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Social Economy Missions Call for Proposals has been launched!

Deadline: 26th of September, 2019 17:00 hours (Brussels time). The European Commission launched the European Social Economy Regions Pilot (ESER) in February 2018 in order to raise awareness and build networks of social economy stakeholders at regional and local level. The successful initiative has...
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European Commission to invest €11 billion in new solutions for societal challenges and drive innovation-led sustainable growth

On July 2, 2019, the Commission announced the budget plan for the final year of the programme Horizon 2020, which has also the biggest annual tranche - €11 billion - out of the total budget of €77 billion allocated to the programme for the period 2014-2020. Aiming at achieving greater impact of its...
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European Commission appoints top innovation leaders to guide the European Innovation Council

The European Innovation Council (EIC) was established through the provisional agreement reached in March 2019 by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on Horizon Europe, as a one-stop-shop for innovation funding to turn science into new business and accelerate the scale-up of companies...
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Have your say on future objectives for EU-funded research and innovation

The European Commission is preparing the implementation of Horizon Europe, the next and most ambitious EU research and innovation programme (2021-2027) with a proposed budget of €100 billion, in an intensive co-design process. As part of the process, the Commission has launched an online...
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European Commission announces The Innovation Fund for low-carbon technologies

One of the world’s largest funding programmes for demonstration of innovative low-carbon technologies, the new fund aims at creating the right financial incentives for projects to invest in the next generation of low carbon technologies, boosting growth and competitiveness of EU companies and at...
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European networks and S3 partnerships come together to support Interregional Innovation Investments for European value chains

On May 29, 2018, the European Commission proposed, as part of the European Territorial Cooperation INTERREG regulation, a new INTERREG component 5 on Interregional Innovation Investments. This new component 5, financed at €970 MLN, aims to develop European value chains across Europe through two...
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European Commission public consultations on the State Aid Regulations

The European Commission is currently conducting the two following public consultations: 1. Fitness check on the 2012 State aid modernisation package, railways guidelines and short-term export credit insurance – The consultation is open from 17 April 2019 to 10 July 2019. The aim of this ‘Fitness...
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Survey on the European Commission's support to Smart Specialisation Strategies

The Centre for Industrial Studies (CSIL), under the auspices of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, has just launched a survey about the assistance provided by the European Commission to the design and implementation of...
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Interesting call for clusters in the agri-food sector

Deadline: 16 April 2019 The European Commission has launched the calls for proposals for programmes to promote European agricultural products throughout the world and within the EU. Each year two calls for proposals are published for SIMPLE and MULTI programmes. Beneficiaries can receive up to 80%...
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Save the date! European Cluster Conference 14-16 May 2019: "Connecting Ecosystems: Bridge. Inspire. Change"

Save the date for the 6th edition of the European Cluster Conference that will take place in Bucharest, Romania, from 14 to 16 May. It will bring together 400 cluster policy-makers, cluster managers, practitioners and other stakeholders. The event is organised by the European Commission's...
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SAVE THE DATE: EU Cluster Weeks main Anchor event – 1-2 April 2019, Hanover Fair

The European Commission has the pleasure to pre-announce the EU Cluster Weeks main Anchor event that will take place on 1-2 April 2019, in the Hanover Fair premises (Hanover, Germany), in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), in the context of the...
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The year 2018 "clustered" in a nutshell: Message from the Cluster Team of the European Commission

Dear Cluster Community, The entire Cluster Team of the European Commission would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2019! Thanks to your continuous support and enthusiasm in developing modern cluster policy, 2018 has been a major breakthrough in European cluster policy. Firstly...