Best Idea for Red Tape Reduction Award

The Best Idea for Red Tape Reduction Award aims at identifying innovative suggestions for reducing unnecessary bureaucracy stemming from European law.

The purpose of the competition is to generate ideas for the European Commission to consider as part of its Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens.

The European Qualifications Framework: a new tool to translate qualifications
A Recommendation establishing the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (EQF) was formally co-signed in April by the European Parliament and the Council.

 

The Recommendation creates a reference framework, which will relate different countries, qualifications systems and frameworks together. It will act as a translation device to make qualifications more readable and understandable to employers, individuals and institutions, so that workers and learners can use their qualifications in other countries.

European Union wants more support for small and medium sized enterprises
On 31^st of January, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the content of a European "Small Business Act". Its objective is to put small and medium sized enterprises at the forefront of decision-making in the EU and to introduce concrete measures to unlock the SMEs' growth potential. It will include new initiatives to reduce regulatory burden on SMEs, facilitate access to Single Market/public procurement, help provide necessary financial/human resources for SME development and help SME’s face the challenge of globalisation and climate change.

AEGRAFLEX-meeting at Paperworld Frankfurt (Germany)
AEGRAFLEX-members are invited to meet at Paperworld, Frankfurt for an exchange of views.

Breakthrough in Lisbon EU summit agrees on reform treaty

The EU reform treaty is signed and sealed: After tough negotiations the Heads of State or Government of the community have obtained agreement about the contract in the early morning. The document shall be signed on December 13th in Lisbon and become effective in front of the next European elections 2009. It replaces the EU constitution failed in the year 2005.

Online survey for the reduction of bureaucratic burden
Businessmen can present suggestions on the dismantlement of bureaucratic obstacles to the EU on a new web site of the European Commission.

ISEE - online-registration available now
The trade exhibition ISEE takes place in Cracow from October 12th to 14th, 2007. The online registration via Internet is available now.

ISEE - A new name for graflex 2007
The cooperation of the two special events "graflex" and "EMDEC" bears the new name "ISEE", International Stamp and Engraving Exhibition. It takes place in Cracow (Poland) from October 12th to 14th, 2007. Online-booking available, now!

Commission proposes tough new measures against piracy
Intellectual property offences, also known as piracy, is in the focus of the Commission's sweeping new plans that were announced by Commission Vice President Franco Frattini on 26 April.

Cooperation between EMDEC and AEGRAFLEX
The next specialized exhibition for flexographers and engravers, graflex will take place in 2007 together with the EMDEC (European Marking Device Exhibition and Conference). The prospective location is Krakow, Poland. This the board of the AEGRAFLEX and the responsible persons of the EMDEC agreed in Munich.