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EFCA has issued its monthly newsletter on May 10th, 2021. It contains useful information, links, and news regarding representation and all the latest EFCA achievements To read the newsletter click here

The International Scientific Committee on the Analysis and Restoration of Structures of Architectural Heritage has organized and invites you to attend the second part of an online discussion titled “Earthquakes and Traditional Construction”. This discussion will take place on  Wednesday March 31st 2021. For more information please click here.

The importance of liquefaction as a principal-agent of fatalities and destruction in earthquake disasters has had to be reconsidered. We now fully appreciate how liquefaction is a separate damage mechanism to earthquake vibration. If half of the damage or fatalities can be driven by liquefaction what does that tell us around the priorities in modeling...

Dear members, The COVID-19 information sheet will be replaced by a monthly EFCA newsletter. You’ll find the first issue of the newsletter attached here. It is providing regular updates on EFCA’s advocacy work and achievements. It informs about the European regulatory environment and presents a selection of recent reports/resources.

The second European workshop of the LIFE ASTI project will be held online on 14 October. For more information and to register, click here.

The project’s concept, tools, methods and technologies collected in a succinct and practical guide. In the context of the EU-funded ZERO-PLUS Project (Achieving near Zero and Positive Energy Settlements in Europe using Advanced Energy Technology), the comprehensive Guidebook titled “Designing Net Zero Energy (NZE) Settlements” describing the project’s concept and implementation has now been released....

A new completed EU-funded applicative research project proved significant cost reduction of up to 26.7% when designing settlement rather than building NZEs. The ZERO-PLUS project, focused on reducing cost and net regulated energy consumption, with improved generation of renewable energy at the settlement-level instead of on single buildings. The approach brought together settlement planners, building...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) presents an overview for the Sustainable Infrastructure Group (SIG). March 2021. Find the presentation HERE.

The Arab-Hellenic Chamber is informing you that the 5th webinar “Doing Business with the Arab World” series will take place on September 23rd at 14:00 ( Greece local time ). For more information press here.

In continuation of the webinar that took place on July 14th 2020, we inform you that World Bank has posted the following announcement on its website: Over 15 months, the World Bank Group will be providing up to $160 billion in financing tailored to the health, economic and social shocks countries are facing, including $50...