• Posted 17-Aug-2020

Coronavirus: 23 new research projects to receive €128 million in EU funding

The Commission will support 23 new research projects with €128 million in response to the continuing coronavirus pandemic. The funding under Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme, is part of the Commission's €1.4 billion pledge to the Coronavirus Global Response initiative, launched by President Ursula von der Leyen in May 2020.


  • Posted 17-Aug-2020

Engage our youth to shape Europe’s future

The youth of today can help shape a fundamental rights-compliant Europe of tomorrow. From climate change to social injustice, many young people are mobilising to bring about change. On International Youth Day on 12 August, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) calls on the EU and its Member States to build on this momentum to engage and work with young people across Europe.


  • Posted 17-Aug-2020

Asylum and migration in the EU: facts and figures

The arrival of more than one million asylum seekers and migrants to Europe in 2015 exposed serious flaws in the EU's asylum system. To respond to the migrant crisis, the Parliament has been working on proposals to create a fairer, more effective European asylum policy.


  • Posted 17-Aug-2020

Virtual MSCA conference in the context of the German EU Council Presidency

On 29 September 2020, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is organising an MSCA conference in the context of the German EU Council Presidency. The conference will mainly focus on possible synergies between the MSCA and the European Universities Initiative as well as on the topic "Supervision in MSCA".


  • Posted 17-Aug-2020

SDGs Today: The Global Hub for Real-time SDG Data

The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) launched ‘SDGs Today: The Global Hub for Real-Time SDG Data‘. The data portal offers open access to sustainable development data that are updated at least once every year.