Monthly Archives: December 2020

  • EU budget approved, programmes on the home straight

    After long and intense negotiations, there is real progress at last. The formal adoption of programmes and Own Resources is expected for early 2021. As 2020 draws to a close, Germany can look back on a successful, if at times hectic,...
  • Horizon Europe : Council presidency reaches political ag

    The EU has come closer to adopting its next multiannual framework programme for research and innovation. The German presidency of the Council today reached a provisional political agreement with the European Parliament’s negotiators on the proposed regulation establishing Horizon Europe, the...
  • ESOF2020 TRIESTE – watch the session on “Skillset re

    The world of academic as well as industrial research is changing rapidly. The progress made in all fields science and technology, including such areas as machine learning and robotics, combined with the calls for more widespread open access and open data,...
  • New EU bioeconomy monitoring system

    The Joint Research Center (JRC), in collaboration with other European Commission services and external experts, has developed a new EU bioeconomy monitoring system. The monitoring system will help ensure that the European bioeconomy contributes effectively to the objectives of the EU...
  • EU Soil Observatory

    On 4 December 2020 the European Commission launched the EU Soil Observatory with the aim to monitor the progress towards the achievement of the goal of ensuring that 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 and are able to provide essential...
  • The R&I Policy for accelerating transitions in Euro

    Research and innovation proved to be among the most powerful of European policies to boost the Union’s economies and competitiveness at the global scale. With its ability to drive growth, to create up to 320,000 new highly skilled jobs by 2040...
  • EuroScience consultation on diversity, inclusion and wor

    The vision of EuroScience is a scientific workforce that creates a positive change for society. However, we believe that this vision can only be realised if the professional workforce is as diverse and representative of the society it should serve. We...
  • Putting the new Bauhaus to work for the recovery: Smart

    The Joint Research Centre, in collaboration with the Global Forum of Local Governments, is organizing (Thursday, 3 December, 10:00 am CET) an online seminar on urban strategies for the recovery in the light of the New European Bauhaus initiative, launched by President Von...