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Attention to clusters in MedTech sector! International Call for Tenders to Purchase Medical Equipment

In order to face the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic, the Lombardy Region is launching several international calls for tenders to purchase medical equipment to treat the most seriously ill patients who need to be hospitalized and also a list of equipment needed to protect doctors and health personnel from the next two months of emergency. The interested companies must refer to the purchasing office of ARIA S...Read more
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How to Identify and Deal with IP Scams in China: Threat from Third Party Scam

With more and more European SMEs having awareness of the importance of IP and the necessity of IP registration in China, their needs of IP services is increasingly growing. As stated in China’s IP laws, foreigners need to hire local Chinese agencies to file for registration of IP rights and attend to other trade mark or patent related matters such as prosecution, invalidation, renewal etc. Therefore, there...Read more
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European Innovation Council pilot: €344 million to 107 visionary ideas of start-ups, SMEs and researchers

The European Commission announced the latest results of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot. Over 100 game-changing ideas from across Europe are on track to receive EIC support totalling €344 million. Funded by Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation programme, the selected proposals include the Radical project, which is revolutionising local and global air quality monitoring, and FluoGuide...Read more
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Call for Experts: MINERVA EU-JAPAN Market & Policy Intelligence Programme

Deadline to apply: 22 May 2020 MINERVA is a 6 month in-house research scheme in Japan , designed to support its research and policy analysis of EU-Japan economic and industrial issues. Experts selected by the EU-Japan Centre will undertake research work on a selected priority topic of the Centre, which should result in a consistent policy report (70-100 pages) , to be owned by the Centre. Apart from...Read more
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Applications welcome from startups and SMEs with innovative solutions to tackle Coronavirus outbreak

The European Commission is calling for startups and SMEs with technologies and innovations that could help in treating, testing, monitoring or other aspects of the Coronavirus outbreak to apply urgently to the next round of funding from the European Innovation Council. The new deadline for applications to the EIC Accelerator is 17:00 on Friday 20 March (Brussels local time). With a budget of €164m, this...Read more
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Next Generation Manufacturing Canada: Supercluster Update

After two years of operations already, the Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) - the organisation leading Canada’s Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster - presents an overview of their activities, projects and successes in an article posted on NGen's website by Jayson Myers. In this article you will find out about the membership expansion from the hundred founding members of the Supercluster to a...Read more
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EACP celebrated its 10 Year Anniversary with a great event in Brussels!

The European Aerospace Cluster Partnership (EACP) has proudly celebrated its 10 th anniversary throughout the year at different occasions and meetings spread around Europe. The year came to a head with a final big event in Brussels in February. At the EU representative offices of the Free State of Bavaria, 120 invited guests celebrated the great success story the EACP has written over its first decade and...Read more
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New Circular Economy Action Plan supports a green future for Europe through the circular economy transition

A new Circular Economy Action Plan was adopted by the European Commission on 11 March as part of a policy package to support European industry and the European Green Deal. The Action Plan aims to make the European economy fit for a green future, strengthen competitiveness while protecting the environment and give new rights to consumers. The new Plan focuses on the design and production for a circular...Read more
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EU-Japan Centre: Newsletter March 2020

The EU-Japan Centre released its March Newsletter issue . The publication offers a collection of news and reports on events and cooperation projects between the EU and Japan. In this issue you will find details on the upcoming EPA webinars the Centre’s EPA HELPDESK organises to help EU SMEs take advantage of the agreement, the forthcoming "About Japan" series webinars, as well as current Minerva, Vulcanus...Read more
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European Union’s New Industrial Strategy Package supports industry to lead on the digital and green transitions

On 10 March the European Commission published a set of policy documents putting forward a renewed industrial policy . The policy package consists of a New Industrial Strategy for Europe, an SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe, a report on identifying and addressing barriers to the single market, and an Action Plan for better implementation and Enforcement of the single market rules. The...Read more
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