05 Oct
Member News

AccentC3 | What is the voice of leadership?

Article written by Lisa Patti, Founder & CEO of AccentC3 | Recently I had the opportunity to be a part of a diverse panel of professionals to discuss The Unconscious Bias of Voice and Accent with the EACCNY. The topic was one that has interested me for quite a long time since I work with a global clientele. Is there an unconscious bias when it comes to accents and voice? Which leads to our next question, “is there a voice...

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05 Oct
Chapter News

Special European Council, 1-2 October 2020

Main results On 1 and 2 October, EU leaders met in Brussels to discuss foreign affairs and the EU's economic base. On Thursday, they discussed the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean. They also addressed relations with China, the situation in Belarus, the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny. On Friday, COVID-19, the single market, industrial policy and digital transition were on the agenda. Leaders were also updated on EU-UK relations and the MFF negotiations with the European Parliament. European Council conclusions, 1-2 October 2020 Remarks by President Charles Michel after the Special...

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05 Oct
Chapter News

ECB intensifies its work on a digital euro

Publication of Eurosystem High-Level Task Force report on digital euro Eurosystem needs to be ready for possible future decision to introduce digital euro Public consultation and experimentation to be launched The European Central Bank (ECB) today published a comprehensive report on the possible issuance of a digital euro, prepared by the Eurosystem High-Level Task Force on central bank digital currency (CBDC) and approved by the Governing Council. A digital euro would be an electronic form of central bank money accessible...

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02 Oct
Brexit News, Member News

Vulcan Insight | European Commission launches legal proceedings against UK

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday morning announced that the Commission had sent a so-called letter of formal notice to the UK Government over the UK Internal Market Bill’s alleged breach of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement. Thursday’s announcement comes after Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, on 10 September, called on the UK Government to remove a number of contentious clauses from the Government’s UK Internal Market Bill by the end of September at the latest. Failure to do...

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02 Oct
Chapter News

Achieving a European Education Area by 2025 and resetting education and training for the digital age

September 30, 2020, the Commission adopted two initiatives that will strengthen the contribution of education and training to the EU's recovery from the coronavirus crisis, and help build a green and digital Europe. Setting out a vision of the European Education Area to be achieved by 2025, the Commission proposes new initiatives, more investment and stronger cooperation of Member States to help all Europeans, of all ages, benefit from the EU's rich education and training offer. The Commission also adopted a...

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02 Oct
Chapter News

Investing in new energy infrastructure: Green light for EU grants worth nearly €1 billion

EU Member States agreed yesterday on a Commission proposal to invest €998 million in key European energy infrastructure projects under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). Yesterday's positive vote provides financial aid for works and studies for ten projects. The largest amount of funding goes to the Baltic Synchronisation Project (€720 million), to better integrate the electricity markets of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Other projects include a smart electricity grid linking Hungary and Slovakia (€102 million), and the first-ever CEF grant for works on a CO2 transport project for...

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01 Oct
Member News

aicep Portugal Global | Government, Google sign MoU to foster recovery, digital transition

The government and Google Portugal signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at fostering economic recovery and accelerating the country's digital transition. Portugal’s government and Google Portugal on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at fostering economic recovery and accelerating the country’s digital transition, with digital skills and employability the main areas envisaged in the document. “Google Portugal today reinforced its commitment to the Government and the Portuguese to support the digital transition and offer the tools and training that will...

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01 Oct
Member News

Thompson Hine | DoD Issues Updates to Grant and Cooperative Agreement Regulations

Key Notes: New DoDGARs final rules are effective October 19, 2020. In general, the final rules seek to update, standardize, and clarify the DoDGARs for the benefit of both DoD administrators and award recipients. The final rules are intended to implement government-wide guidance on administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements. Background Over the past few years, the federal government, through the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”), has significantly rewritten its guidance concerning grants and cooperative agreements (referred to as...

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01 Oct
Member News

Stephenson Harwood | LIBOR transition – what drafting should I use in my new facility?

There has never been any doubt that the task of shifting the loans market away from LIBOR onto alternative “risk-free” benchmark rates (“RFRs”) is a monumental one.  However, over the past month we have seen a number of the pieces of the transition jigsaw start to fall into place and momentum is building apace.  In particular, the Working Group on Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates (the “Sterling Working Group”) has published a number of key statements and recommendations, and the...

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01 Oct
Brexit News, Chapter News

Press statement by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič following the third meeting of the EU-UK Joint Committee

Statement by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič | 28 September 2020 | Brussels Good afternoon everyone! We have just concluded our third meeting of the Joint Committee on the implementation and application of the Withdrawal Agreement. Our main message was on the much-needed acceleration of the implementation work to prepare for the 1st January 2021 and on the need to ensure a full, timely and effective implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement. Much work remains to be done before the transition period ends in...

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