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The transformation during crisis reveals Lithuanian business’ capabilities

As a result of the quarantine announced in the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, business restrictions, changing consumer habits and market demand, various industries have begun to adapt their production processes. Lithuanian industrial clusters placed big efforts to turn the challenges that came along with lockdown-imposed restrictions into new opportunities. According to Giedrius Bagušinskas, the President...Read more
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CETA Market Access Programme Webinar: How to Find a Business Partner in Canada

With over 40 billion Euros of exports per year, Canada is a major market for European goods. The CETA Market Access Programme will be hosting its second webinar of a series, geared towards supporting EU business access into the Canadian market under the framework of CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement), enhancing free trade between the EU and Canada since its recent provisional implementation...Read more
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  • May 27, 2020
  • alina danielescu

Survey for the European Green Deal call

The Green Deal call will mobilise research and innovation to foster a just and sustainable societal transition aiming at ‘leaving nobody behind’. Projects are expected to deliver tangible and visible results relatively quickly and show how research and innovation can provide concrete solutions for the Green Deal main priorities. This is why the call will support pilot applications, demonstration projects...Read more
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Commissioner Breton on the Tourism & Transport Package

In the current times of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the t ourism industry is preparing to reopen its doors to renewed economic activities with caution . At the time of presenting the package the European Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, expressed his views on how the European economy depends on the survival of SMEs and family-run businesses and the vitality of allowing these...Read more
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Critical industrial applications: report on current policy measures and policy opportunities

The European Commission (EC) has defined Artificial Intelligence (AI) as one of the most strategically important technologies of the 21st century, and ‘a Europe fit for the digital age’ is one of six headline ambitions for the current EC cycle. On 19 February 2020, the EC presented its ‘Digital Package’, i.e. a white paper on AI (EC2020a), currently open for public consultation, and the European Data...Read more
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  • European Commission

Support package to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on employment (SURE)

As part of its emergency support package to tackle the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis , the EU is setting up a temporary instrument to help workers keep their jobs during the crisis. As of the 15 th of May, the European Council has announced the political agreement reached by EU ambassadors on SURE ( Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency ). SURE is a temporary scheme which can...Read more
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  • European Commission

European Commission mobilises additional funds for COVID-19 research and innovation projects

The European Commission has mobilised additional €122 million from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, for urgently needed research dedicated to the Coronavirus . The new call is the latest addition to a range of EU-funded research and innovation actions to fight COVID-19. It complements earlier actions to develop diagnostics, treatments and vaccines by strengthening capacity to...Read more
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European Institute of Innovation and Technology looking for solutions to COVID-challenges

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), established in 2008, is an EU executive body that aims to strengthen Europe’s ability to innovate. The EIT is an integral part of the Horizon 2020 programme, the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. In the recovery phase from the COVID-19 pandemic, the EIT Governing Board has decided to mobilise EUR 60 million of additional funding...Read more
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Make-IT in Africa Initiative: Impact Report 2017-2019

MAKE-IT In Africa is an initiative launched in 2016 by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Germany, together with the private sector, as part of BMZ’s Digital Africa Initiative.The Make-IT Alliance connects the experience and practical knowledge of successful technology companies, associations and entrepreneurship initiatives with the creative potential of young tech...Read more
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Cluster4Smart: first online training platform on cluster management

The first online training platform on cluster management will be officially launched on May 25th with a presentation webinar. Cluster4Smart offers nearly 60 hours of training on four key themes for clusters in the prospect of the industrial transformation 4.0. The content is presented in the form of video clips supplemented by course materials and fact sheets. Quizzes allow the learner to follow his or her...Read more
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