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07 / 10 / 2020

EARTO Network welcomes a new member: A*STAR (Singapore)

The EARTO network gladly welcomed a new member this week: A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research in Singapore. A*STAR was established in 2002 and its mission is to drive mission-oriented research that advances scientific discovery and...

06 / 10 / 2020

Joint Contribution to the Public Consultation on Interregional Innovation Investments (I3)

AER, CPMR, EARTO, ENofLL, EURADA, EuroTech Universities and Vanguard Initiative are happy to share their Joint Contribution to the European Commission Consultation on Interregional Innovation Investments (I3).   All signatories strongly...

06 / 10 / 2020

Joint EC-OECD Webinar Series on Innovation and Growth

The European Commission (EC)'s DG R&I is organising together with the OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Directorate a joint webinar series on innovation and growth. These series aim to build on project results supported under Horizon 2020 that...

28 / 05 / 2020

Pierre-Franck Chevet appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of IFPEN

On 27 May 2020, the EARTO member, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) announced that Mr Pierre-Franck Chevet has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors.   Mr Pierre-Franck Chevet has been a member of the General Council for the...

01 / 10 / 2020

EIT launched 3 Online Consultations on its future work

On 1 October 2020, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) launched 3 online consultations on its future activities. In line with the EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda for 2021-2027 and as part of this year's EIT Stakeholder Forum, EIT...

01 / 10 / 2020

EC published the list of members of the Platform on Sustainable Finance

On 1 October 2020, the European Commission (EC) published the list of members of the Platform on Sustainable Finance, in which three EARTO Members have been appointed: Ms Steigvilė Byčenkienė from FTMC, Lithuania Ms Garbiñe Manterola from...

30 / 09 / 2020

EC adopted a new ERA Communication

On 30 September 2020, the European Commission (EC) a Commission adopted a Communication on a new European Research Area for Research and Innovation. According to the EC, the new European Research Area will: strengthen mobility of researchers and...

29 / 09 / 2020

EARTO Network welcomes a new member: Cetaqua (Spain)

The EARTO network gladly welcomed a new member this week: Cetaqua in Spain. Cetaqua, Water Technology Center is a private foundation established in 2006. Its mission is to anticipate society’s needs to propose new RD&I solutions to ensure the...

29 / 09 / 2020

EIC report on A Robust Innovation Ecosystem for the Future of Europe

On 29 September 2020, the European Innovation Council (EIC) published its new report on "A Robust Innovation Ecosystem for the Future of Europe". This report presents the result of a series of online consultations and workshops launched by the EC with...

29 / 09 / 2020

COMPET Council finalised its position on Horizon Europe package

On 29 September 2020, the Competitiveness Council (Ministers responsible for Research and Innovation) finalised its position on the Horizon Europe package and reached an agreement on its regulation and on specific programme decision. At the press...

28 / 09 / 2020

EU R&I Days on 22-24 September 2020 – Recordings available

The European Commission (EC) organised the EU Research and Innovation Days, its annual flagship event virtually on 22-24 September 2020. The event brought together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and citizens to debate and shape the future of...

25 / 09 / 2020

EC announced a call for expression of interest for pilot on pioneer partnerships among border regions

On 25 September 2020, the European Commission (EC) launched a call for expression of interest for pilot for border regions to overcome barriers for the cross-border provision of service in order to enhance cooperation to enforce the single market and...

24 / 09 / 2020

EC DG CLIMA launched a first call for Innovation Fund’s large-scale projects

The European Commission (EC) DG CLIMA recently launched a first call for large-scale projects for its Innovation Fund, which is open until 29 October 2020. The Innovation Fund delegated regulation defines as ‘large-scale’ projects with capital...

17 / 09 / 2020

EC launched Horizon 2020-funded European Green Deal Call

On 17 September 2020, the European Commission (EC) launched a €1 billion call for research and innovation projects that focus on the climate crisis and protect Europe's unique ecosystems and biodiversity. The Horizon 2020-funded European Green Deal...

17 / 09 / 2020

EARTO Network welcomes a new member: ELKH (Hungary)

The EARTO network gladly welcomed a new member this week: ELKH – Eötvös Loránd Research Network in Hungary. ELKH is composed of 39 research institutes and more than 150 research groups. ELKH develops innovative and targeted research and policy...

16 / 09 / 2020

EC President addressed the State of the Union 2020

On 16 September 2020, the European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen addressed her first State of the Union 2020 at the European Parliament (EP) Plenary, pledging that the EC would drive a sustainable and transformational recovery, aiming at...

15 / 09 / 2020

EC announced 10 finalists of Horizon Impact Award 2020

On 15 September 2020, the European Commission (EC) announced the 10 short-listed projects for the Horizon Impact Award 2020, which is a prize dedicated to EU-funded projects whose results have created societal impact across Europe and beyond. The prize...

