Belgium took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on July 1, 2010. The Belgian Presidency is focused on these major projects: Implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon, which comes into force on December 1, 2010; launch of the EU 2020 strategy, which will guide EU policies in the coming decade; pursuit of international climate and energy negotiations; implementation of the Stockholm Programme in the areas of justice, asylum and immigration; continuation of enlargement negotiations; and, preparation of the 2011 budget and mid-term revision of financial perspectives. and Jana Vaňová.
At the end of 2009 European Commission carried out an evaluation of success of growth projects realized under the 5th framework program, which ended between 2004 and 2008. Out of 726 audited projects 7 successful ones representing different industrial branches were chosen. Among them was a project NACODRY, which in the Czech Republic represents SHM as a dominant industrial partner., Evropská komise provedla koncem r. 2009 vyhodnocení úspěšnosti projektů 5. rámcového programu Growth, které byly ukončeny v období let 2004-2008. Ze 726 hodnocených projektů bylo vybráno 7 úspěšných, jež reprezentují různá odvětví průmyslu. Mezi vybranými byl i projekt NACODRY, který v České republice reprezentuje společnost SHM jako dominantní průmyslový partner., and Převzato z MM Průmyslové spektrum 3, 2010, str. 14 - 15
In November 2009, the United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It has been a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world has been invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard biodiversity, i. e., the variety of life on earth. Throughout the year countless initiatives were organized to disseminate information, promote the protection of biodiversity and encourage organizations, institutions, companies and individuals to take direct action to reduce the constant loss of biological diversity worldwide. and Petr Petřík.