University of Cyprus: Signing of a General Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Cyprus and Parimatch Tech

The University of Cyprus and Parimatch Tech signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aiming at the development of joint actions related to technology, data analysis, artificial intelligence, human resources development, etc. The Memorandum provides, among other things, for the co-organisation of joint scientific and educational events and activities, the placement of students and new graduates …

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Nicosia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI): The partners of the project “Empowering Culture through Business” have their first transnational meeting

The project “Empowering Culture through Business: Introducing Business Academies for Culture and Creative Young Professionals in rural and remote areas” is funded under Key Action 2 of the Erasmus+ Programme and aims at the development and enhancement of the skills of Culture and Creative Young Professionals (CCYPs) living and working in rural and remote areas. …

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Call for start-ups from EU’s outermost regions in need of support with discovery, incubation and acceleration

The EIT HEI Initiative project INCORE is currently looking for start-ups and small/medium companies interested in receiving support with discovery, incubation and acceleration. Applicants must be based in the outermost regions of the EU: the Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira and La Réunion. The project is currently working with 18 start-ups, who will receive professional help …

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EIT Urban Mobility is now a part of the Smart Cities Marketplace

EIT Urban Mobility is happy to announce that it will be a part of a 10-partner consortium led by VITO.be for the management of the Smart Cities Marketplace. The Smart Cities Marketplace is a major market-changing undertaking that aims to bring cities, industries, SMEs, investors, researchers, and other smart city actors together, to advance the market …

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EIC – EIT Digital Venture Acceleration Programme: EIT Digital announces the 10 winners that will receive scaleup support

EIT Digital and the European Innovation Council (EIC) have launched a year-long collaboration pilot aimed at creating new synergies between the two organisations, enabling their supported startups, scaleups, and teams to benefit from each other’s programmes, services, and support activities. A key component of this pilot is the EIC and EIT Digital Venture Acceleration Programme, an …

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Perfect connections at European level

Pôle MecaTech, a Belgian competitiveness cluster from the Walloon region, strives to increase their members’ innovation, production and service capacities to raise their profiles on the European and world market. EIT Manufacturing and Pôle MecaTech will collaborate more intensely in the future, just having agreed on a network partnership. Rooted in a region with amazing innovation …

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EIT Urban Mobility: Extra investment opportunities to start-ups incorporated in RIS countries

All over Europe, entrepreneurs are working on innovative solutions to cope with urban mobility challenges. However, circumstances differ across the continent resulting in unequal number and quality of funding opportunities for locally emerging businesses. Through the Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS), EIT tackles such disparities by spreading its activities more evenly. More precisely, the RIS region defines …

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EIT to launch EIT Community RIS Hubs covering all RIS-eligible countries and territories!

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is scaling up and consolidating its on-the-ground presence across the Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) by establishing a network of EIT Community RIS Hubs in over 20 countries across Europe. The EIT RIS is an EIT instrument dedicated to tackling Europe’s persistent innovation divide. By connecting regional actors, innovators, and partners to Europe’s largest …

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The European Commission signs grant agreements with 30 projects under Horizon Europe: Civil Security

The projects will begin their research on a range of topics such as reducing crime, enhancing privacy, and managing responses to natural disasters—contributing to EU policy, priorities, and Missions. Background Five calls for applications for funding under Horizon Europe – Cluster 3: Civil security for society opened on the 30th of June 2021 and closed on the 23rd of …

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