Green Assist is a new advisory initiative under InvestEU, with a budget of up to 30 million euros, provided by the LIFE programme. It is designed to help public and private investors trigger investments in green projects, such as natural capital, biodiversity, circular economy, climate change adaptation, climate mitigation, and ...

The Marie-Curie Call 2023 is a European initiative with a budget of 434.8 million euros to fund doctoral programmes. The call is aimed at training highly qualified doctoral students to address current and future challenges in research and innovation and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services with ...

?At the Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS) 2023, held in Bali, Indonesia, Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa highlighted the urgency of climate change in Southeast Asia and the need for innovative solutions to accelerate the region’s transition to net-zero. 8 out of 10 ASEAN member states have committed to ...

Digital Europe is the European Union's programme to support the digital transformation of Europe. It is part of the EU's 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework and has a budget of 9.2 billion euros. The programme focuses on the development of digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, supercomputing, and ...

for more information.This call for proposals seeks to increase the visibility and attractiveness of the semiconductors sector, and to improve the capacity to attract digital talent to drive innovation and digital breakthroughs. The Digital Europe Programme, with an overall budget of 7.5 billion euros, has launched a call for proposals ...

The European Commission has launched two calls for proposals with a total budget of 122 million euros, as part of Horizon Europe's Interregional Innovation Facility (I3) and European Innovation Ecosystem (EIE) actions. The ultimate goal of the calls is to help European regions thrive in vibrant innovation ecosystems and enable ...

The Internal Market Committee (IMCO) and the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) of the European Parliament have adopted a draft negotiating mandate on rules for Artificial Intelligence (AI). The proposed regulatory framework aims to ensure that AI systems placed on the Union market and used are safe, transparent, traceable, non-discriminatory, and ...

is an initiative of the European Commission, via its Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), to help European enterprises protect their IP rights. It is a reimbursement programme which issues vouchers that can be used to partly cover the fees paid by the enterprises for IP pre-diagnostic services, registering trade marks and/or ...

The Industry 5.0 Award is an opportunity to raise awareness and take stock of the implementation of the new Industry in research and innovation programmes. The winner of the 2023 contest will not receive a cash prize, but will receive communication support and visibility on the European Commission’s channels, including ...

.Digital Europe is the EU's dedicated programme to support the digital transition. This first round of calls for proposals has a budget of 122 million euros and will be distributed across seven topics related to cloud, data and AI, two topics related to digital skills, three topics related to accelerating ...

Moldova has taken a further step towards integration with the EU Single Market through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme. The CEF is an EU funding instrument that promotes growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment at European level. It supports the development of high performing, sustainable and efficiently ...

The 2023 edition of the Brussels Economic Forum brought together high-level speakers to discuss how Europe can create a new competitive model in the face of global tensions and limited resources. The focus was on adapting the economy to the current economic and geopolitical storms, while maintaining social cohesion. Paolo ...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is launching a public call for proposals for its Regional Public Goods Initiative (RPGI) for 2023. The Initiative focuses on providing financial and technical support to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to reduce poverty and inequality, improve health and education, and advance ...

.In 2024, the European Research Council (ERC) will offer grants to top researchers from all parts of the world who are willing to come or stay in Europe to pursue their pioneering scientific and technological discoveries. The ERC is allocated more than 16 billion euros from the new Horizon Europe ...

and deposit insurance.The European Commission has adopted a reform of the EU framework for bank crisis management and deposit insurance (CMDI framework) on April 18, in response to the Eurogroup statement of June 16 2022. The reform aims to ensure the smooth exit from the market of any bank, regardless ...

The Pact for Skills has launched a large-scale Skills Partnership in the space sector to complement the existing Skills Partnership on aerospace and defence. This new partnership aims to promote collaboration between the space industry, training centres, academia and other partners, attract young professionals, develop new and existing regional initiatives, ...

The European Commission has proposed new harmonized patent rules to create a more transparent, effective and future-proof intellectual property rights framework. The proposed regulations include a Standard Essential Patents (SEP) licensing framework, a compulsory licensing of patents in crisis situations, and the revision of the legislation on Supplementary Protection Certificates ...

The Social Climate Fund (SCF) is a new EU initiative to address the social and distributional challenges of the Union's green transition. It is part of the "Fit for 55 Package" and will be established in 2026, with a budget of 86.7 billion euros. The SCF will provide direct aid ...

The European Union (EU) has proposed new marketing standards for agri-food products, in order to comply with international standards set by the United Nations (UN) and to protect consumers. The standards are intended to promote more sustainable products, encourage informed choices for healthier diets, and reduce food waste. The revision ...

The European Innovation Council (EIC) is launching the 2023 session of the European Innovation Procurement Awards, supported by the Horizon Europe programme. The competition is open to public and private buyers, natural persons and legal entities that promote innovation procurement and innovative procurement solutions. The awards are part of the ...

2023-2024 The Horizon Europe programme 2023-2024 is the largest research and innovation programme ever launched by the European Union, with a total budget of more than 13.5 billion euros. It is divided into three pillars: Open Science, Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness, and Open Innovation. The first pillar includes the ...

The EU Energy Platform will launch its first call to buy gas on April 25, managed via the AggregateEU service. Companies from EU Member States and the Contracting Parties of the Energy Community (non-EU countries in the Balkans and the Black Sea region) must register with the service provider, PRISMA, ...

The European Parliament has approved five new laws as part of the “Fit for 55 in 2030 package”, which is the EU’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. The laws include the reform of the Emissions Trading System (ETS), ...

The Asian Development Bank's report "ASEAN and Global Value Chains: Locking in Resilience and Sustainability" presented at the 2023 Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS) examines the challenges and opportunities of Global Value Chains (GVCs) in the Southeast Asian region. The report highlights the consequences of a business-as-usual scenario and the ...

The European Urban Initiative (EUI) is a programme launched by the European Commission to support urban areas of all sizes in increasing knowledge and capacity for sustainable urban development. It has a total budget of 450 million euro from the ERDF and is managed by the Hauts-de-France Region. It envisages ...