Leaders from China and Europe will sign a new Science and Technology Agreement at next week's summit in Nanjing, where progress is also likely on a major near-zero emissions coal project.
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EurActiv on 26th Nov 2009 (via euractiv.com)
Partners from the EU Seventh Framework Programme, CASAGRAS (Support Action for global RFID-related standardisation activities involving organisations from Europe, China, Japan, Korea and the USA) made significant project progress when they met in Shanghai, China, last week.
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PublicTechnology on 17th Dec 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
Progress on the £12bn computer programme designed to give doctors instant access to patients' records across the country has virtually ground to a halt, raising questions about whether the world's biggest civil information technology project will ever be finished
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FT on 28th Oct 2008 (via ft.com)
A prominent US technology project designed to help Iranians evade internet censorship has collapsed amid recriminations this week after what its lead developer admitted had been a case of 'hype trumping security'
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FT on 14th Sep 2010 (via ft.com)
The government has had to step in to ensure the £635m project can be built after banks failed to lend enough The Treasury today stepped in to rescue a £635m waste-to-energy project in Greater Manchester, the largest such project in Europe. The scheme, being funded under the private finance initiative, had stalled after banks refused to lend enough to complete it. The project, which wil...
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Guardian on 9th Apr 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a project of the William J. Clinton Foundation is working with Autodesk to provide visualisation technology for Project Two Degrees.
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PublicTechnology on 26th May 2009 (via publictechnology.net)
The Vulnerable Workers Project (VWP) completed at the end of March 2009. it was a two year pilot funded by DBERR and delivered through SERTUC that aimed to demonstrate good practice in getting a better deal for vulnerable workers. The lessons coming out of the VWP are included in the final project report ‘Informing Strategies for Vulnerable Workers’ and are
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Tigmoo on 15th Apr 2009 (via vulnerableworkersproject.org.uk)
The e-Learning Foundation welcomed Jim Knight MP, Minister for Schools and Learners, to Lilian Baylis Technology School in Kennington, South London to hand over a grant cheque for £10,000 and meet some of the children involved in its home access e-learning project.
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PublicTechnology on 22nd Jul 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
those who know me know that significant other and I are most of the way through a project we started (without quite realising it at the time) in 2003, which was and is to visit every capital of Europe - not the EU but geographical Europe - by the end of 2010. We went to Belgrade earlier this month and will be in Andorra in April. I was trying to plan a visit to Moldova (capital Chisinau, Romanian ...
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janestheone on 25th Feb 2009 (via janestheones.blogspot.com)
It was always going to be the case that once they had the technology, we were all going to be placed under constant surveillance. And the nightmare is coming closer to reality. According to The Guardian , our puppet government is backing an EU project to install a "communication box" in new cars to track the whereabouts of drivers anywhere in Europe. Needless to say, the scheme, known as the Coope...
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EUReferendum on 31st Mar 2009 (via eureferendum.blogspot.com)
Yesterday, the European Commission called on governments to jointly develop a strategy for international cooperation in science and technology.
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PublicTechnology on 25th Sep 2008 (via publictechnology.net)