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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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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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Policy mixes more likely to succeed in fostering sustainable, climate-friendly behaviour

A meta-analysis testing interactions of environmental policies shows that combining behavioural and traditional instruments works better than deploying a single intervention. A new study investigates the potential synergies between traditional and innovative climate policy interventions and finds that policy mixes tend to be more effective than individual approaches. In fact, policy mixes outperformed the most …

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The European Child Guarantee has a new framework to better monitor children’s access to education, healthcare and housing conditions

The European Child Guarantee, the first EU-level policy addressing childhood challenges and exclusion, has a new monitoring framework. This will be a helpful tool to examine the access of children to early childhood education, regular school-based activities, nutrition at school, healthcare, and adequate housing. The new monitoring framework aims at tracking, through concrete statistical indicators, …

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Flash information on call results – Digital Europe Programme

The European Commission published the results of the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the following calls under the Digital Europe Programme: Cloud Data and Artificial Intelligence Accelerating best use of technologies Advanced Digital Skills The agency has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned calls. Applicants have been informed about the evaluation …

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Commission invests €172 million in research and innovation projects to support EU energy independence through Horizon Europe

The European Commission has awarded EUR 172 million to support 13 research and innovation projects that will contribute directly to the energy independence of the European Union. These projects focus on the goals of REPowerEU, supporting affordable, secure and sustainable energy for Europe, while phasing out the import of Russian fossil fuels. The 13 projects …

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Information package for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellows published

The recently released information note offers valuable guidance on the implementation of MSCA  Postdoctoral Fellowships projects funded under Horizon Europe. The European Commission and the European Research Executive Agency (REA) have released a new information note for researchers funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions’ Postdoctoral Fellowships under Horizon Europe. Hands-on information This guide is relevant reference material …

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Horizon Europe ‘Health’ single-stage calls for proposals 2024

HaDEA has published a set of new calls under Cluster 1 ‘Health’ of Horizon Europe. Under destination 3 “Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden” the calls address pandemic preparedness and response: HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-08-20 – Pandemic preparedness and response: Host-pathogen interactions of infectious diseases with epidemic potential HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-08-12 – Pandemic preparedness and response: Maintaining the European partnership for pandemic preparedness Under destination …

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