Michael Gahler MEP has been appointed as Head of the Election Observation Mission of the European Union for the elections in Pakistan on 11 May 2013 by the Vice-President of the European Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Gahler previously headed the EU mission for the parliamentary elections in 2008.

The current and future application of capitals in Integrated Reporting <IR> are explained today in a new report prepared for the IIRC (International Integrated Reporting Council) by a group led by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and the Netherlands Institute of Chartered Accountants (NBA).

A call for renewable energy project funding, which potentially totals tens of millions of Euros under NER300, was launched by the European Commission today.

Brussels, 3rd April 2013 - The long road to finalize a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty aimed at regulating legal international trade in conventional arms and combating illegal trade came to a successful end on 2nd April. After a two week long final negotiation in New York, under the very skilful leadership of the Chair of the negotiation, Ambassador Woolcott from Australia, the conference agreed on a treaty text which was put forward to and subsequently voted through, with an overwhelming majority, in the UN General Assembly.

The study introduces sector-specific corporate responsibility initiatives with government involvement as forms of self- and co-regulation and complements to traditional governance. It highlights sector-specific initiatives as an appropriate response to the governance challenges to sustainable development and presents five success factors for good performance for setting-up and managing of such initiatives.The study provides an overview of over 60 different sector-specific initiatives at the national level in five industry sectors across eight European countries.