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Cátia Figueiredo from F6S is organising a series of InnoBuyer #OpenMarket #Consultation events, for SMEs developing #solutions for the #Education, #Energy & #Water, #Healthcare, #Public #Administration, #Manufacturing, and #Transports sectors. These Open Market Consultation Events, dedicated to big public and private organizations, aimed for SMEs developing #innovative solutions for different sectors. Through these events, InnoBuyer aims to facilitate fruitful discussions between the Challengers and innovative solution providers, potential Solvers of these Challenges.  Learn more about the funding opportunities associated with each Challenge, interact with the Challengers to discuss potential solutions, development barriers and possible types of pilots at the following link:

Under the guidance of Patricia Fortes of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Marianne Zanon Zotin of Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, CIRCOMOD team presents an insightful report housing three comprehensive literature reviews, each casting a spotlight on: ·        the most relevant EU policies regarding CE (and some examples beyond EU), identify the strategies, sectors and products involved and the CE metrics necessary to monitor their achievement, ·        the most relevant CE measures to GHG and/or materials reduction in supply- and demand-side sectors, its potentials, relevant characteristics, and possible application barriers, ·        the strengths and weaknesses of the most common modelling approaches used to quantitatively assess the impact of CE strategies and analyse the capabilities of the modelling approaches used within CIRCOMOD to assess CE. https://lnkd.in/dCSK9jXY

PRIMA: A Dual Celebration and Forward Momentum in Brussels, starting today!   Over the next two days, the #PRIMAfamily will convene to contemplate past achievements, inaugurate the ambitious FUTURE4PRIMA project, sculpting a dynamic future, and jointly celebrating the successful interinstitutional negotiations for its extension within Horizon Europe.   🔍 25 January. Political Event Highlights: On January 25th, PRIMA hosts a special event to celebrate achievements and advancements in PRIMA's extension negotiations for 2025-2027 within the Horizon Europe Framework Programme, featuring opening remarks from the PRIMA Chairs, CSIC and Union for the Mediterranean representatives, insights from Members of the European Parlement, and contributions from officials, diplomatic representatives, ambassadors. Member States' Permanent Representatives and PRIMA Participating States representatives will also join the discussion.     🚀25 – 26 January: FUTURE4PRIMA: the kick off meeting The spotlight will then be on the #FUTURE4PRIMA project, an EU-funded initiative (under Horizon Europe) led by PRIMA. FUTURE4PRIMA begins its collaborative journey on January 25th with 21 partners across the Mediterranean. From R&I Ministries to universities and research organizations, this diverse coalition is committed to sustainable agri-food systems and water management, paving the way for transformative change. More about FUTURE4PRIMA : https://lnkd.in/dh2JG53M   🤝 Renewed Partnership: Looking ahead, PRIMA Participating States are gearing up for a renewed partnership, envisioning potential thematic and geographical extensions in the next framework program. The FUTURE4PRIMA project, actively contributed to by several states, aims to lay the foundations for a four-year Horizon Europe project, co-creating and co-implementing a renewed partnership. Angelo Riccaboni Mohamed El-Shinawi Octavi Quintana Omar Amawi Elena Dominguez Giuseppe Provenzano Union for the Mediterranean CSIC Segretariato Italiano di PRIMA - Università di Siena Maria Cristina Russo Alison Morton badr abdelatty Paolo Borchia Jordi Sole Ferrando Herbert Dorfmann European Commission Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024 European Parliament EU Science, Research and Innovation Santa Chiara Lab - Università di Siena  

