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Upcoming Events

SSI 2024
16/04/2024
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18/04/2024

Smart Systems Integration - SSI 2024

The Smart Systems Integration Conference & Exhibition – SSI 2024 will take place from 16-18 April 2024 in Hamburg, Germany, back-to-back with the apc|m conference.

In addition to high-level keynotes from the European Commission and leading research institutions, again experts in Smart Systems integrations from industry and academia will gather to present their latest results and to commonly shape next generations of smart systems made in Europe. As proven successful, conference tracks will be organised oriented along the value chain of smart systems:

  • Component developments for Smart Systems
  • System integration aspects concerning hardware and software
  • Applications: Mobility, Energy, Industry, Biomedical, Healthy Living

EPoSS in addition will organise again a policy session reflecting current, technical and policy trends.

Further information and registration: https://smartsystemsintegration.com/

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the EPoSS Office via contact@smart-systems-integration.org.

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ERF 2024
13/03/2024
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15/03/2024

European Robotics Forum (ERF) 2024

The next edition of the “European Robotics Forum” will be held in Rimini from 13 to 15 March 2024 under the scientific responsibility of the University of Bologna. The event will see the leading experts, both academic and industrial, at international level in robotics come together in the vibrant city of Rimini and will see the presence of the major European companies with interests in this field.

The forum has a unique structure and is specifically designed to encourage interaction between end-users, researchers, technology producers with the ultimate goal of improving industrial competitiveness, fostering scientific progress, stimulating networking between stakeholders in the field, and identifying new impactful application scenarios for robotics. The programme of the event is really rich and will touch many industrial and research fields where robotics plays a key role. Having this audience of experts all gathered in Italy is truly an exceptional event that we believe can be a driving force for the competitiveness of the entire territory.

The event will take place at the magnificent Convention Centre in Rimini and will be enriched with an intense social activity to foster the exchange of ideas, revive old friendships and create new ones. A large exhibition area at the convention centre will be available to those who wish to display their technologies and ideas, representing a true international showcase.

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20/03/2024
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21/03/2024

European Research and Innovation (R&I) Days 2024

The European Commission’s annual flagship research and innovation event brings together policymakers, researchers, stakeholders, and the public to debate and shape the future of research and innovation in Europe and beyond through key policy debates, funding and networking opportunities, and dedicated workshops.

This fifth edition will take place during the European Research and Innovation Week on 20 and 21 March 2024, both in Tour and Taxis (Brussels) and online, allowing everyone to get involved from anywhere.

For more details about the event press here.

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20/03/2024
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21/03/2024

Register for the European Research and Innovation Days 2024

The European Commission organises the European Research and Innovation Days (R&I Days) fifth edition on 20 and 21 March 2024 physically in Brussels and online.

What can you expect?

  • to discover successful EU-funded research and innovation projects and experience their impact on our society;
  • to debate the importance of continued investment in research and innovation;
  • to find out more on Horizon Europe, including the Strategic Plan 2025 – 2027 and its Widening Instrument; R&I support to Green and Digital transition; its Global Approach; and many other topics.

Information about the programme, the sessions, speakers and all other information related to the R&I Days can be consulted on this webpage.

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News

The Commission published two Recommendation on a Code of Practice on industry-academia co-creation and on citizen engagement for knowledge valorisation.

 

More at the following link

Comisia Europeană a lansat o nouă platformă pentru Spațiul european de cercetare (ERA), un punct unic dedicat, care oferă o privire cuprinzătoare asupra politicilor, activităților și realizărilor actuale ale ERA. Platforma pentru politici ERA face parte din noul cadru de guvernare ERA și Pactul pentru Cercetare și Inovare (R&I) în Europa.

Platforma poate fi accesată la următorul link

La data de 19 februarie 2024, la Bruxelles, Oficiului RM pentru Știință și Tehnologie pe lângă UE (MOST) a organizat un eveniment, împreună cu organizațiile omoloage UKRI (Marea Britanie), Kowi (Germania), NorCore (Norvegia) și SwissCore (Elveția) cu tema „Mobilități pentru doctoranzi”, temă actuală, discutată anterior în grupurile Acțiunile Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA)” și „Educație” din cadrul IGLO.

În calitate de vorbitori, au fost invitați experți ai Comisiei Europene și anume: Sohail LUKA, PhD  Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions unit  DG EAC și Johannes GEHRINGER  Higher Education Unit, DG EAC.

