After a year of successful cooperation, the European Innovation Council (EIC) and EIT Digital continue to work together. Through the EIC Ecosystem Partnerships and Co-Investment Support programme now, the beneficiaries of the EIC’s programmes can access EIT Digital’s latest services: Access to Talent, Access to Finance, Access to US market, Speed Master, as well as …
The deadline for the last EIC Accelerator cut-off for full (Step 2) proposals this year has been changed from 4 October to 19 October 2023. This change of date is to allow applicants additional time to complete their full proposals taking into account the temporary moratorium on the short (Step 1) proposals from 2 June to …
During July 2023, the European Digital Education Hub organised 2 webinars focused on digital changemakers in education. During the webinars, participants focused on digital transformation of education while exchanging shared experiences and best practices. Read below more about the key insights and upcoming publications. Digital changemakers are individuals, organisations or initiatives which use digital tools …
The Commission selected 159 projects for funding under Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education, which supports the modernisation and quality of higher education in third countries worldwide. These projects all respond to the overall aim to support the international cooperation of higher education, improve education systems and strengthen growth and prosperity on a global scale. Through …
The call HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01 closed on 28 March 2023 and HaDEA has now completed its evaluation of the proposals submitted. HaDEA has started grant agreement preparations with the successful consortia: 35 proposals will receive €122 million. All applicants have been informed about the evaluation results on 24 July 2023. 169 experts were involved in the evaluation and ethics assessment of 141 proposals from April until …
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected 19 projects following the April 2023 EIC Transition cut-off. These successful proposals, selected among 180 eligible submissions, will receive altogether €46.76 million of EU financial contribution (up to €2.5 million each). The selected participants come from 18 EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries. This latest EIC …
The 21st edition of the EURegionsWeek under the motto New Challenges for Europe’s cohesion is ready to take off. Get ready to exchange ideas, meet regions and cities around Europe, expand your network and knowledge and most of all learn all you need to know about the latest news on regional and cohesion policies! From informal networking …
The Commission has published two new guidelines to incentivise and reward sustainable forest practices. The “closer to nature” guidelines aim to strengthen forest multifunctionality and resilience to climate change, while fostering long-term economic and other societal benefits. The guidance on payment schemes for forest ecosystem services presents a variety of ways in which land managers, including foresters, may derive …
Students and teachers at a primary school in southwest Spain are enjoying cooler classrooms after natural solutions were used to adapt the school buildings to the impacts of climate change. The Gabriela Mistral Primary School in Solana de los Barros – not far from the border with Portugal – is a showcase for the LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project, which …
The Council has adopted new rules which will help to achieve the EU’s goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and reaching climate neutrality by 2050. The new rules concern: energy efficiency alternative fuels infrastructure the decarbonisation of the maritime sector Energy efficiency The new rules aim to reduce final energy consumption by setting more ambitious energy …