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#EULife22 Call submission results: 751 LIFE project proposals. Total cost €2.9 billion

The LIFE Programme’s 2022 Calls for nature, environment, climate action and clean energy transition projects has resulted in 751 proposals coming in from across the EU. The 2022 Call for standard action and clean energy transition projects closed on 4 October and 16 November, respectively. Applicants come from almost all EU countries. The proposals have a total cost of around €2.9 billion, which can be broken down …

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LIFE Clean Energy Transition Call 2022 received 225 proposals

Stakeholders across Europe submitted their ideas to accelerate the market-uptake of energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions under the Call for Proposals 2022 of the Clean Energy Transition sub-programme. The call closed on 16 November 2022. Overall 18 topics with a total budget of EUR 98M were open in the areas of improving building energy …

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58 new VET projects selected under first-ever capacity building call

The projects from the call “Capacity Building in Vocational Education and Training” involve VET bodies from 75 countries around the world. Erasmus+ is about much more than student exchanges. It stimulates cooperation between educational organisations from the EU and other associated European countries, and from other countries or regions of the world. Vocational Education and …

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Seamless data exchanges for Erasmus Without Paper for 2022

Full interoperability means that all computer systems used by higher education institutions can seamlessly exchange machine-readable data among themselves to manage Erasmus+ inter-institutional agreements and learning agreements. This is one of the top priorities for the Erasmus Without Paper (EWP) Network by the end of 2022. In summer 2022, the European Commission and the Erasmus …

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Building the European Education Area: Progress report published

The European Commission adopted on 18 November the report on progress to achieve the European Education Area by 2025 – an area where barriers to learning are gone and everyone has better access to quality education. The report looks at the ongoing work and progress towards EU-level targets. The report looks at actions such as: …

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European Digital Education Hub: grow your digital expertise with “microlearning”

The European Digital Education Hub, a lively community with over 1,100 members from 90 countries, is offering a series of “microlearning” activities in more than 15 Teams channels, ranging from “Sharing is caring” to “Knowledge building”. Knowledge building Microlearning focuses on relatively small learning units and short-term learning activities. As a member of the community, you …

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New Interoperable Europe Act to deliver more efficient public services through improved cooperation between national administrations on data exchanges and IT solutions

The Commission has adopted the Interoperable Europe Act proposal and its accompanying Communication to strengthen cross-border interoperability and cooperation in the public sector across the EU. The Act will support the creation of a network of sovereign and interconnected digital public administrations and will accelerate the digital transformation of Europe’s public sector. It will help …

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India and EU sign Intent for Cooperation agreement in high performance computing and quantum technologies

India and EU sign an agreement for Cooperation on High Performance Computing, Weather Extremes and Climate Modelling, and Quantum Technologies. The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) of the Government of India and the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) of the European Commission signed an “Intent of Cooperation on High Performance …

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EIT Digital successfully participates in eight European Digital Innovation Hubs

The European Commission recently announced the selection of European Digital Innovation Hubs across the EU. And EIT Digital has successfully participated in or led eight of the winning consortia. European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) are one-stop shops supporting companies to respond to digital challenges and become more competitive. They provide access to technical expertise and testing, …

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