What’s in Horizon 2020 for you? What are the new calls and how to apply for funding? The Info Day 2014 was held in Brussels, on 17th January 2014, from 9.00 am till 5.00 pm, at the "Charlemagne building, Rue de la Loi 170, Brussels", to get first-hand information on the new EU funding instrument and to find the answer to these and many other questions.
The INFO DAY on Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 (‘Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy’) took place in Brussels on 17th January 2014. The Bioeconomy website contains now information on this INFO DAY:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/
MAGHRENOV Project, aiming at support innovation in the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency sector in the Mediterranean basin, celebrated its Kick Off Meeting last 16th and 17th December 2013 in Barcelona. Here you can get the programme and pictures of the meeting, where MED-SPRING was invited to participate.
The First Economic Forum of the Western Mediterranean (Dialogue 5+5), which took place last 23rd October 2013 at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean, brought together more than 300 participants from the ten countries of the 5+5 Dialogue. Gathering business leaders and high-level representatives from major enterprises and employers’ associations from the Western Mediterranean, the event aimed at strengthening the economic cooperation between Western European countries and the Maghreb region.
The Joint Managing Authority and the Joint Technical Secretariat of the ENPI-CBC-MED Programme have prepared two brochures aiming to tell the story of "a Mediterranean which cooperates".
MIGAL Research institute, Upper-Galilee Council and ATD fund are welcome you to the International Capitalization event of the SCOW project for Recycling and Reducing Waste at tourism and agricultural areas.
Coordinated by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia, FETRIC aims to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the EU and Tunisia, by enhancing synergies between S&T EU and Tunisian actors, projects, and programmes.
Water, sanitation and sustainable energy are at the core of sustainable development and the overarching goal of poverty eradication, and are closely linked to the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Water and energy are also intimately linked in sustainable consumption and production patterns, and this relationship aggravates resource scarcity and conservation.
The 5th INCO conference is scheduled to take place on June 2-3, 2014 in Athens, Greece. The venue of conference is the Divani Palace Acropolis which is located below the Acropolis, very close to the old quarter of Plaka, the brand new archaeological Museum of Acropolis and the well known Herodion theatre.
For research and innovation, the main priorities of the Presidency are to ensure the smooth start and implementation of Horizon 2020 and the rapid completion of the legislative procedure for the Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) and Article 185 initiatives - also referred to as the Innovation Investment Package. The Presidency is therefore urging the European Parliament to ensure that the process can be completed before the next European elections in May 2014.
Project coordinated by: CIHEAM - IAMB.
