Page 10 - Operational Programme News Today

Aquaculture Information Aquaculture is the farming of animals in the water and has been practised for centuries, with the monks farming fish in the middle ages. More recently the technology has progressed and the aquaculture sector is now producing in the region of 50 thousand tonnes annually and provides a valuable food product as well as much needed employment in many rural areas of Ireland. A typical fish farm involves keeping fish in pens in the water column, caring for them and supplying t...

Lump Sum Digital Interventions Call OC00S21X1838 To deliver additional bolt-on activity to existing ESF projects in response to COVID-19 which addresses the digital divide, by providing access to information and services, through digital technologies. From: Location: Details This additional activity must be wholly focussed on the loan of equipment and provision of data to existing ESF participants who would not otherwise have access to the internet, as complimentary to existing ESF provi...

Details Through this call the Managing Authority is seeking project(s) to support 80 SME businesses as the main beneficiaries, however the proposal will also benefit individual participants. The service will be a gateway for employers to access information on a range of skills related initiatives, including, skills and training, industry placements, apprenticeships and traineeships. The service will coordinate and sign-post working in partnership with local delivery organisations including; col...

Details The impact of the COVID-19 across the Oxfordshire economy has increased the need for businesses to invest in reskilling their workforce and adapt to the new market conditions created by the pandemic. Alongside this, EU transition provides additional challenges for businesses, and SMEs in particular, to forward plan and consider how their operations need to respond in the new economic landscape. The pandemic has highlighted; disparities in and between sectors – with some – visitor ec...

Share This The FINANCIAL -- A group of international scientists, including UvA professor Judy Shamoun-Baranes, warns that changes to European meteorological data policies threaten biodiversity monitoring as they make vital data unavailable. In a letter published in Science on 16 April, they point out that policies in Europe should be adjusted to take into account the broad role that weather radars play beyond meteorology, according to University of Amsterdam. Biodiversity is changing at an un...

10) are now fundamentally threatened. The Operational Programme for the Exchange of Weather Radar Information (OPERA) coordinates the exchange of radar data among European national meteorological services ( 11). It serves as a central hub for accessing weather radar data in Europe, allowing those in search of data to make one request instead of contacting each meteorological service separately. However, because of budget cuts and resulting prioritization of meteorological products, OPERA now re...

University of Amsterdam A group of international scientists, including UvA professor Judy Shamoun-Baranes, warns that changes to European meteorological data policies threaten biodiversity monitoring as they make vital data unavailable. In a letter published in Science on 16 April, they point out that policies in Europe should be adjusted to take into account the broad role that weather radars play beyond meteorology. Migrating bramblings. Weather radars are not only used to measure weather, th...

Call to run a project to deliver innovative employability projects aimed to reduce poverty and exclusion with the flexibility to meet the ongoing and emerging needs of Lancashire.

Details Through this call, the GLA and London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP) are seeking projects that can help tackle London’s employment and skills challenges and support London’s recovery from COVID-19. Projects should deliver good quality skills provision at all levels to support Londoners to progress into and in work. Provision should be flexible and support must be tailored to meet the individual needs of participants. Where projects are working with participants who have more com...

Details The spread of COVID-19 and the actions to contain it have already had a significant impact on London’s economy. While the scale of that impact is yet to be fully understood, early indicators suggest that the London labour market has been particularly affected compared to the UK as a whole. Through this call, the GLA and London Economic Action Partnership (LEAP) are seeking projects that can help tackle London’s employment and skills challenges and support London’s recovery from CO...