Evenimentul s-a axat pe oportunitățile oferite prin  Acțiunile Marie Skłodowska-Curie și programul Erasmus+.

a) Rețelele de doctorat în cadrul MSCA permit studenților-doctoranzi să primească o pregătire de înaltă calitate și să își dezvolte cariera în mediul academic și în afara ei, mutându-se în altă țară pe o perioadă de max. 4 ani. În anii 2014-2020, în cadrul Programului „Orizont 2020”, au fost finanțați 65000 cercetători și 4500 companii prin intermediul MSCA. 37% din cercetători finanțați sunt din afara UE, iar 42% sunt femei.

Pentru a obține consultații gratuite despre Rețelele de doctorat contactați Punctul Național de Contact pentru Acțiunile Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) accesând linkul https://horizoneurope.md/en/representatives

b) Programul Erasmus+  oferă de asemenea mobilități pentru doctoranzi pe o perioadă de max. 12 luni, cu scopul de instruire, stagiere, dezvoltarea abilităților și cooperare. În anul academic 2019-2020 au beneficiat de finanțare 4000 doctoranzi, dintre care 56% femei.

Pentru a primi consultații cu privire la acest instrument de finanțare contactați Oficiul Național Erasmus+ în Moldova, accesând linkulhttps://erasmusplus.md

Oficiului MOST, în persoana reprezentantului său, Doinița Ulinici, a participat la Summit-ul EIT, organizat de Institutul European de Inovare și Tehnologie (EIT) în ziua de 20 februarie 2024, la Bruxelles, (Belgia).

EIT Summit 2024 s-a dovedit a fi un eveniment de amploare, care a adunat lideri din domeniul inovației, cercetării și afacerilor,  pentru a susține un proces de internaționalizare în continuă evoluție, cât mai sustenabil și care să conducă la întărirea legăturii dintre global, regional și local, pentru misiuni de educație, stagii clinice/practice și de cercetare științifică, depunerea și câștigarea de proiecte .

Având tema "Inovație pentru un Viitor Sustenabil", summit-ul a încurajat schimbul de idei pentru a aborda provocările majore ale societății noastre. Participanții au avut oportunitatea de a interacționa cu lideri de opinie, antreprenori, cercetători și factori de decizie din diverse sectoare.

Printre momentele deosebite ale evenimentului a fost decernarea Premiilor EIT 2024 (ediția a 10a), prin care au fost recunoscute și apreciate excelența în inovație și contribuția la transformarea sustenabilă. 

Dra Ulinici a profitat de momentele de networking din cadrul evenimentului pentru a stabili noi contacte cu reprezentanții EIT, cu companii și organizații publice din Uniunea Europeană. 

Respectiv, încurajăm universitățile, organizațiile de cercetare și companiile din RM, interesate în atragerea parteneriatelor internaționale pe segmentul cercetare-inovare să ia legătura cu Oficiul MOST (most@ancd.gov.md) pentru a identifica parteneri potriviți pentru proiectele internaționale.

Pentru mai multe informații despre Summit și pentru a privi evenimentul în reluare, vă rugăm să accesați pagina oficială a evenimentului: https://eit.europa.eu/news-events/events/join-us-2024-eit-summit-brussels.

Attention Cluster 4 Community! There will be an amendment to the Horizon Europe work programme which affects Cluster 4 calls!

What changes to expect on Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry & Space) calls?

  • Most likely deletion or re-scheduling of several topics to a later call
  • Addition of new topics to this later call
  • ​"Destinations" DIGITAL-EMERGING and HUMAN most likely to be affected
  • Further changes may affect the “Other Actions” section

This amendment is expected to be officially adopted at the end of March 2024.

Please contact your country NCP for further details in the meantime. You can find your country NCP here

We will give you an update with the most significant changes as soon as the amendment has been adopted!

Highlights

A new way to bring concrete solutions to some of the EU greatest challenges with ambitious goals to deliver concrete results by 2030.

  • EU Missions will deliver impact by putting research and innovation into a new role in combination with new forms of governance and collaboration, as well as citizen  engagement.
  • EU Missions are a coordinated effort by the Commission to pool the necessary resources in terms of funding programmes, policies and regulations, as well as other activities. They aim to mobilise and activate public and private actors, such as EU Member States, regional and local authorities, research institutes, farmers and land managers, entrepreneurs and investors to create a real and lasting impact.
  • EU Missions will support Europe’s transformation into a greener, healthier, more inclusive and resilient continent. 