11 / 09 / 2020

EP’s budget negotiators reiterated their key demands for future-oriented EU Programmes

On 11 September 2020, during the third round of the trilogue discussion between the European Parliament (EP), European Commission (EC) and the German Council Presidency, the EP's negotiating team for next long-term EU budget and Own Resources reform...

09 / 09 / 2020

EC adopted its first Strategic Foresight Report

On 9 September 2020, the European Commission (EC) adopted its first Strategic Foresight Report, aiming at identifying emerging challenges and opportunities to better steer the EU's strategic choices. The 2020 Strategic Foresight Report This 2020 Report...

03 / 09 / 2020

The 2nd RTO Innovation Summit on 18-19 November 2020 as a Virtual Event

Ten leading European RTOs representing more than 50,000 researchers across Europe, AIT, CEA, DTI, Fraunhofer, imec, RISE, SINTEF, Tecnalia, TNO and VTT, are organising the 2nd RTO Innovation Summit, which will be held virtually on 18-19 November...

03 / 09 / 2020

EC DG R&I published 5 new R&I working papers in August

The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (R&I) of the European Commission (EC) recently published the five latest working papers in its R&I Paper series.   These five working papers consist of: 1. Framing R&I for...

02 / 09 / 2020

EU R&I Days on 22-24 September 2020 – Registrations open

The European Commission (EC) is organising the EU Research and Innovation Days, its annual flagship event virtually on 22-24 September 2020. The event aims at bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and citizens to debate and shape the...

01 / 09 / 2020

EC Consultation on Horizon Europe’s First Strategic Plan 2021-2024

On 1 September 2020, the European Commission (EC) launched an online consultation on Horizon Europe’s first Strategic Plan for 2021-2024, which will be open until 18 September 2020 and aims to guide the work programmes and topics for the new research...

01 / 09 / 2020

EC Consultation on EU Missions’ Calls

The European Commission (EC) opened an online consultation on the EU Missions' Calls on 1 September 2020, which will be open until 14 September 2020. The EC is designing and creating its missions, aiming to deliver solutions to some of the greatest...

01 / 09 / 2020

1st European Conference “Moving the Frontier of the Macroeconomic Modelling of R&I” on 7-8 September 2020

The European Commission (EC) is organising the first European Conference on Macroeconomic Modelling of Research & Innovation (R&I), which aims at: contributing to the further development of the treatment and assessment of R&I investments...

31 / 08 / 2020

Open Consultation for the Strategic Research Innovation and Deployment Agenda (SRIDA) – Deadline extended to 6 September

BDVA, the Big Data Value Association and euRobotics, the European Robotics Association recently launched a new consultation release of the Strategic Research, Innovation and Deployment Agenda (SRIDA) for a European AI, Data and Robotics Partnership. The...

17 / 08 / 2020

EARTO Network welcomes two new members: IDEKO and BRTA (Spain)

The EARTO network gladly welcomed two new members from Spain this week: IDEKO: IDEKO is a research centre that specialises in industrial production and manufacturing technologies. Its principal activities are to support process/product/service...

31 / 07 / 2020

EARTO Paper – Towards a Balanced Approach Between IPRs and Open Science Policy

The role of Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) is essential to fulfil Europe’s ambitions such as boosting its economic competitiveness and prosperity, building resilience and technology sovereignty in strategic value chains, or mastering...

31 / 07 / 2020

EARTO Paper – Setting-up a European Strategy for Technology Infrastructures

Europe has high ambitions: boosting its economic competitiveness and prosperity, achieving the twin transition to a green and digital industry and society, building Europe’s resilience and technology sovereignty in key European ecosystems and value...

23 / 07 / 2020

EC launched Horizon Europe Mission’s website

The European Commission (EC) has recently launched a dedicated webpage on Horizon Europe Missions. This website includes all relevant details about the five Horizon Europe Missions (Soil, health and food, Climate-neutral and smart cities, Conquering...

22 / 07 / 2020

EARTO Press Release – Call for the European Parliament to Become the Champion of EU RD&I Investments

The European Council set its common position on the future Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the European Recovery Plan, “Next Generation EU”. This “deal” has been presented by the Council and Member States as a success. While a...

16 / 07 / 2020

EARTO Publishes Technical Paper on the Calculation of Personnel Costs in Horizon Europe

EARTO publishes a new Technical Paper in view of the practical implementation of the Model Grant Agreement (MGA) provision on personnel costs in Horizon Europe. If adopting a unified corporate approach for the MGA requires moving to daily rates for...

10 / 07 / 2020

Ten top leading RTOs sign an article promoting applied research

Ten of the leading European RTOs (AIT, CEA, DTI, Fraunhofer, imec, RISE, SINTEF, Tecnalia, TNO and VTT) co-signed a position statement in the French journal “Le Monde”. This joint opinion piece from the 10 EARTO members call for a next EU long-term...

