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12 / 03 / 2025

EARTO Policy Event and Innovation Awards Ceremony 2024 – 23 October 2024

EARTO organised its Policy Event and Innovation Awards on 23 October 2024 which took place at the BIP Museum in Brussels. The Policy Event gathered more than 160 representatives from more than 30 countries worldwide (RTOs, EU institutions, industry as...

18 / 12 / 2024

EARTO Policy Trainee – Applications by 5 January 2025

EARTO is currently looking for highly motivated candidates looking for a 6-month paid internship and able to start on 27 January 2025 (or shortly after). You will be part of the Policy team which conducts research and analysis on EARTO policy topics of...

06 / 09 / 2024

EARTO Policy Recommendations 2024-2029: No EU Tech, No EU Competitiveness

President Ursula von der Leyen has highlighted prosperity and competitiveness as the European Union's top priorities for the next five years. Competitiveness lies at the heart of Europe’s response to the numerous challenges we face today. In our...

18 / 07 / 2024

EARTO Congratulates Ursula von der Leyen on her re-election as European Commission President

Following today’s European Parliament Plenary Session, EARTO congratulates Ms Ursula von der Leyen on her re-election as President of the European Commission for a second term. In her Political Guidelines for the next European Commission...

19 / 01 / 2024

EUA-EARTO-Science Europe Open letter on Investing more in RD&I

In this Open Letter to Ms Ivanova, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, the European University Association (EUA), the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO), and Science Europe stress...

12 / 10 / 2023

EARTO Policy Event and Innovation Awards Ceremony 2023 – 11 October 2023

EARTO organised its Policy Event and Innovation Awards on 11 October 2023 which took place at the BIP Museum in Brussels. The Policy Event gathered more than 160 representatives from more than 30 countries worldwide (RTOs, EU institutions, industry as...

12 / 10 / 2023

EARTO Innovation Awards 2023 Attributed to UAR-LCM and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft – UMSICHT

Congratulations to EARTO Members UAR - LCM and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft - UMISCHT who were awarded the EARTO Innovation Awards 2023 on 11 October 2023 during a ceremony held at the BIP Museum in Brussels. Linz Center of Mechatronics (LCM), EARTO...

27 / 06 / 2023

Joint Reaction to the EIC Board Statement on Intellectual Property

On the day of the European Education & Innovation Summit, research and innovation organisations respond to the EIC Board statement on the revision of the EIC intellectual property provisions. Associations of knowledge transfer professionals,...

09 / 06 / 2023

EARTO Open Letter to the EC on EU Institutions Own Transparency: European Commission’s Who’s Who Digital Tool

The European Commission (EC) has recently made changes in the Who is Who directory of the EC. In this Open Letter to Ms Juhansone, Secretary-General of the EC, EARTO expresses its great concern about these changes. Indeed, a few weeks ago, not only...

31 / 05 / 2023

EARTO Position Paper on EC Draft Proposal for a Regulation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)

The European Commission (EC) has recently published a draft proposal for a regulation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). In the frame of the discussions on such regulation, EARTO hereby provides its input to the EC’s formal amending regulation...

17 / 05 / 2023

EARTO Answer to the EC Consultation on Towards a Secure and Sustainable Critical Raw Materials Supply for Europe

EARTO welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation to establish a Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of Critical Raw Materials and the accompanying Communication. EARTO members are ready to contribute to the...

21 / 02 / 2023

EARTO Inputs on Healthcare Research and Innovation for the next Strategic Plan of Horizon Europe (2025-2027)

In view of the preparation of the Horizon Europe next Strategic Plan 2025-2027, the EARTO Working Group Healthcare would like to point out 5 recommendations to further boost current EU Healthcare Programmes.  Those recommendations are based on the...

21 / 02 / 2023

EARTO Inputs on RD&I for Civil Security for Society (Cluster 3) for Horizon Europe next Strategic Plan 2025-2027

In view of the preparation of the Horizon Europe next Strategic Plan 2025-2027, the EARTO Working Group Security and Defence Research (WGSD) would like to point out 6 recommendations to further increase the viability and impact of the Civil Security for...

