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Skills: CONDAP Memorandum of Cooperation on upskilling construction trainers & mentors Social Affairs

Skills: CONDAP Memorandum of Cooperation on upskilling construction trainers & mentors

EBC is glad to announce the official launch of the CONDAP Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC), which aims at establishing a EU-wide community of construction and training stakeholders & experts, willi...

March 1, 2021 Read more
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Chemical Agents and Asbestos: SMEs need a holistic approach Social Affairs

Chemical Agents and Asbestos: SMEs need a holistic approach

The European Commission is consulting European Social Partners on the possible direction of EU action to improve the relevance and effectiveness of the Chemical Agents and Asbestos directives by estab...

March 1, 2021 Read more
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Sustainable buildings: First meeting between Covenant of Mayors and EU organisations marks start of discussion Energy & Environment

Sustainable buildings: First meeting between Covenant of Mayors and EU organisations marks start of discussion

Yesterday, a first meeting organised by the Covenant of Mayors and joined by EBC among various other organisations from the built environment took place to discuss possibilities to accelerate the...

February 26, 2021 Read more
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Industry Days 2021: DigiPlace event on  a digital industrial platform for construction Digitalisation & Innovation

Industry Days 2021: DigiPlace event on a digital industrial platform for construction

The DigiPLACE consortium will organise the event “Towards a Reference Architecture Framework for a Digital Industrial Platform for the construction industry” on 16 March within the frame of the EU...

February 25, 2021 Read more
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Renovation wave: Only a stable and enabling policy framework will stimulate demand Energy & Environment

Renovation wave: Only a stable and enabling policy framework will stimulate demand

EBC considers the European Commission’s strategy on “A Renovation Wave for Europe – greening our buildings, creating jobs, improving lives”, as an important step to better align building-relat...

February 16, 2021 Read more
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Construction 2050 Alliance: meeting with the Cabinet of Commissioner Breton Energy & Environment

Construction 2050 Alliance: meeting with the Cabinet of Commissioner Breton

On 28/1 the Construction 2050 Alliance held a meeting with the Cabinet of Commissioner Breton, and discussed about the construction-related priorities for the Commission for 2021, the forthcoming new ...

February 2, 2021 Read more
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#Buildinglife campaign: First European Leadership Forum meeting Energy & Environment

#Buildinglife campaign: First European Leadership Forum meeting

Last week, the first meeting of the European Leadership Forum, within the frame of the #Buildinglife campaign initiated by the World Green Buildings Council, took place. The forum currently consists...

February 1, 2021 Read more
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Vacancy notice: Standardisation Policy Officer

Vacancy notice: Standardisation Policy Officer

The European Builders Confederation (EBC) is a European confederation exclusively representing construction crafts and SMEs in Europe. The EBC Secretariat, based in Brussels, ensures the day-to-day ac...

January 25, 2021 Read more
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Digital Building Logbooks: No rollout without addressing pending challenges Digitalisation & Innovation

Digital Building Logbooks: No rollout without addressing pending challenges

Recently, the European Commission published the final study report on the “Development of a European Union Framework for Digital Building Logbooks”, which aims to support and structure the widespr...

January 25, 2021 Read more
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Construction Products Regulation: major conference organised by the German Presidency of the European Council Standardisation

Construction Products Regulation: major conference organised by the German Presidency of the European Council

In the context of its steering efforts to prepare the review of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR), the German Presidency organized a three-day conference named: “Construction Products – F...

December 11, 2020 Read more
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Construction in national Recovery Plans – The built environment must be a priority for Next Generation EU Economy

Construction in national Recovery Plans – The built environment must be a priority for Next Generation EU

Last week, the Construction 2050 Alliance brought together experts from all over Europe, including representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament and national governments. They ...

December 7, 2020 Read more
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Pact for skills: EBC Vice President meets with Commissioners Breton and Schmitt Social Affairs

Pact for skills: EBC Vice President meets with Commissioners Breton and Schmitt

On 27 November, EBC Vice-President Philip van Nieuwenhuizen and other construction stakeholders participated to a meeting with Commissioner Thierry Breton – Commissioner for the Internal Market - an...

December 1, 2020 Read more