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EU and Canada launch Health Policy Dialogue to advance Health Priorities

Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, and Canada’s Minister of Health, the Honourable Mark Holland, held a virtual meeting to launch the EU-Canada Health Policy Dialogue under the EU-Canada Strategic Partnership Agreement. The Health Policy Dialogue, focused on cooperation across three priority areas: antimicrobial resistance, health security (including climate-related health risks), and non-communicable diseases (including cancer …

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State of the Energy Union Report 2024 shows EU progress to ensure secure, competitive and affordable energy for all

The Commission has published the State of the Energy Union Report 2024 which describes how the EU has managed unprecedented challenges in the energy policy landscape during this Commission’s mandate, equipping the EU with a regulatory framework for pursuing the clean energy transition and laying the foundations for renewed economic growth and competitiveness. Crucially, over the past years, the EU has managed …

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EU boosts European AI developers with the AI Factories call for proposals

The Commission has launched a call for setting up AI Factories to boost European leadership in trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI). AI Factories will be created around the EU’s world-class network of European High-Performance Computing (HPC) supercomputers and will be available to a range of European users, such as startups, industry and researchers. AI Factories will bring together …

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Advancing the setting up and rolling out of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)

The establishment and operation of the EOSC Federation is currently at the centre of discussions within the EOSC Tripartite Governance. A newly established Tripartite Group around the building of the EOSC Federation is supporting its setting-up and operationalisation. The group is composed of the policy subgroup of the EOSC Steering Board, the EOSC Association and …

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Boost for Indian-EU research partnerships under new co-funding scheme within MSCA Staff Exchanges

The European Commission, the Delegation of the European Union to India and the Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have started a new co-funding initiative for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Staff Exchanges, part of the EU’s research and innovation programme Horizon Europe. The CSIR will top up selected MSCA Staff Exchanges projects, enabling its institutes, laboratories …

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Clean energy solutions offer new spark for Europe’s small island nations

For many Europeans, Cyprus and Malta represent a distant Mediterranean paradise. But despite their sunny climate, the two are less able to capitalise on their wealth of sunshine and potential clean energy than one may expect. One solution has been for these small island nations to partner up with expert research partners from bigger EU …

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EIT HEI Initiative to launch new call for proposals in autumn 2024

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) announced that the EIT Higher Education Institutions (HEI) Initiative will launch its new call for proposals in autumn 2024.  The EIT HEI Initiative, a Horizon Europe programme created by the EIT – Europe’s largest innovation ecosystem has a twofold aim: a) transforming HEIs into innovation and entrepreneurship powerhouses and …

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Commission authorises mRNA vaccine against common respiratory virus

The Commission has authorised the mRNA vaccine ‘mResvia’, to immunise adults over 60 years of age against lower respiratory tract disease, which is caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. RSV is a common respiratory virus, usually with mild symptoms but has potential serious consequences for vulnerable people, including older adults. The authorisation of mResvia comes ahead of …

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Temperature-related mortality burden to worsen in Europe

Excessively high or low temperatures presently cause 407,000 fatalities a year. Heat-related deaths, now six times more frequent in southern than in northern Europe, will occur 9.3 times more frequently in the south than in the north by 2100. A first pan-European assessment reveals that, even if current climate policies succeed in limiting the global temperature …

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