Open University of Cyprus: Staff Support Event co-hosted by EADTU and the Open University of Cyprus

The Open University of Cyprus (OUC) and the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), co-organized a Staff Support Event on 9-10 March 2023, with the aim of building the capacity of conventional and distance teaching universities in open and distance education, and exchanging ideas, know-how and best practices between the participating institutions. Sixteen participants from EADTU and four of its …

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National Technical University of Athens: R-AMS: A new spin-off company at NTUA

The Rector’s Council of the NTUA, in its meeting on 13/2/2023, approved the establishment of the spin-off company “R-AMS Spin-off IKE” and the participation of NTUA in the shareholding of the company. R-AMS was founded by Prof. Costas Charitidis of the NTUA School of Chemical Engineering and Evangelia Karaxis (CONIFY SMPC), Anna Karatza (BIOG3D SMPC) …

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University of Nicosia (UNIC): The CRISIS Project MOOC

As cities around the world become more digitalised and interconnected, the need for trained professionals to plan and build resilience in Smart Cities is urgent. In response to this need, we are excited to offer a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the Smart City Resilience Officer (SCRO) starting on March 20th. The SCRO …

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The Cyprus Institute (CyI): EEWRC Director, Prof. Fadi Comair, Participates in the UNESCO 62nd Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) Meeting in Paris

The 62nd UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) meeting took place on the 27th and 28th February 2023 at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris. At the meeting, the bureau adopted the establishment of the ECOMED Academy and The Cyprus Institute as the official host. Cyprus is now officially represented in the ECOMED Academy Task Force following the …

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Frederick University: Frederick University researchers involved in study published in Nature journal Urban Sustainability

Frederick University ongratulates Dr Paris Fokaides and Dr Byron Ioannou, members of Frederick University academic community, for co-authoring the study, which focuses on city climate plans, involving more than 300 European cities. According to the research study published in the Nature journal Urban Sustainability, as of the end of 2020, only 167 out of 327 …

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European Capital of Innovation Awards: 2023 edition kicks off

The Commission launched the ninth edition of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital).The prize is awarded to European cities that are front-runners of innovations that benefit their citizens. The European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital), supported by the European Innovation Council (EIC) under Horizon Europe, recognise those European cities that open their governance practices to experimentation and aim at being …

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Horizon Europe funding for PCP and PPI

Interested in EU funding for your next innovation procurement? Get ready to prepare proposals for the 2023-2024 calls of the Horizon Europe programme. There are 263M EURO of funding opportunities in different fields: health, security, climate change and research infrastructures etc. Check out the video recording and slide decks of the webinar on how to …

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Research and innovation investment gap study : policy report

The report provides the results of a comparative study of the levels of research and innovation (R&I) investment in food systems across the European Union (EU), considering both public and private R&I expenditure at national and EU level. To inform the study, three main strands of research were used: a review of projects funded through …

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Time for the First European Innovation Days in the Silicon Valley

On 21 and 22 March 2023, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and a high-level delegation of over 40 top corporates, rectors, mayors, regions’ president, and unicorns bring the European innovation ecosystem to the Silicon Valley. For the first time, Europe is on equal footing with Silicon Valley in the …

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