10 / 02 / 2023

EARTO Reaction to the EC Proposal for a Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age

EARTO welcomes the EC proposal for a Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age. The ability for the EU to develop an industrial base on the technologies that will be needed for the climate and energy transition is at stake. RTOs are at the heart...

10 / 02 / 2023

EARTO Feedback on EARTO Members’ Experiences with Lump-Sums Projects within Horizon Europe

As shown in our new analysis for Horizon Europe, EARTO members are very active participants in the FPs, especially in complex and large collaborative applied RD&I projects. In turn, EARTO is a strong supporter of the European Commission’s efforts...

10 / 02 / 2023

EARTO Answer to the EC Consultation on the past, present and future of the European Research & Innovation Framework Programmes 2014-2027

Research & Technology Organisations (RTOs) are very pleased with the opportunity offered by the EU Framework Programmes to contribute to the European Research Area by developing pan-European excellent and impactful collaborative applied research. In...

31 / 01 / 2023

EARTO Network welcomes a new member: MORE (Portugal)

The EARTO network gladly welcomed a new member today: MORE - Mountains of Research Collaborative Laboratory in Portugal. MORE was created in 2018 to promote the development of mountain regions, with a focus on the Mediterranean, to generate innovation...

05 / 12 / 2022

Joint Statement on the MGA IP Provisions of the EIC under Horizon Europe

Call for the Commission to reverse the damaging and complex Intellectual Property provisions of the EIC Pathfinder and Transition schemes Ahead of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Summit, research and innovation organisations voice concerns...

21 / 11 / 2022

EARTO Policy Trainee – Application process closed

EARTO is currently looking for highly motivated candidates looking for a 6-month paid internship and able to start in early 2023. The intern will mainly support the Policy team and Secretary General. Main Missions: Policy work: Monitoring...

15 / 11 / 2022

EARTO Memo: 2023 EU Budget

The Council and the European Parliament (EP) formally approved the agreement reached on the 2023 EU Budget on 14 November 2022, with a total commitment of €186,617 million, which represents a rise of 1.1% from the 2022 budget. This agreement allocates...

24 / 10 / 2022

EARTO-ERRIN Online Workshop on “How to strengthen collaboration between regions and RTOs to support a sustainable transition” on 12 October – Recording Available!

In the frame of the EURegionsWeek 2022, which was held from 10 to 13 October 2022, EARTO in cooperation with ERRIN are organising a joint online workshop on "How to strengthen collaboration between regions and RTOs to support a sustainable transition"...

20 / 10 / 2022

EARTO Webinar on Current Hurdles to Mobility of Researchers on Wednesday 26 October

In 2019, EARTO already pointed out in an open letter the high bureaucratic requirements that exist due to EU Regulation 883/04/EC, the Enforcement Directive 2014/67/EU on the EU Posting of Workers Directive and due to the implementation of the EU...

20 / 10 / 2022

AIMEN organises the Laser Conference on 10-11 November 2022

EARTO Member AIMEN is organising the sixteenth edition of the Laser Conference on "Materials Processing with Laser Technology" on 10-11 November 2022 in Pontevedra in Spain. This high-level 2-day event will bring together researchers, professionals and...

13 / 10 / 2022

EARTO Policy Event and Innovation Awards Ceremony 2022 – 12 October 2022

EARTO organised its Policy Event and Innovation Awards on 12 October 2022 which took place at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium. The Policy Event gathered more than 200 representatives from more than 30 countries worldwide (RTOs, EU institutions,...

12 / 10 / 2022

EARTO New Study on RTOs Impact: IDEA Consult Review of Impact Assessment Studies of RTOs

This new EARTO review study, commissioned to IDEA Consult, aims at providing an overview of the existing methodologies of impact assessment as well as of the existing evidence and dimensions of impact created by RTOs throughout Europe. The study gives...

