Read about Horizon Europe' s First Strategic Plan 2021-2024

Read about Horizon Europe' s First Strategic Plan 2021-2024

18/03/2021

EOC MEMBERS' NEWS

 

THE UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTRE FOR MEDIEVAL ARTS & RITUALS (CeMAR) AT THE FACULTY OF LETTERS
 
CeMAR spurs and promotes ground-breaking interdisciplinary research in Medieval Studies. Its unique approach to the study of medieval arts and rituals addresses a long-standing gap in existing research that has not seen medieval arts and rituals as the interdependent and complementary practices that they truly are. CeMAR proceeds on the premise that medieval arts are imbricated with medieval rituals.
 
Find out more here.
 

 

FREDERICK UNIVERSITY PARTICIPATES IN ACT-ON-GENDER EUROPEAN PROJECT AIMING TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY
 
Frederick University participates in the Community of Practice for Gender Equality in Central and Eastern Europe seeking to advance gender equality within the framework of a European project entitled ACT-on-gender.
 
Find out more here.

 

RESEARCH "ALLIANCE" BETWEEN NIREAS INTERNATIONAL WATER  RESEARCH CENTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS AND LARNAKA SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE BOARD (SAL) TO CONTROL URBAN WASTEWATER FOR DETECTION OF GENETIC MATERIALS OF COVID
 
A new cooperation has been reached between the Larnaca Sewerage and Drainage Board (SAL) and the International Water Research Center "Nireas" of the University of Cyprus, in order to determine the presence of the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) in the wastewater that end up at the SAL Urban Wastewater Treatment Plant in Larnaca.
 
Find out more here.
 

 

More EOC Members' News 

  • Spin-Off Company by the National Technical University of Athens: 'LIghtCoce Open Innovation Test Bed'. Read more. 
  • University of Nicosia, CARDET and the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) announce the launch of the project ‘Migrants Info Centre (MIC)’. Read more.

 

 

DIGITAL NEWS

 

EUROPE’S DIGITAL DECADE: COMMISSION SETS THE COURSE TOWARDS A DIGITALLY EMPOWERED EUROPE BY 2030
 
On 9 March, the Commission presented a vision, targets and avenues for a successful digital transformation of Europe by 2030. This is also critical to achieve the transition towards a climate neutral, circular and resilient economy.
 
Find out more here.

 

 

EU CODE WEEK LAUNCHES HACKATHONS FOR TEENAGERS IN SIX COUNTRIES
 
In 2021, EU Code Week brings six extraordinary hackathons to Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Romania and Slovenia. In these countries, Code Week invites upper secondary school students to form teams and use their coding skills to solve a local challenge.
 
Find out more here.

 

 

ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

 

 

EUROPEAN BATTERY ALLIANCE: MINISTERIAL MEETING ON PROGRESS AND FUTURE ACTIONS
 
On 12 March, the Commission held the 5th Ministerial Meeting under the European Battery Alliance. Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioners Thierry Breton, Nicolas Schmit and Elisa Ferreira, as well as the European Investment Bank Vice-Presidents Ambroise Fayolle and Thomas Östros attended the event alongside Ministers from 14 EU Member States with significant investments in the battery value chain.
 
Find out more here.

 

 

EU NEWS

 

 

COMMISSION WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON THE CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY TO FUND GREENER, MORE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AND ENERGY NETWORKS, AND DIGITALISATION
 
The European Commission welcomes the agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) proposal, worth €33.7 billion, as part of the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027.
 
Find out more here.

 

 

BUILDING TOMORROW’S EUROPE: EU PAVES WAY FOR CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
 
The presidents of the European Parliament, Commission and Council of the EU signed a joint declaration on the Conference on the Future of Europe.
 
Find out more here.

 

 

HEALTH

 

 

PARLIAMENT GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR NEW EU4Health PROGRAMME
 
MEPs adopted the EU4Health programme for 2021-2027, which aims to prepare EU health systems more rigorously for future health threats and pandemics.
 
Find out more here.

 

 

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

 

 

HORIZON EUROPE’S FIRST STRATEGIC PLAN 2021-2024: COMMISSION SETS RESEARCH AND INNOVATION PRIORITIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
 
On 15 March, the European Commission adopted the first strategic plan for Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation programme worth €95.5 billion in current prices.
 
Find out more here.

 

 

BUSINESS CONTINUITY MEASURES AT THE ERC – UPDATED

The ERC is aware of the disruptive impact of the pandemic on many of their applicants and grantees and their proposals/projects.

Find out more here.

 

 

INNOVATION FUND CALL FOR SMALL-SCALE PROJECTS RECEIVED 232 PROJECT PROPOSALS REQUESTING EUR 1 BILLION
 
INEA has received 232 project proposals by the deadline of 10 March 2021 for the first call for small-scale projects requesting a bit more than €1 billion from the Innovation Fund, 10 times more the available budget.
 
Find out more here.

 

 

CORONAVIRUS: EU SUPPORT TO INNOVATORS YIELDS PROMISING RESULTS ONE YEAR ON

In the past year, the Commission has invested €226 million through the European Innovation Council pilot and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology to support innovative start-ups, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and projects to develop solutions in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing crisis. Many of these companies and projects have already generated promising results.

Find out more here.

 

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