- Posted 08-Jun-2020
Space policy for a sustainable economy: Council adopts conclusions
The Council adopted a set of conclusions acknowledging the important contribution of space activities to the development of skills, technologies and services needed to build a society that is capable of addressing global challenges in a changing world. These include climate change, ecosystem degradation, health crises, food security and migration.
- Posted 08-Jun-2020
Biodiversity on farmland continues to decline despite specific CAP measures, say Auditors
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was not effective in reversing the decades-long decline in biodiversity and intensive farming remains a main cause of biodiversity loss, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA).
- Posted 08-Jun-2020
Scale up fast with the EIC
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has launched a €1.5m EIC Scalator Pilot to address the needs of EIC beneficiaries with the potential to scale up and become sustainable global deep-tech leaders.
- Posted 08-Jun-2020
Negotiations on future EU-UK relationship: EUA highlights the benefits of continued cooperation in research and education
As negotiations regarding the EU-UK future relations enter a critical phase, the European University Association (EUA) calls on both parties to look for compromise and not to lose sight of a key element of the big picture, which is that continued cooperation in research, innovation and education is highly beneficial for all involved.
- Posted 08-Jun-2020
European Commission EU vs Virus Matchathon sets world record: 2235 new partnerships for scaling up 120 innovative projects to tackle coronavirus challenges
Building on the success of the previous EUvsVirus Pan-European Hackathon, a Matchathon to boost the scaling up of creative solutions to coronavirus challenges, took place from 21 to 28 May under the patronage of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel and the European Innovation Council (EIC). It brought together the 120 winning solutions from the Hackathon with over 458 partners including investors, corporates, public authorities, academia and research institutions from 40 countries.