12 / 10 / 2022

EARTO Innovation Awards 2022 Attributed to HELMHOLTZ-INERATEC and VTT

Congratulations to EARTO Members HELMHOLTZ and VTT who were awarded the EARTO Innovation Awards 2022 today during a ceremony held at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium. HELMHOLTZ in collaboration with INERATEC received the award in the Impact...

05 / 10 / 2022

Helmholtz Association organises an event on Boosting the European Energy Transition on 11 October 2022

Helmholtz Association organises a high-level event on Boosting the European Energy Transition: How to improve storage technologies on 11 October 2022 at 17.00-19.00 in Brussels. This event will bring together researchers, industry stakeholders and...

27 / 09 / 2022

EARTO Press Release – 2023 EU Budget Negotiations

This year, the 2023 EU Budget Negotiations started in June with the usual European Commission proposal with a €12.3 billon budget for Horizon Europe with a top-off of €1.8 billon from the NextGenEU recovery fund. As part of the institutional...

23 / 09 / 2022

ERIF Webinar Series “The European Regulation and Innovation Talks” on 03 October

The European Regulation and Innovation Forum (ERIF) organises a webinar on “Platform technologies for the EU Green Deal, Prosperity and Strategic Resilience: What policy and governance for innovation?” on 03 October 2022 from 10:00 to 11:30 (CET)....

14 / 09 / 2022

1st ESFRI Stakeholders Forum Meetup on 15 September 2022

The ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) Forum will take place on 15 September 2022 at the Royal Belgian Institute (Museum) of Natural Sciences, in Brussels from 9.00 to 17.30. This event aim to attract stakeholders of research...

14 / 09 / 2022

EC President addressed the State of the Union 2022

On 14 September 2022, the European Commission (EC) President Ursula Von der Leyen delivered her third State of the Union 2022 at the European Parliament (EP) Plenary. A speech marked by the war in Ukraine and the main challenges ahead for Europe, of...

09 / 09 / 2022

European Commission unveiled the Board’s composition of EU Missions

The Chairs and the members of the five EU missions boards have been announced by the Commissioner for R&I Ms Gabriel on 6 September 2022. EARTO warmly congratulates Prof. Dr. Georg Teutsch, Scientific Director of the Helmholtz-Centre for...

07 / 09 / 2022

Fraunhofer organises (Re-)Powering the Transformation: The Digitalization of the Energy System on 6 October 2022

EARTO member Fraunhofer organises a webinar of the Fraunhofer Twin Transition Series on 6 October 2022 from 09:00 to 10:00 (CET). The purpose of the event is to discuss about the green and digital transition and more especially about the digitalisation...

07 / 09 / 2022

Fraunhofer organises Green beginnings for End-of-Life Batteries: The Potential of Reuse, Repair and Recycling on 24 October 2022

EARTO member Fraunhofer organises a webinar of the Fraunhofer Twin Transition Series on 24 October 2022 from 13:00 to 14:00 (CET). The aim of the event is to discuss about the green and digital transition and more especially about the potential of...

07 / 09 / 2022

Fraunhofer organises Technology Experience Event: From Belgian fries to your personal fork – Biological transformation in practice on 01 December 2022

EARTO Member Fraunhofer organises a new series of its Fraunhofer Technology Experience "From Belgian fries to your personal fork - Biological transformation in practice" at Fraunhofer EU Office in Brussels on 01 December 2022 from 12.30 to 15:00 (CET)....

28 / 07 / 2022

EARTO Position Paper on Current Hurdles to Mobility of Researchers

In 2019, EARTO already pointed out in an open letter the high bureaucratic requirements that exist due to EU Regulation 883/04/EC, the Enforcement Directive 2014/67/EU on the EU Posting of Workers Directive and due to the implementation of the EU...

26 / 07 / 2022

EARTO Answer to the EC Consultations on Horizon Europe Interim Evaluation & Horizon 2020 Final Evaluation

EARTO Members have been very active participants in EU RD&I Framework Programmes for the last decades. In our last Horizon 2020 analysis, the share of EU grants to Research & Technology Organisations (RTOs) is relatively larger than RTOs’...

