by Claudia | May 29, 2018 | News
EuChemS has provided feedback on the draft UNESCO Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) text. We are generally pleased with the text and its emphasis on open access to educational materials and ways to move forward with improving education on a global...
by Claudia | May 25, 2018 | News
After a two-year transition period, the EUÂ General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)Â approved on 14 April 2016 comes into force on 25 May 2018. The regulation, aimed at harmonising the right to data protection and privacy within the EU, provides a comprehensive legal...
by Claudia | May 23, 2018 | News
EuChemS has responded to the European Commission’s public consultation on the evaluation of the European Heritage Label Action. This provided us with a unique opportunity to promote the need to better recognise the role that science and chemistry play in our...
by Claudia | May 14, 2018 | News
In her Editorial of the Nachrichten aus der Chemie, the membership magazine of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, the German Chemical Society (GDCh), EuChemS President Pilar Goya Laza has written about the role national chemical societies need to play in a changing...
by Claudia | May 7, 2018 | News
The proposal for the future framework programme – Horizon Europe – was unveiled by the European Commission on 2 May, launching a lengthy process of negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council over the next few months. The proposal sets €100 billion...