AMable Calls for Ideas for Additive Manufacturing (COVID-19)

3D printing technology (Additive Manufacturing) allows to quickly and cost-effectively produce specialized surgical instruments and medical devices like valves, masks and everything that may prove to be of primary importance in the fight against COVID-19. AMable, the consortium supported by the European Commission under the framework of I 4MS (H2020 framework program), published an Open Call for Solution Ideas to fight COVID-19 adopting Additive Manufacturing. The proposal needs to be short - only about two pages, and it will need to be submitted within two weeks. The selection of such...

ESPON is looking for experiences and evidence on local and regional responses to COVID-19

Submitted by Carolina Turcato on 07 April 2020.
The European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) is looking to pool and share local experiences and territorial policy responses of all European regions. The objective is to create a data base of best practices and local/regional initiatives adapting public services - anything that could help to monitor the territorial impact of the crisis and design better responses for the future. Some...
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In order to offer full support to the EU countries in preparing their applications for assistance from the EU Solidarity Fund in dealing with the coronavirus emergency, the European Commission has published specific guidelines. The objective is to use the full portfolio of funding options under the EU budget to support EU countries - with maximum flexibility, minimum additional administrative work and as quickly as possible.  

COVID-19 EU Solidarity Fund

AlainTubiana, international expert and consultant on cluster management, announces the opening of a new Master Class for Management of Clusters and Territorial Networks at the University of Strasbourg. Aimed at training students to become cluster and territorial network managers, enabling them to manage innovative collaborative projects in a context of territorial dynamism, interculturalism and multilingualism, the course is accessible to students proficient in English and French

training Alain Tubiana University of Strasbourg Cluster Management

In order to support the European health sector, the European Commission announced published a Q&A guidance document on medical devices, active implantable medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices in the COVID-19 context, avaliable here. 

For further informaion, pleaes refer to the European Commission website on Medical Devices. © European Union, 1995-2020.

COVID-19 Coronavirus medical devices

To address the Coronavirus outbreak and to ramp-up overall production of personal protective equipment, the European Commission has already made available relevant European harmonised standards to interested companies, as well as revised harmonised standards that allow manufacturers to place on the market high performing devices to protect patients, health care professionals and citizens in general.

COVID-19 Coronavirus guidance Manufacturing

The European Commission is supporting the Global Hack, an online hackathon, organised by Accelerate Estonia, Garage48, Guaana with the support of Devpost. The Hackathon is designed to share and rapidly develop ideas for the urgently needed solutions in the current COVID-19 pandemic.

The Global Hack aims to partner people from around the world with one another to exchange ideas, know-how and best practices to come up with creative and nimble solutions.

European Commission COVID-19 Hackathon solutions
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