19, 2022 Read more
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Construction Products Regulation: European Commission publishes its CPR revision proposal Standardisation

Construction Products Regulation: European Commission publishes its CPR revision proposal

On Wednesday 30 March, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a revised Construction Products Regulation (CPR), which is set to simplify rules for construction products on the EU market....

March 31, 2022 Read more
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Asbestos: EBC calls for strong accompanying measures alongside a realistic limit value Social Affairs

Asbestos: EBC calls for strong accompanying measures alongside a realistic limit value

In the wider context of the dialogue on asbestos stemming from the Renovation Wave, the European Commission has put forward a legislative initiative aiming to improve workers’ health and safety...

March 31, 2022 Read more