The Commission welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act, proposed by the Commission in December 2020. The Digital Services Package sets out a first comprehensive rulebook for the online platforms that we all depend on in our daily lives. These new rules will be applicable across …
On 29 June, the EU and Norway concluded fisheries consultations that will modernise the exchange of fisheries data for control purposes. The two delegations agreed to use a common software platform for data exchanges, the FLUX Transportation Layer, developed by the European Commission. They agreed to start using the software to exchange vessel position data …
The Commission is launching negotiations on the association to the LIFE programme for environment and climate with seven non-EU countries: Albania, Andorra, Faroe Islands, Israel, Moldova, North Macedonia and Turkey. The Commission is launching negotiations on the association to the LIFE programme for environment and climate with seven non-EU countries: Albania, Andorra, Faroe Islands, Israel, Moldova, North …
The LIFE Programme will participate in the International Congress of Entomology (ICE 2022) from 17 to 22 July in Helsinki, Finland. The central theme of the Congress is ‘Entomology for Our Planet’. A LIFE representative will speak during the opening plenary session on ‘Protecting Europe’s threatened invertebrates: Overview of EU policy on the protection of invertebrates and funding opportunities through …
Following the adoption of the Partnership Agreement, the single operational programme and the Just Transition Plan for Cyprus, the EU will invest a total of more than €1 billion in the country between 2021 and 2027. The Partnership Agreement lays down Cyprus’ investment strategy for its economic, social and territorial cohesion, the green and digital …
Building on the substantive work that have been done already to foster innovation in the EU, the New European Innovation Agenda aims to accelerate the development and scaling up of innovation across the Union through a coherent set of actions. On 05 July, the Commission adopted a New European Innovation Agenda to position Europe at the forefront …
EIT Urban Mobility just opened an ongoing investment call for early-to-seed stage ventures. Selected scale-ups and start-ups can receive up to €500,000 capital. More importantly, the offer goes beyond funding. Ventures will benefit from fast-track introductions into the urban mobility community via the extensive regional and pan-European network, including cities, mentors, and industry leaders. This …
The EIT Digital Challenge, the leading competition for European digital deep tech companies, is now accepting applications. Fast-growing start-ups with existing customers – so called scaleups – are invited to apply in one of five thematic areas: Digital Tech, Digital Cities, Digital Industry, Digital Wellbeing and Digital Finance. The best five companies will receive a …
The evaluation of the 129 proposals submitted under the Horizon Europe Space Research 2021 & 2022 calls has been completed. Over € 200 million in grants will be awarded to projects in 22 topics to reinforce the EU’s independent capacity to access space, and secure the autonomy of supply for critical technologies and equipment. Topics of both calls …
The EIT RawMaterials Accelerator programme aims to catch and mentor start-ups to rapidly become suppliers to, and perhaps future partners of our network. The programme is composed of three phases each with specific objectives, processes and funding schemes. The support includes individual and group coaching, funding and anchoring start-ups in their local and national ecosystems …