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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...

12 / 06 / 2020

European Partnerships in Horizon Europe Programme

The European Commission (EC) has updated its dedicated webpage on the European Partnerships, which is an integral part of the first Strategic Planning process for the Horizon Europe Programme, the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation...

12 / 06 / 2020

EU Open Science Policy Platform Final Report

The European Commission (EC)'s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG R&I) published the final report of the second mandate of the European Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP), entitled "Progress on Open Science: Towards a Shared...

10 / 06 / 2020

EIT Digital Report on European Digital Infrastructure and Data Sovereignty

On 5 June 2020, EIT Digital published its new policy perspective report which focuses on the "European Digital Infrastructure and Data Sovereignty". This report offers an overview of policy motivations, trends, instruments and the roles of various actors...

10 / 06 / 2020

EC Virtual Event on Africa-Europe Innovation Partnership on June-July 2020

The Africa-Europe Innovation Partnership (AEIP) organises a virtual event on “Building Tenable Technology Transfer for Africa and Europe”. The AEIP is an initiative of the African Union - European Union High Level Policy Dialogue, funded by the...

04 / 06 / 2020

EC organises Innovation Fund Expert Group Meeting Online on 5 June

The Innovation Fund is a European funding programme for demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies. It focuses on: Innovative low-carbon technologies and processes in energy intensive industries, including products substituting carbon...

03 / 06 / 2020

EC JRC published its KT Metrics’ Report

The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission (EC)'s science and knowledge service, has recently published its "Knowledge Transfer (KT) Metrics' Report" which aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to European policymaking process....

02 / 06 / 2020

EC published 2 Policy Briefs on the role of R&I in COVID-19 recovery

The European Commission (EC), through is Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG R&I) recently published two policy reports, aiming at highlighting the role of R&I in supporting EU's post COVID-19 recovery.   More...

29 / 05 / 2020

EARTO Press Release – Call for a Swift MFF Agreement Ensuring Ambitious EU RD&I Investments

The European Commission (EC) has now disclosed its proposal for a European Recovery Plan, “Next Generation EU”, and a revised Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). As stated in the EARTO Paper on the EU Economic Recovery Package, the EARTO policy...

28 / 05 / 2020

EC published SRIP Report

On 27 May 2020, the European Commission (EC) lanuched an online event for the publication of the Science, Research and Innovation Performance (SRIP) Report 2020. This is the third edition of the report which analyses how Europe performs in the global...

27 / 05 / 2020

EC unveils proposal for the 2021-2027 EU budget and the EU recovery instrument

The first European Commission (EC) proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 had been presented in 2018. Since then, the EU institutions and Member States were trying to find a political agreement on the overall budget and...

26 / 05 / 2020

Joint Statement on EU Interregional Innovation Investments: Towards EU Economic Recovery

AER, CPMR, European Clusters Alliance, EARTO, ERRIN, ENoLL, EuroTech Universities Alliance, UAS4Europe and Vanguard Initiative, jointly published a Joint Statement on EU Interregional Innovation Investments towards EU economic...

26 / 05 / 2020

EARTO Working Group Security & Defence Paper – Towards Horizon Europe: Bridging the Valley of Death in Security Research

The “valley of death” is a term frequently used also in the EU Research Framework Programmes, describing the missing bridge between the research and development of novel solutions and their market uptake. It is well known that going from table-lab...

25 / 05 / 2020

RTO Lithuania and LINO Webinar on Post-COVID Green Deal Technology-Powered Recovery in Europe on 2 June

The Research and Technology Organisation Association Lithuania (RTO Lithuania) and the Lithuanian Research Development and Innovation Liaison Office in Brussels (LINO) are organising a webinar on "Post-COVID Green Deal Technology-Powered Recovery in...

25 / 05 / 2020

Latest Updates on EARTO Members’ Actions against COVID-19

As key RD&I actors, RTOs around the world are currently developing an array of supporting activities in the fight against COVID-19, while having to face in parallel their own technology infrastructures’ operational challenges.To give a peek of...

20 / 05 / 2020

New H2020 €122 million call to fight COVID-19

The European Commission (EC) on 19 May 2020, launched a new €122 million call of expressions of interest for research and innovation, under Horizon 2020, in order to fight against COVID-19 pandemic, while contributing to the EC's €1.4 billion pledge...

20 / 05 / 2020

EC launched online consultation on EU Green Deal Call

On 19 May 2020, the European Commission (EC) launched an online consultation on European Green Deal Call under Horizon 2020, aiming at mobilising research and innovation to foster a just and sustainable societal transition. According to the EC, the...

19 / 05 / 2020

EARTO Paper on the EU Economic Recovery Package: Mobilising European RD&I Capabilities & Skills towards EU Economic Recovery Post COVID-19

The European Commission is developing a proposal for a new EU Economic Recovery Package aiming to ensure that the EU economy emerges from the current crisis in a strong competitive position compared to its global competitors. Europe’s technological...

19 / 05 / 2020

EC online event on SRIP Report on 27 May 2020

The European Commission (EC) is organising an online event on 27 May 2020 for the launch of the "Science, Research and Innovation performance of the EU 2020 (SRIP)" Report. This report analyses Europe's performance in science, research and innovation and...

11 / 05 / 2020

EIC awarded €114 million to 35 projects

On 11 May 2020, the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Pilot selected 35 cutting-edge projects to receive €114 million funding from Horizon 2020 Programme. Almost 1/2 of these new EIC projects involve RTOs, including 11 EARTO Members in...

05 / 05 / 2020

ECA launched 2020 ECA Award for Research on Public Sector Auditing

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) recently launched the 2020 ECA Award for Research on Public Sector Auditing, aiming at recognising research on public-related issues and focusing on the EU added value.  This 6th ECA Award edition is addressed to...

05 / 05 / 2020

MEPs adopted legislative initiative on MFF

On 4 May 2020, the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) of the Budget Committee adopted a legislative initiative, requesting the European Commission (EC) to submit an Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) contingency plan for 2021-2027 by mid June...