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University of Luxembourg and ministry of the Economy establish Chair in Digital Procurement
The University of Luxembourg and the Ministry of the Economy announce the creation of an academic Chair in Digital Procurement. The Chair will be hosted at the University's Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LCL) of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance and will train Master students in the use of new technologies and computer science in procurement.
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Luxembourg to start real life testing of an international standard for a digital circularity fingerprint for products
The Ministry of the Economy of Luxembourg just launched phase two of the development of an international standard. It provides information on the circularity of products to all stakeholders involved along their value chains.
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Accelerating public services innovation – Launch of the GovTech Lab and its first call for solutions 'Bye Bye Robots!'
On November 26, 2020, Marc Hansen, Minister Delegate for Digitalisation, presented the concept of the new GovTech Lab of the Luxembourg Government and launched the Lab's first call for solutions entitled 'Bye bye Robots!'.
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pdp 2.0: Individually tailored dementia prevention
The Luxembourg Programme for Dementia Prevention (pdp) is entering a new funding period. It will continue to develop in the direction of personalised prevention and help to reduce the risk of dementia in Luxembourg for people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).
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Annual report 2019 of the National Data Protection Commission (CNPD)
2019 was the first full year that the CNPD worked under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new national data protection laws of 2018.
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New COVID-19 cases - Weekly review: 16 - 22 November
The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 continues to decrease slightly, but remains at a high level, with 3,851 cases for the week of 16 to 22 November, compared to 4,013 cases for the previous week. However, the number of contacts identified has increased significantly to 15,072, due in particular to the recent substantial reinforcement of the contact tracing team.
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Franz Fayot announces the extension of the Fit 4 Resilience programme to help companies with their recovery
Minister of the Economy Franz Fayot announced the extension of the Fit 4 Resilience strategic recovery programme, initiated by the Ministry of the Economy and managed by Luxinnovation, until 31 December 2021.
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Additional COVID-19 Testing Offer for Children from 2 to 6 years of age
As of 24 November 2020, the Medico-Social League offers, in collaboration with the National Health Laboratory (LNS), the possibility of doing a COVID-19 test (PCR test) for children between 2 and 6 years of age.
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Sommet intermédiaire des Exécutifs de la Grande Région
La ministre à la Grande Région Corinne Cahen a participé le 19 novembre 2020 au Sommet intermédiaire des Exécutifs de la Grande Région sous la présidence du ministre-président sarrois Tobias Hans.
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Luxembourg teams up with ESA to create a unique "European Space Resources Innovation Centre" to be established in the Grand Duchy
Luxembourg just entered a strategic partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to create a "European Space Resources Innovation Centre", called ESRIC in abbreviated form.
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New COVID-19 cases - Weekly review: 9 - 15 November
The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 continues to decrease slightly, but remains at a high level, with 4,013 cases for the week of 26 October to 1 November, compared to 4,133 cases for the previous week.
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Creation of an economic and commercial attaché position at the Luxembourg Embassy in London
In the continuity of multiple collaborative projects aimed at further developing economic relations at the international level, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce have jointly decided to create a position for an economic and commercial attaché at the Embassy of Luxembourg in London.
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New COVID-19 cases - Weekly review: 2 - 8 November
The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has slightly decreased with 4,127 cases for the week of 2 to 8 November, compared to 4,700 cases for the previous week. The number of identified contacts remained stable at 12,582 The average age of those diagnosed as COVID-19 positive also remained stable at 41.4 years, compared to 41.2 in the previous week.
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Mathias Link appointed as interim Director of the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC)
The Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) appointed Mathias Link as the Director ad interim of the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC).
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Lancement de l'appel à projets 2021 dans le cadre du Plan d'action national d'intégration (PAN intégration)
Le Département de l'intégration du ministère de la Famille, de l'Intégration et à la Grande Région lance un appel à projets pour le financement de projets favorisant l'intégration au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg pour l'année 2021.