EU-China Training Programme for Managers
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The EU Commission-funded programme METP (Managers Exchange and Training Programme) offers especially small and medium-sized enterprises from the EU Member States the possibility to train their managers for the Chinese market. The ten months programs, include a language training and an internship in a Chinese company. The EU Commission will organize the stay in China [...]
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EU Helpdesk on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China
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Especially for many small and medium-sized European enterprises (SME), the still inadequate IPR protection in China and their lack of practical know-how are significant risks to their business activities there. With the China SME IPR Helpdesk, the EU has implemented a body, that provides small and medium-sized European enterprises (SMEs) with free business knowledge and [...]
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Open access pilot in FP7 launched by the European Commission
Hartmut Buettner @ September 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
To move Europe towards an increasingly competitive knowledge-based economy, the European Commission has launched an open access pilot project publishing online with open access (free internet access for the user) the findings of EU-financed research in several areas for either six or twelve months. These areas are health, energy, environment, parts of information and communication [...]
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