Month: May 2017

A new assessment of the first years of Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme, shows that it is on track to help create jobs and growth, tackle our biggest societal challenges and improve people’s lives. Horizon 2020 has clear European added value by producing demonstrable benefits compared to

Europe is setting new goals for its future development strategies: the Agenda 2030 established 17 »Sustainable Development Goals« (SDGs) agreed by all UN member states. What could be future pathways for the development cooperation policy of the European Union? And how can scientific research contribute? The final conference of the

ECCA 2017 will be organised by 3 EU-funded projects: IMPRESSIONS, RISES AM and HELIX. ECCA 2017 will build upon the achievements of ECCA 2013 in Hamburg and ECCA 2015 in Copenhagen, which emphasised research-policy-practice links and the emerging adaptation services offered by businesses. The theme of ECCA 2017 is ‘Our

European GEO Workshop will take place in Helsinki between 19-21 June 2017. The purpose of the conference is to bring together European stakeholders interested in and actively contributing to the Global Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS). The event is a forum to exchange ideas and inform participants about work

Commissioner Carlos Moedas will host a High-Level Ministerial and Scientific event on 12-14 July 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal, joined by high-level government representatives from Brazil and South Africa, as well as from the European Union. This event will celebrate the launch of the South Atlantic Flagship Initiative between the European