Mission Starfish 2030: Restore our Ocean and Waters

Targets by 2030: cleaning marine and fresh waters, restoring degraded ecosystems and habitats, decarbonising the blue economy in order to sustainably harness the essential goods and services they provide.

Caring for Soil is Caring for Life

Targets by 2030: at least 75% of all soils in the EU are healthy for food, people, nature and climate. The proposed mission combines research and innovation, education and training, investments and the demonstration of good practices using “Living labs” (experiments and innovation in a laboratory on the ground) and “Lighthouses” (places to showcase good practices).

Conquering Cancer: Mission Possible

Targets by 2030: more than 3 million more lives saved, living longer and better, achieve a thorough understanding of cancer, prevent what is preventable, optimise diagnosis and treatment, support the quality of life of all people exposed to cancer, and ensure equitable access to the above across Europe.

A Climate Resilient Europe - Adaptation to Climate change

Targets by 2030: prepare Europe to deal with climate disruptions, accelerate the transition to a healthy and prosperous future within safe planetary boundaries and scale up solutions for resilience that will trigger transformations in society.

100 Climate-Neutral Cities by 2030 - by and for the citizens

Targets by 2030: support, promote and showcase 100 European cities in their systemic transformation towards climate neutrality by 2030 and turn these cities into innovation hubs for all cities, benefiting quality of life and sustainability in Europe.

European Partnerships bring the European Commission and private and/or public partners together to address additional challenges through concerted research and innovation initiatives, on top of the challenges addressed by Horizon Europe. They are a key implementation tool of Horizon Europe, and contribute significantly to achieving the EU’s political priorities.

By bringing private and public partners together, European Partnerships help to avoid the duplication of investments and contribute to reducing the fragmentation of the research and innovation landscape in the EU.

Find out more about European Partnerships in the Commission’s infographic.

Identifying partnerships

The Commission carried out impact assessments that helped identify the candidates for partnerships.

The portfolio of European Partnerships includes 49 candidates  which have now been taken into the next step of preparations.

The partnership candidates are collected across 5 areas. 

Full details of candidates, draft proposal documents and contact details please see below.

The current list of candidate European Partnerships is found in Annex 7 of the Orientations towards the first Strategic Plan for Horizon Europe.

Results from the structured consultation of EU countries are summarised in the report European Partnerships under Horizon Europe: results of the structured consultation of Member States.

Types of partnership

The Horizon Europe proposal lays down the conditions and principles for establishing European Partnerships. There are 3 types.

Co-programmed European Partnerships
These are partnerships between the Commission and private and/or public partners. They are based on memoranda of understanding and/or contractual arrangements.

Co-funded European Partnerships using a programme co-fund action
Partnerships involving EU countries, with research funders and other public authorities at the core of the consortium.

Institutionalised European Partnerships
These are partnerships where the EU participates in research and innovation funding programmes that are undertaken by EU countries.

These partnerships require legislative proposals from the Commission and are based on a Council Regulation (Article 187) or a Decision by the European Parliament and Council (Article 185). They are implemented by dedicated structures created for that purpose.

Institutionalised partnerships will only be implemented where other parts of the Horizon Europe programme, including other types of partnership, would not achieve the desired objectives or expected impacts.

Documents

Horizon Europe’s next generation European partnerships (PDF File)

Source:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/horizon-europe/european-partnerships-horizon-europe_en

WIDERA NCPs is an umbrella name for the transnational network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area under Horizon Europe.

NCP_WIDERA.NET Project is a 3 years Coordination and Support Action financed by the European Commission and established with the aim to empower the network of National Contact Points (NCP) for WIDERA under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme.

The check-list was developed as a tool for NCPs to help them to review the project proposals in order to help the applicants to develop their project proposals in higher quality. There are included all the conditions / questions published in the WP General Annexes, Application form and Evaluation form

Following a workshop activity which took place in May in Dublin, the report summarises delegates' input on opportunities, barriers and useful support.

In a nutshell, the main conclusions are:

  • From engaging in Horizon Europe, SSH researchers can gain funding, prestige, expansion of networks and opportunity for impact.
  • Social science and arts & humanities should not be understood as a monolith.
  • Reliable partners are a huge resource. Being included in networks might be challenging for newcomers.
  • Early career researchers can benefit from participation in Horizon Europe projects. However, provisions for their inclusion and career-development are not explicitly required nor rewarded by the funder.
  • There are considerable differences among institutions in terms of in-house, opportunities for peer-learning, expertise, capacities and contractual conditions