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Consultation and discussion forum on the EU’s 2030 Digital Decade vision
The Commission launched a consultation and a discussion forum in view of preparing the Digital Decade policy programme, building upon the Communication on the Digital targets for 2030.
Commission launches call for expression of interest for working group on offshore renewable energies
The European Commission is launching a call for expression of interest open to all relevant stakeholder organisations to become a member of a new working group on offshore renewable energy under the framework of the clean energy industrial forum. The deadline for applications is 10 September 2021.
Commission launched a new interactive webpage on the €392 billion budget allocation for Cohesion policy 2021-2027
Following the entry into force of the Cohesion policy legislative package on 1 July, the Commission has now launched a new webpage with the detailed breakdown of the €392 billion Cohesion policy funding for the 2021-2027 programming period.
Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027 adopted
The Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the period 2021-2027 was formally adopted earlier this month.
COST network wants to introduce innovative and sustainable furan-based plastics on the market
COST Action “European network of FURan based chemicals and materials FOR a Sustainable development” (FUR4sustain), is bringing together for the first time experts, industries, scientists, manufacturers etc. from the complete polymers value-chain to encourage market introduction of sustainable furan-based polymer products.
Conference on the Future of Europe: greater say for regions and social partners
The Executive Board agreed to allocate more seats in the Conference Plenary to regional and local elected representatives, as well as to social partners.
Joint EIT Community Call for Higher Education Institutions to boost the circular economy in Western Balkans
EIT Community joins forces to foster the transition to a more green and circular economy in Western Balkans
EIC companies propose innovative solutions for emergency medical services: the ePitching event was live!
The 10 best EIC companies pitched their innovations and solutions to the most pressing needs identified by NO-FEAR partners.
20 Deep Tech Scale-ups competed in the EIT Digital Challenge Final 2021
20 scale-ups from 10 countries competed in the final of Europe’s flagship scale-up competition in digital to win international growth support totaling EUR 250 000.
Member News
European University of Cyprus is participating in a European Project for Learning through Technology
The European University Cyprus is participating, as one of the partners, in the ENTELIS+ project: European Network for Technology-Enhanced Learning in an Inclusive Society, which is co-funded by the European Commission and aims to bridge the digital divide, to develop digital skills of people with disabilities of all ages, to highlight the role of accessibility of Information and Communication Technologies and Assistive Technology in an inclusive education, and the impact of accessibility on service delivery.
Frederick University coordinates a European project to enhance teaching of fine arts in schools
The University promotes the strengthening of the visual arts in the field of education through the coordination of the European project Visual art education in new times: Connecting Art with REal life issues (CARE).
University of Cyprus: Enhancing the attractiveness of coasts and coastal regions. The new SocioCoast research project is coordinated by the University of Cyprus
The University of Cyprus coordinates another cooperation programme INTERREG V-A Greece-Cyprus 2014-2020, with the aim of enhancing the attractiveness of coasts and coastal regions through more complete information about the regions and the possibility of contributing to the identification and solution of problems.
Neapolis University Pafos: Professor Alina Tryfonidou has been appointed to a new Expert Group on the Recognition of Parenthood between Member States
Professor Alina Tryfonidou – Professor of European Law at Neapolis University Pafos – has been appointed to a new Expert Group on the Recognition of Parenthood between Member States (E03765) set up by the European Commission.
University of Cyprus also a “Hub” for the President of the Eurogroup - Mr. Paschal Donohoe was impressed by the infrastructure that accommodates thousands of young people in Cyprus every day.
The President of the Eurogroup, Mr. Paschal Donohoe, visited the University of Cyprus on Thursday, July 22th, 2021. The Rector of the University of Cyprus, Professor Tasos Christofides, welcomed the President of the Eurogroup and the Ambassador of Ireland to Cyprus and their delegations to the University Campus together with the Minister of Finance, Mr. Konstantinos Petridis academics, students, were guided to its facilities.
The Cyprus Institute: Visit to the Cyprus Institute by the Minister of Finance, Mr Constantinos Petrides
On Tuesday, 20th of July 2021, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Constantinos Petrides, the Permanent Secretary of the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, Dr Stelios Chimonas, the Chief Scientist of Research and Innovation of the Republic of Cyprus, Dr Nikolas Mastroyiannopoulos, along with the Director General of the Research and Innovation Foundation, Mr. Theodoros Loukaides, and the Press Officer of the Ministry of Finance and Minister’s Associate, Mrs. Andri Kounnou, visited CyI’s premises in Athalassa to discuss how to reinforce the existing collaboration, as well as possible new areas of cooperation.
Τhe Open University of Cyprus is participating in the European project PULCHRA – Science in the City
Τhe Open University of Cyprus (OUC) and the Chemical Engineering & Engineering Sustainability Lab, led by Associate Professor Antonis Zorpas, are members of the consortium which implements the research project Pulchra - Science in the City.
Participation of the University of Cyprus in the creation of specialised learning platform on the topic of wind energy and wind farms.
The University of Cyprus participates in the WINDEXT project ("Advanced maintenance, lifetime extension and repowering of wind farms supported by advanced digital tools"), an Erasmus+ project under Key Action 2 (ΚΑ2) , Knowledge Alliances for Higher Education.
Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) - National Technical University of Athens (NTUA): Distinction of the AUEB and NTUA in the European Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition JA Europe Enterprise Challenge 2021
The inter-university "start-up" team of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) - National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) "Swim.me" and its "smart" cap for visually impaired people won the first place in the “European Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition JA Europe Enterprise Challenge 2021”.
20 Apr
DISCOVER THE FUTURE OF CEF TELECOM AND ISA2 PROGRAMMES
On the 20, 21 and 22 April, a 3-day event is organized online that looks back at the joint achievements and prepares for the digital journey ahead under the new Digital Europe Programme.
21 Apr
A new flagship initiative – Hubs for Circularity’ Concept, opportunities & challenges for successful implementation
The main objective of the workshop is to prepare for the future calls on H4Cs to ensure the key aspects for an effective implementation are identified and tackled in advance to reach high participation, outstanding proposals and high success rate.
21 Apr
EIT Culture & Creativity - Webinar on new innovation opportunities
Do you want to join Europe’s largest innovation network? A new opportunity for Cultural & Creative Sectors and Industries stakeholders is on the EIT horizon!
