Global Recycling Day was established as a United Nations recognised day in 2018 and is celebrated on 18 March. The Global Recycling Day aims to encourage a more efficient use of natural resources. This is also a core element of the European Green Deal and related policy initiatives, such as the Circular Economy Action Plan and the recent proposal for a …
The 16th of March, the Commission proposed a comprehensive set of actions to ensure the EU’s access to a secure, diversified, affordable and sustainable supply of critical raw materials. Critical raw materials are indispensable for a wide set of strategic sectors including the net zero industry, the digital industry, aerospace, and defence sectors. While demand …
The 16th of March, the Commission proposed the Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make sure the Union is well-equipped for the clean-energy transition. This initiative was announced by President von der Leyen as a part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The Act will strengthen the resilience and competitiveness of net-zero …
At the 30th Network Meeting of all EYE beneficiaries, which took place in Santiago de Compostela on 7 and 8 March 2023, one new and one host entrepreneurs were awarded the EYE Innovator Awards. Among the four finalists pitching to receive the EYE Innovator Award, Ukrainian, Berlin-based New Entrepreneur Mariia Alipatova and Italian Host Entrepreneur Gianpietro Calai received the …
By creating trust in data sharing, EU legislation aims to stimulate innovation, facilitate the green transition and benefit people. With immense possibilities in areas from farming to health, big data can play a key role in the EU’s digital transformation. However, data sharing is essential to unlock this potential. Data sharing is the process of making …
The Commission launched the ninth edition of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital).The prize is awarded to European cities that are front-runners of innovations that benefit their citizens. The European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital), supported by the European Innovation Council (EIC) under Horizon Europe, recognise those European cities that open their governance practices to experimentation and aim at being …
Interested in EU funding for your next innovation procurement? Get ready to prepare proposals for the 2023-2024 calls of the Horizon Europe programme. There are 263M EURO of funding opportunities in different fields: health, security, climate change and research infrastructures etc. Check out the video recording and slide decks of the webinar on how to …
The report provides the results of a comparative study of the levels of research and innovation (R&I) investment in food systems across the European Union (EU), considering both public and private R&I expenditure at national and EU level. To inform the study, three main strands of research were used: a review of projects funded through …
On 21 and 22 March 2023, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and a high-level delegation of over 40 top corporates, rectors, mayors, regions’ president, and unicorns bring the European innovation ecosystem to the Silicon Valley. For the first time, Europe is on equal footing with Silicon Valley in the …
The European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) celebrated the investment agreement with French company PASQAL, a leader in neutral atoms quantum computing. Founded on Nobel Prize-winning research of company’s co-founder Alain Aspect, PASQAL will use the funding to further develop its neutral atoms quantum computing platform, which it believes will deliver …