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  • EU4Digital

Tightening the relationship with clusters from Eastern Partnership countries

On 14 December 2020, the ECCP was invited to present at the EU4Digital networking event featuring clusters from EU Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries , namely Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Belarus. The EU4Digital Initiative is an EU initiative that aims a harmonising the digital markets of EaP countries with that of the European Union through the development of the...Read more
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  • China IPR SME Helpdesk logo

Keeping a trade secret - part one

Trade secrets are a valuable and highly useful form of intellectual property. Nearly all businesses in all industries and sectors have them. Nevertheless, they are often undervalued and overlooked by their owners. This is not least the case in the service sector where the relative value of trade secrets as intangible assets can be extremely high. For example, a logistics firm may not hold any patents or...Read more
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€20 million grant fund to help SMEs maximise intellectual property

A €20 million grant scheme has been launched to help European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access their intellectual property rights. Supported by the European Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is aimed at businesses that wish to develop their IP strategies and protect their IP rights, at national, regional or EU...Read more
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  • European Cluster Conference 2020

Output papers from 2020 European Cluster Conference published

The 7th edition of the European Cluster Conference took place for the first time in an entirely virtual set-up on 10 and 11 November 2020. The programme was organised by the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs in partnership with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, under the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union and...Read more
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  • Female scientist research laboratory

Agreement reached on €95.5 billion EU research and innovation budget

The European Parliament and European Council have reached political agreement on the budget for Horizon Europe , the largest transnational programme ever supporting research and innovation. The programme will have a budget of around €95.5 billion between 2021 and 2027, including €5.4 billion from NextGenerationEU to boost the European Union's recovery from COVID-19 and it more resilient for the future...Read more
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  • Battery recycling facility

Green Deal: Sustainable batteries for a circular and climate neutral economy

The European Commission has revealed proposals to modernise European Union (EU) legislation on batteries, delivering its first initiative among the actions announced in the new Circular Economy Action Plan . Batteries that are more sustainable throughout their life cycle are key for the goals of the European Green Deal and contribute to the zero pollution ambition set in it. They promote competitive...Read more
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  • France flag

European Union and France unlock €715 million for small businesses

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France can now access loans with more flexible terms after the European Investment Fund (EIF) and Bpifrance, the French Public Investment Bank, struck a new deal. The loan guarantees are provided by the digitalisation initiative under the European Commission's Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME) programme, launched by the European...Read more
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  • European Union, money, finance

Agreement reached on €243 billion EU regional and cohesion budget

Agreement has been reached on a €243 billion budget for strengthening the European Union's (EU) economic, social and territorial cohesion over the next seven years. Under the provisional deal agreed by the European Parliament and Council’s negotiators, a significant part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which is by far the largest public EU fund, will be spent on smart growth and the green...Read more
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  • Mediterranean Blue Economy Stakeholder Platform banner

Online hub for Mediterranean blue economy stakeholders gets a revamp

An online hub for those involved and interested in maritime and marine affairs in the Mediterranean has been re-desinged to increase user-friendleness and improve functionality. The Mediterranean Blue Economy Stakeholder Platform (MedBESP) was set up as a networking mechanism and information sharing tool for blue economy stakeholders active in the region. Funded by the European Union and managed by the...Read more
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  • Innovation uptake and digitalisation in the tourism sector

€8m call to boost digitalisation and innovation in tourism sector

The European Commission's Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has launched an €8 million call for proposals to support digitalisation and innovation in Europe's tourism sector. The agency expects to fund between eight and 11 proposals and is offering a maximum grant of €1m per project. The deadline for applications is 11 February 2021 (17.00 CET) . The general objective of this...Read more
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