26 / 07 / 2022

EARTO Paper on EIC MGA IPR Provisions

EARTO Members are very active participants in EU RD&I Framework Programmes for the last decades. In our last analysis, EU grants to Research & Technology Organisations (RTOs) are relatively much larger than RTOs’ share in the total number of...

01 / 07 / 2022

Joint EC-PFEU-CEA-EARTO Event on Technology Infrastructures on 23 June 2022 – Recordings & Presentations Available!

As part of the EU French Council Presidency, the European Commission, the CEA and EARTO organised an online high-level conference on « Europe’s Green and Digital Transition: The Role of Technology...

01 / 06 / 2022

EARTO Network welcomes a new member: ELDORADO (Brazil)

The EARTO network gladly welcomes in late May Eldorado in Brazil. The research centre is a non-profit organisation created in 1999 and has 1460 employees. Eldorado has positioned itself between universities and companies in Brazil, promoting innovation...

24 / 05 / 2022

Joint EC-PFEU-CEA-EARTO Event on Technology Infrastructures on 23 June 2022 – Registration Open!

As part of the EU French Council Presidency, the European Commission, the CEA and EARTO are pleased to invite you to attend a high-level conference on « Europe’s Green and Digital Transition: The Role of Technology Infrastructures in the new Pact...

17 / 05 / 2022

OECD-EARTO Joint Study – The contribution of RTOs to socio-economic recovery, resilience and transitions

This new OECD study supported by EARTO analyses the evolution of the funding, governance, and policy context of Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) in the last ten years, and the implications of these changes on their ability to achieve their...

11 / 05 / 2022

EARTO Case Studies on Technology Infrastructures

Building Europe’s resilience and technological autonomy in strategic areas will be key to meet the needs of the EU citizens, while ensuring Europe’s forefront position in the global innovation race. In this view, Technology Infrastructures (TIs) are...

09 / 05 / 2022

EARTO Answer to EC Consultation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)

On 9 May, EARTO answered the European Commission (EC) Consultation on a New Framework of Standards Essential Patents (SEPs). EARTO based its answer on the various positions it already brought forward on this topic over the last years and hope its inputs...

09 / 05 / 2022

EARTO Paper on a New European Innovation Agenda

Europe entered the new decade with high ambitions: recovering from the COVID-19 crisis is not enough, Europe needs to do so by boosting its sustainable competitiveness while achieving the twin transition to a green and digital industry and society....

25 / 04 / 2022

European RTOs Stand With Ukraine

Throughout the past days, Europe has been saddened and condemned Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. In response to this unprecedented situation, European RTOs expressed their solidarity and support to Ukrainian people and research...

08 / 03 / 2022

EARTO Analysis of Horizon Europe Pre-Draft AGA – Financial Aspects

EARTO members very much appreciate the efforts of the European Institutions to preserve continuity in the Framework Programmes’ (FPs) implementation as much as possible within the new Model Grant Agreement’s (MGA) and Annotated Grant...

03 / 03 / 2022

EARTO Annual Conference on 17-18 May 2022 in Barcelona!

EARTO is pleased to invite you to the EARTO Annual Conference 2022, kindly hosted by EARTO member EURECAT on 17-18 May 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. The conference will focus on “The Role of RTOs Realising the Twin Green & Digital...

01 / 03 / 2022

IPN – EFMC Horizon Europe Online Training on 31 March-6 April 2022 

EARTO Member IPN as well as EFMC organise a "Horizon Europe training - from the proposal to the project completion" on 31 March and 1, 4, 5-6 April 2022. The targeted audience is R&D community (researchers, research managers), Private companies and...

23 / 02 / 2022

ESFRI 20th Anniversary Conference in Paris 25 March 2022

On 25 March 2022 the ESFRI 20th Anniversary Conference will be held in Paris, organised jointly by the French presidency of the Council of the EU and the Académie de sciences with the support of the European Commission. During the Conference...