The 16 new projects come on top of the 11 projects funded under the first call for proposals last year. The 7th of March we celebrated an important milestone towards establishing the European Education Area. The Commission presented 16 new Erasmus+ Teacher Academies, which will benefit from almost €22.5 million from the Erasmus+ budget over three years to …
The Commission has adopted a revision of the Erasmus+ Annual Work Programme for 2023. The overall budget of the programme for this year has been revised upwards to a new total of €4.43 billion, the highest annual financial envelope ever reached by the Erasmus+ programme. The increased budget will overall reinforce the Erasmus+ priorities on inclusion, active …
The 3rd of March, global negotiations concluded on the landmark Treaty of the High Seas to protect the ocean, tackle environmental degradation, fight climate change, and prevent biodiversity loss. The new treaty will allow to establish large-scale marine protected areas on the high seas, which are also necessary to meet the global commitment of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Agreement concluded …
The Commission welcomes the Roadmap on hydrogen standardisation published by the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance. Setting European Standards in this area supports the EU’s ambitions towards a climate-neutral economy and the uptake of hydrogen in the European market. The Roadmap on hydrogen standardization provides a comprehensive overview of standardisation gaps, challenges and needs identified by the alliance members. Such …
The European Innovation Council (EIC), via its Corporate Partnership Programme, enables and supports collaboration between EIC beneficiaries and corporates. Following the EIC Corporate Day with Neste in autumn 2021, Dutch-based company Circularise teamed up with top corporate Neste. The EIC frequently organises dedicated matchmaking events through its Corporate Partnership Programme (Corporate Days or Enhanced Cooperation) to support companies and promote sustainable innovation and …
EISMEA aims to procure services to provide targeted administrative support for matchmaking and managing the Next Generation Innovation Talents Scheme and ensuring its smooth implementation. The call for tenders is based on EIC Work Programme 2023, Chapter VII ‘Other Actions’, action 7 ‘Next Generation Innovation Talents’. The Next Generation Innovation Talents Scheme will offer internships …
EIT InnoEnergy, the innovation engine for sustainable energy, has been ranked by PitchBook as the most active investor in the energy sector worldwide in their report “2022 Annual Global League Tables”. EIT InnoEnergy was selected in recognition of its role in supporting over 500 climatetech start-ups since 2010. Its current equity portfolio of more than 180 …
The Start-Up Grant Agreement (SUGA) consortium will receive up to EUR 6 million to get EIT Culture & Creativity up and running for 2024. The SUGA will regulate the set-up phase of EIT Culture & Creativity is now signed. Fraunhofer Gesellschaft coordinates the consortium composed of 29 organisations that will cooperate under the SUGA to get EIT Culture …
The 1st of March, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, opened ‘Repowering the EU with Hydrogen Valleys: showcasing innovative solutions’, the high-level event that brought together over 300 leading stakeholders from the EU hydrogen community to stage the EU R&I support for a clean energy transition and end our dependence …
The Mission Platform of the EU Mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities has invited 53 cities from across twenty-one European Union and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries to take part in its Pilot Cities Programme. These Pilot Cities will experiment with new ways to rapidly decarbonise over the course of a two-year programme. The 53 cities were …