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VVA ANNOUNCES THE SALE OF VVA BRUSSELS VVA – Valdani Vicari & Associati is glad to confirm the sale to EY of VVA Brussels, Belgian subsidiary of the VVA Group incorporated in London in 2012 and subsequently moved to Brussels in 2015, specialised in providing high-quality advisory services to public sector clients, including the European Institutions. From that distant February 2012, with the first office located in Pierre Hausemer's house before finding the first London office, through the creation of the Brussels office and the subsequent merger of the two entities into VVA Brussels, thanks to the extraordinary commitment not only of the three partners Pierre Hausemer, Monica Pesce and Martin Rune Jensen, but also of all the other wonderful people of several nationalities who have shared part of their professional path with VVA, our "European" reality has grown to become what it is today. As VVA group, we are proud to have contributed to the birth and development of VVA Brussels and to have consequently participated in the challenge of making the European Union grow. We thank Pierre, Monica, Martin and the whole VVA Brussels team for sharing this journey with us, and we wish them the greatest success in their future professional career. They will always be an important part of VVA's history, which continues with new challenges and new successes to be achieved. Ad maiora!   VVA ANNUNCIA LA CESSIONE DI VVA BRUSSELS VVA – Valdani Vicari & Associati è lieta di annunciare la cessione a EY di VVA Brussels, fondata a Londra nel 2012 e quindi spostata a Bruxelles nel 2015, specializzata in servizi di consulenza ad elevato valore aggiunto a clienti del settore pubblico, incluse le istituzioni europee. Da quel lontano febbraio 2012, con il primo ufficio situato nella casa di Pierre Hausemer in attesa di trovare la prima sede londinese, passando per la creazione della sede di Bruxelles e la successiva fusione delle due realtà in VVA Brussels, grazie allo straordinario impegno non solo dei tre partner Pierre Hausemer, Monica Pesce e Martin Jensen, ma anche di tutte le altre meravigliose persone delle più svariate nazionalità che hanno condiviso il proprio percorso professionale con VVA, la nostra realtà “europea” è cresciuta fino a diventare ciò che è oggi. Come gruppo VVA, siamo orgogliosi di aver contribuito alla nascita e allo sviluppo di VVA Brussels, di aver quindi partecipato alla sfida di far crescere l’Unione Europea, ringraziamo Pierre, Monica, Martin e tutto il team di VVA Brussels per aver condiviso questo percorso con noi, e gli auguriamo di avere un grande successo nella prosecuzione del loro percorso professionale. Saranno sempre una parte importante della storia di VVA, che continua con nuove sfide all’orizzonte e nuovi successi da raggiungere. Ad maiora! Thomas Colombo Salvio Vicari Enrico Valdani Massimo Ballerini Giandomenico Petronella Rossana Capelloni Carolina Gerenzani Claudio Calvani Stefano Sellari

💡 On 29th September, VVA Group together with Spatial Foresight and LSE Cities hosted a workshop on the #proximityeconomy in the EU. This event is part of an action under the European Commission (DG GROW) and is managed by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). The workshop brought together academics and policy experts to exchange ideas to define the #proximityeconomy, identify its value added and the conditions for it to thrive. The first results indicate that the #proximityeconomy: 🌐 cannot be defined without considering both the geographical and relational dimensions of proximity, and how they interact; ❗❗  provides economic, social and environmental value added to its community, but may also generate risks in terms of territorial inequalities; 🤝 emerges thanks to the collective intention of the stakeholders within the ecosystem, but needs to be steered with policy; 🌱 has different features in urban and rural settings, and specific enabling conditions can avoid the creation of silos between them. In the next months, the study team will identify best practices and examples of the #proximityeconomy in the EU, and develop a monitoring framework to measure its performance. If you are interested in the topic or have worked on it, do not hesitate to reach out to us, at n.gorman@vva.it. Stay tuned to know the results of the study! #proximityEU 

The European Parliament ITRE Committee has just released a major report on facilitating the unrestricted movement of non-personal data while upholding data privacy and security standards. This research, done by VVA Group, Bruegel and WIK Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste, scrutinizes the current legal framework within the EU, highlighting persistent obstacles and proposing potential strategies for implementation. 💡 A must-read for anyone interested in data sharing and privacy. Check out the report here: https://lnkd.in/dc--emib #EUdata #dataprivacy #datasharing

📢 Validation Seminar   Join us for a seminar concerning the “Ex-Post Evaluation of Cohesion Policy Programmes 2014-2020 Financed by the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund – Work Package 8 – Transport and Energy Network Infrastructures” that the KPMG-VVA Consortium is conducting on behalf of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) of the European Commission.   📅 Date: 26th of October 2023 🕘 Time: 09:30 am – 16:30 pm CET   🌟 We are thrilled to invite you to this seminar, where we will present and validate the study's findings. Your active participation is key in refining and deepening the outcomes of the evaluation activities.    🤝 We encourage you to participate in this event in person. We will cover travel fees and accommodation for one night.   👉 Interested? You can register via this link: https://lnkd.in/dNJrwqbP   ✉ For any inquiries or further information, please reach out to i.zejerman@vva.it and/or c.guey@vva.it.     We look forward to your participation!

💡 📢 Excited to share that we delivered a validation Workshop on "Optimising Synergies Between Data Centres and Energy Systems" commissioned by the European Commission's DG CNECT🌎🔌. 🌟 At the recent workshop, we had the opportunity to discuss a wide range of topics related to improving data center energy efficiency and integrating with energy and water systems. Here are the main takeaways: ·      Technical aspects: Heat reuse is already feasible, but it may not be economically viable in all cases. Water efficiency and reuse vary based on location and grid mix. ·      Legal and socio-economic aspects: comprehensive and expanding legal and regulatory framework, simplification and harmonisation will ensure a smooth integration of data centres into energy systems. 24/7 carbon-free energy is seen as the new frontier, but public opposition must be taken into account. 🤝 We are thrilled to have been a part of this workshop and to have contributed to such an important cause. We would also like to acknowledge Juan Arregui Mc Gullion for spearheading this project and our partners, including Simon Hinterholzer🏳️🌈, Ottavia Carla Bonacci, Schmidt Ralf-Roman, and Catherine Banet. We would also like to thank our VVA colleagues, including Monica Pesce, Marco Bolchi, Axel Wion, Ayoub MAHI, and Gregorius Dennis Heatubun, for their contributions. We look forward to staying in touch and keeping you informed of the project's progress! 🌐🌍 #datacentres #energysystems #heatrecovery #carbonfree

VVA is pleased to announce that our report on the assessment of the early implementation of four EU programmes on culture and education has been published. The study covered Erasmus +, Creative Europe, the European Solidarity Corps programmes and Strand 3 of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV). The final research paper maps the different approaches, successes and challenges encountered by these programmes in the first years of the 2021-2027 programming period. We were happy to collaborate with Spatial Foresight, ÖIR GmbH and inforelais on this project for the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT). The final report is available here https://lnkd.in/ewjTEdgA