A very important study that adds to the evidence of the recent #RRF mid-term review. Even though Portugal committed to adopting strong alignment between its national RRP and its Cohesion Policy investments, the evidence shows that this is not enough to target the needs of the least advantaged territories. The systemic R&I advantages of more developed regions / territories (capacity, economic structure, actors and institutions) means they are pre-disposed to benefit more (financial draw down and innovation impact) from public funding than their less developed (and often rural) counterparts. Addressing the EU’s urban/rural divide will not happen unless this evidence is used to upgrade policy design. By default the EU’s R&I policy instruments / are designed to prioritise benefits the richest and most innovative regions and territories. This resonates with some recent probing I did into the #InterregBSR programme from 2014-2020. Less than one tenth of the R&I projects were led by a less developed region. The idea that we can better position less innovative regions in the EU’s R&I performance charts by making them ‘lead’ on interregional R&I projects is frankly unrealistic - another example of a badly designed policy response to a much-entrenched problem of the EU’s #InnovationDivide We either accept this as the ‘preferred option’ (efficiency vs equity) or we commit to policy redesign. The evidence in the recent Future of Cohesion Policy High Level Group report only serves to reinforce what we already know about divides and disparities. So what are we going to do about it? More of the same is only perpetuating the problem. And that is precisely what the R&I focus of the RRF is achieving. Kudos to Anabela Santos Andrea Conte Francesco Molica for bringing new evidence to fuel this debate.

Another of the systems innovation methods we will be exploring in the session I am hosting this Wednesday at Si. This one from Climate-KIC Full info about the event here: https://lnkd.in/eKU9P6rZ

The Netherlands has presented its National Technology Strategy, which will guide Dutch innovation policy in the coming years. Dutch government, businesses, research institutions and societal organizations will prioritize ten strategic technologies. The strategy looks to position the Netherlands at the forefront of rapid global technological advancements. The aim is to achieve technological leadership and address unwanted dependencies, while enhancing the country's future earning capacity and addressing societal challenges. Minister of Economic Affairs Micky Adriaansens emphasized the necessity of making strategic choices to maintain the Netherlands' leading position as a knowledge-based, trading nation and innovative country amidst increasing scarcities in energy, raw materials, personnel and space. Read more → https://lnkd.in/euVPU_24

We are delighted to announce our inclusion in a flagship European foresight framework. Led by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, the Foresight-on-Demand (FOD) consortium is advising the European Commission and fourteen other EU organisations on science and technology policy programming. The framework which runs for four years enables the European Commission to promptly request and obtain relevant future knowledge and build up anticipatory capacities in its own organisations. Knowledge is developed through participatory processes to orientate and underpin Europe's investment plans for science, technology, and innovation. The foresight projects carried out as part of Foresight-on-Demand provide science-based, systemic and participatory approaches to forward-looking knowledge generation aimed at guiding and supporting policy-making processes in the present. Eunomia is included in the consortium as a specialised foresight partner, providing expertise in environmental foresight and horizon scanning, participatory foresight methods and the use of evidence, including from foresight, in environmental policy. We also contribute our specialist technical environmental expertise and knowledge, such as related to carbon and net zero, the natural environment, waste and materials. We are excited to be included in this consortium and for the opportunity to work with our partners in supporting the Commission in a range of foresight projects. The Foresight-on-Demand framework contract runs from April 2024 to March 2028. #environmentalpolicy #carbon #netzero #naturalenvirnoment

Certificate delivered by the European Commission, as the institution managing Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020 The project proposal 756182, USharepark USharePark: smart secUre system to SHARE PARKing places in private garages Submitted under the Horizon 2020’s SME instrument phase 2 call H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017) of 13 October 2016 in the area of Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility by GARAGESCANNER SOCIEDAD LIMITADA UNIPERSONAL CALLE SAN JUAN NUM 8 50360 DAROCA ZARAGOZA Spain and other participants (see the back of the document) following evaluation by an international panel of independent experts WAS SUCCESSFUL IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE EVALUATION PROCESS* AS A HIGH QUALITY PROJECT PROPOSAL This proposal is recommended for funding by other sources since Horizon 2020 resources available for this specific Call were already allocated following a competitive ranking. * This means passing all stringent Horizon 2020 assessment thresholds for the 3 award criteria (excellence, impact, quality and efficiency of implementation) required to receive funding from the EU budget Horizon 2020. Corina Cretu, Commissioner for Regional Policy Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Brussels - 25/11/2016 Ref. Ares(2016)6621799 - 25/11/2016