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CRI supports therapy for children

This year, CRI (Luxembourg) S.A. made a donation to the Lëtzebuerger Kannerduerf Foundation’s animal-assisted therapy project.

Based at the ‘Schneider Haff’, a farm in Alzingen, this programme helps girls overcome traumas in their lives and find inner balance, by offering them the opportunity to care for animals.

CRI runs EURES Helpdesk

CRI (Luxembourg) S.A. has won a call for tenders for running the EURES Helpdesk as of April 2012. EURES, which stands for ‘European Employment Services’, is coordinated by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.

CRI renews European Socialists’ website

Following a recently signed contract, CRI (Luxembourg) S.A. will renew the website of the Group of the Party of European Socialists (PES Group) — the second most important political group out of the four represented in the Committee of the Regions (CoR), an advisory body representing local and regional authorities in the European Union.

SharePoint intranet for gender equality

CRI (Luxembourg) S.A. will develop and implement the intranet of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), a European agency promoting gender equality with seat in Vilnius, Lithuania. The chosen intranet information system is Microsoft SharePoint 2010.

CRI opens subsidiary in Brussels

As part of the international expansion of the CRI Group, in January 2012 CRI (Luxembourg) S.A. opened a European subsidiary office in Brussels, Belgium. The subsidiary will be branded as CRI Belgium Sprl and is the upshot of a 100% stake acquisition of E.S.I., European Strategic Investments, a Brussels-based company active in the field of high-level consultancy to international groups in the European international affairs market segment.

CRI takes over SharePoint website

Following a recently signed contract, CRI (Luxembourg) S.A. will provide the IT services for the Committee of the Regions’ (CoR) website.

The multilingual website of the CoR, which is the EU’s assembly of regional and local representatives with 344 members from all 27 EU Member States, was only recently migrated to the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 environment and will now need professional hosting, maintenance and further development.

BI helps banks in crisis

Interview with Frédéric Baeke, CRI’s Commercial Director

In the wake of an international economical and financial crisis, banks and other financial institutions must work out sound strategies to maintain profitability and preserve solid customer relationships.

Taking the right decisions at the right time is crucial in this environment, and the reaction time needs to be shorter than ever. Having accurate and reliable information quickly at hand is a must.

CRI wins Flash contract

CRI has just won a contract for providing e-guidance support to users of the Europe For Citizens subsite of the Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) website.

Long-term relationship sealed with Eurostat

CRI and Eurostat are building further on their long-term relationship. In October 2011, the two parties signed another one-year contract for the maintenance of a statistical application.

Next round of cooperation confirmed

CRI and Eurostat will enter their next round of cooperation for statistical projects in January 2012. The three-year contract renewed relates this time to the processing of external trade data sent to Eurostat by partner countries and international institutions.