09 / 07 / 2020

EC launched the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance

On 8 July 2020, the European Commission (EC) officially launched the new European Clean Hydrogen Alliance at its kick-off meeting, aiming at having an ambitious deployment of hydrogen technologies by 2030, which will bring together renewable and...

08 / 07 / 2020

EC launched an online public consultation on ERA

On 6 July, the European Commission (EC) launched an online public consultation on “EC roadmap towards the Communication on the future of R&I and the ERA”, which will be open until 3 August. The EC will summarise the feedback received in a...

08 / 07 / 2020

EC organises a Kick-off Meeting of European Clean Hydrogen Alliance on 8 July 2020

The European Commission (EC) is organising a virtual kick-off meeting of the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance on 8 July 2020 at 16.00-18.00 (Brussels' time). The new European Clean Hydrogen Alliance is part of the new European industrial strategy, as...

06 / 07 / 2020

Juan Farré takes over as President of DTI

The Danish Technological Institute (DTI), EARTO member and Denmark’s leading innovation institute, announced that Mr Juan Farré has been appointed as the new president starting on 1 October 2020 and will replace Mr Søren Stjernqvist, the former 20...

02 / 07 / 2020

EARTO Response to the EC Consultation on the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy

EARTO and its members very much welcomed the European Commission’s stakeholder consultation on the Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy published in April 2020, as it aims to provide the policy tools to ensure that the financial systems genuinely...

02 / 07 / 2020

EIC Advisory Board published its report on “Vision and Road for Impact”

On 30 June 2020, the European Innovation Council (EIC) Advisory Board, the independent group of leading entrepreneurs, researchers, investors and innovation experts, published its report on "Vision and Road for Impact", which recommends key performance...

02 / 07 / 2020

Germany takes over EU Council Presidency

As of 1 July 2020, Germany holds the EU Council Presidency for the second half of 2020, following Croatia. The priorities of Germany's Presidency are driven by the motto: "Together for Europe’s recovery" and are based on six pillars: overcoming...

30 / 06 / 2020

EC published its 2020 EU SDG Monitoring Report on Sustainable Development

The European Commission (EC) recently published its regular monitoring report towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the EU context. This report presents a statistical overview of the most recent trends of the EU SDG indicators over the past...

26 / 06 / 2020

Mission Boards presented their five potential EU Missions

On 25 June 2020, the members of the Mission Boards, the independent experts advising the European Commission (EC) for the mission-oriented policy for Horizon Europe, presented their five possible missions, which include: Conquering Cancer: Mission...

25 / 06 / 2020

EARTO Network welcomes a new member: Fundación Tekniker (Spain)

The EARTO network gladly welcomes a new member: Fundación Tekniker in Spain. Tekniker, established in 1996, is a member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance. With its 25 years of experience in applied research and technology transfer to...

23 / 06 / 2020

IMI launched final IMI2 Calls for proposals

On 23 June 2020, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) launched the last Calls for proposals (IMI2 - Call 22 and IMI2 - Call 23) under the IMI2 programme, which focus on tackling cancer through Artificial Intelligence (AI), antimicrobial resistance,...

22 / 06 / 2020

EARTO Inputs for the EC Communication on Horizon Europe Missions

EARTO is fully committed to further support the elaboration and implementation of what needs to be recognised as one of the key European initiatives of the future: the Horizon Europe Programme. EARTO members very much appreciate the efforts of the EU...

22 / 06 / 2020

EC launched a call for applications for the selection of the members of the Sustainable Finance Platform

Following the adoption of the Taxonomy Regulation by the European Parliament and the Council, the European Commission (EC) recently launched a call for applications for the selection of the members of the Platform on Sustainable Finance. This platform...

22 / 06 / 2020

Climate Policy Forum: Green Technologies for the European Green Deal on 25 June

The Climate Policy Forum: Green Technologies for the European Green Deal will be held on 25 June 2020 in Tel Aviv both in presence and at distance. Speakers and attendees, including policy makers, innovators, scientists and representatives of civil...

22 / 06 / 2020

Bruegel event on the role of AI in healthcare on 23 June 2020

Bruegel, the European think tank specialising in economics, organises an online event on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) especially in medical diagnostics in the age of the COVID-19 crisis on 23 June 2020 at 15.30 (CEST). The COVID-19 pandemic...

19 / 06 / 2020

TWIIN Subscription Programme Webinar on 9 July 2020

TWI's Innovation Network (TWIIN) is organising a free webinar on "Collaborate and Innovate – New TWIIN Subscription Programme" on 9 July at 10.00 (BST).   RTOS, large companies, innovators as well as SMEs and start-ups are invited to find...

17 / 06 / 2020

EC updated its H2020 Work Programme

On 17 June 2020, the European Commission (EC) updated its current Work Programme on Horizon 2020 programme, aiming at further tacking the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic consequences through research and innovation. The update of the Work...