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As part of its emergency support package to tackle the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis, the EU is setting up a temporary instrument to help workers keep their jobs during the crisis.

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European Commission mobilises additional funds for COVID-19 research and innovation projects

The European Commission has mobilised additional €122 million from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, for urgently needed research dedicated to the Coronavirus. The new call is the latest addition to a range of EU-funded research and innovation actions to fight COVID-19. It complements earlier actions to develop diagnostics, treatments and vaccines by strengthening capacity to manufacture and deploying readily available solutions in order to rapidly address the pressing needs. It will also improve understanding of the behavioural and socio-economic impacts of the pandemic...

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The European Commission has mobilised additional €122 million from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, for urgently needed research dedicated to the Coronavirus.

European Commission COVID-19 Research Innovation funding

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), established in 2008, is an EU executive body that aims to strengthen Europe’s ability to innovate. The EIT is an integral part of the Horizon 2020 programme, the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

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MAKE-IT In Africa is an initiative launched in 2016 by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Germany, together with the private sector, as part of BMZ’s Digital Africa Initiative.The Make-IT Alliance connects the experience and practical knowledge of successful technology companies, associations and entrepreneurship initiatives with the creative potential of young tech entrepreneurs.

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Horizon 2020 project to empower clusters and SMEs

Submitted by Tedora Aibu on 20 May 2020.

A new Horizon 2020 project, MPowerBio, kicked-off on 1 May with the objective of benefiting European clusters and their SME members. MPowerBIO aims to set up and implement a capacity building programme for SME clusters along with an integrated business support programme for the SME members. This project has received funding under the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union...

The European Commission has been at the forefront of supporting research and innovation and coordinating European and global research efforts.

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Virtual European Biomass Conference and Exhibition on post-COVID-19 recovery

Submitted by Tedora Aibu on 20 May 2020.

The European Biomass Conferences and Exhibition (EUBCE) has grown from a small research community biomass conference more than 30 years ago to a well-established international conference, tackling challenges ranging from biomass growth and biomass conversion to bioenergy, biofuels and bioproducts, sustainability and policies. Today it provides a forum for industrial implementation of technologies...

The European Commission has mobilised additional €122 million from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, for urgently needed research dedicated to the Coronavirus.

European Commission COVID-19 research and innovation funding

SPAIN: Deep Tech solutions to co-exist with COVID-19

Submitted by Audry Maulana on 19 May 2020.

Secpho, a deep tech innovation cluster from Spain, has collected some of its members' solutions that Deep Tech, and especially photonic technologies, can offer for a reactivation of daily post-COVID-19 economic activities, in order to adapt to the new normal. These include the following: Sterilisation Systems: Sterilization technology through UV lighting can be a powerful ally against COVID-19...

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