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The Cyprus Institute: Environmental Research Infrastructure Innovation Roadmap: Paving the Way for the Development of New Technologies & Services to Address the Climate Crisis

Research-driven environmental policies, and new technologies and services to support their effective implementation and monitoring, are essential for a timely and concerted approach to adapt to and mitigate the effects of the unfolding climate crisis. European Research Infrastructures (RIs) of the Environment Domain, collectively referred to as the European Environmental and Earth System RIs (ENVRI) …

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European Office of Cyprus: Launch of the Cyprus Research and Innovation Managers and Administrators Network

Nicosia, 26 January 2024 Announcement / Press Release Launch of the Cyprus Research and Innovation Managers and Administrators Network The European Office of Cyprus is pleased to announce the establishment of the Cyprus Research and Innovation Managers and Administrators Network (CyRIMA). The official launch of the network took place on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, highlighting …

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Statement by the ERC Scientific Council on the next EU framework programme for research and innovation (FP10)

Established in 2007, the European Research Council (ERC) has been highly effective in supporting curiosity-driven frontier research across all fields, based only on scientific excellence. The ERC has given the EU framework programmes a new dimension that complements traditional top-down approaches, and it provides a benchmark for excellence in European science. The EU should build …

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Boosting the twin transition through innovation: inspiring practices and tools from across Europe

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published, together with the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), a document that aims to accompany territories towards innovative initiatives for place-based transformations. The report Innovation for place-based transformations: ACTIONbook, practices and tools, is a comprehensive hands-on resource set to empower local, regional and national stakeholders across Europe to drive societal …

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President von der Leyen launches Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has launched the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture, a new forum mandated to shape a shared vision for the future of the EU’s farming and food system. The Strategic Dialogue, announced by the President in her 2023 State of the Union address, will address challenges and opportunities …

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COP28: Overall outcome & EU reactions

At the end of the COP28 UN Climate Conference in Dubai, European Union negotiators succeeded, with partners from around the world, to keep alive the possibility of delivering on the commitment in the Paris Agreement to limit global average temperature increase to 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial levels.   At COP28, the first Global Stocktake was concluded on …

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European Data Protection Day – Discover four Horizon 2020 projects dealing with and improving data protection!

On 28 January 1981, the Council of Europe adopted Convention 108, the first legally binding international instrument on data protection. To commemorate this landmark development, the EU celebrates Data Protection Day every 28 January. HaDEA manages several projects funded under Horizon 2020 dealing with and improving data protection, one of them shared their success story in an interview. …

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Open University of Cyprus: New Erasmus+ Research Project: “ADMIT: generative Ai anD large language Models In higher education”

The Open University of Cyprus (OUC) participates with a research team led by Professor Loizos Michael (Computational Cognition Lab and Joint M.Sc. Programme in “Cognitive Systems”) in the new three-year Erasmus+ project “ADMIT: generative Ai anD large language Models In higher educaTion”. ADMIT is a collaborative partnership project between higher distance learning institutions aiming at developing a comprehensive LLM-ed framework and guidelines, and establishing …

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European Cohesion Policy supports the employment of millions of people, improves energy efficiency, and protects citizens from natural climate disasters

The European Commission published its 2023 Summary Report on the Implementation of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds), showcasing some of the overarching achievements of the ESI funds as things stood at the end of 2022. These funds are the main financial instruments of Cohesion Policy, supporting regional development investments from the 2014 – 2020 …

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