Horizon 2020 Projects

Pierre Mayaudon, deputy head of the EU delegation in Pakistan, has visited the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad.

The EU has postponed negotiations with Switzerland on the country’s participation in multibillion euro research and educational programmes after a Swiss vote in favour of immigration control.

The European Commission is attending the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago, United States.

Belarus and Ukraine is set to hold a Horizon 2020 information days.

The European Council has made the conclusion of any further agreements giving Switzerland access to the internal market subject to the solution of longstanding institutional issues.

The European Parliament has consented to the extension of the scientific and technological co-operation agreement between the EU and the United States.

The expansion of the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway (TASIM) development in Central Asia will happen under Horizon 2020.

The EU has approved a project providing financial assistance to Tunisia which will support the efforts of the Tunisian authorities in the field of environmental governance.

Pakistan will launch Horizon 2020 in the capital Islamabad next month.

The EU and South Africa will step-up collaboration in the fields of global health research, earth observation and research infrastructures, senior officials agreed at a meeting in Brussels.

As part of the Swiss-Swedish Innovation Initiative, the two countries have announced the second bilateral ‘Switzerland-Sweden Call for R&D Project Outlines’ within the EUREKA and EUROSTARS programmes.

The Czech Republic ambassador to Israel, Tomas Pojar, has visited Ariel University in Samaria, becoming the first EU member state ambassador to visit the institute.

Dr Mark Palmer from the UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC) has been appointed the new chairperson of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) General Assembly.

MEPs have recommended the EU renew an agreement on co-operation in science and technology with the Russian Government.

The Taiwanese Ministry of Science has encouraged researchers to participate in Horizon 2020. With a total budget of €79bn, the programme is also open to scientists from third countries.

A new call for Canada-Israel Technology Innovation partnerships is aiming to strengthen sustainable co-operation between the two countries and to generate mutual economic advantages.

In the frame of EUREKA, Canadian and German companies are invited to submit proposals for collaborative industry-led R&D projects.

Siim Kallas, European Commission Vice-President with responsibility for Transport, has begun the second day of a two-day visit to Israel.

LERU and the Association of East Asia Research Universities (AEARU) have held their first joint meeting in Taiwan.

The EU and Africa should work towards a long-term, jointly-funded research and innovation partnership to promote food and nutrition security as a first priority, senior officials agreed at talks in Brussels.