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For 2019, funds available for Erasmus+ are expected to increase by €300 million or 10% compared to 2018. Yesterday, the Commission published its 2019 call for proposals for the Erasmus+ programme. From an expected budget of €3 billion for next year, €30 million has been set aside for dedicated...

The European Commission will launch the very first edition of the 'EU Cluster Weeks 2018-2019' between November 2018 and April 2019. This initiative promotes national, regional and local cluster events under the 'EU Cluster Weeks’ brand and at the European Cluster Collaboration Platform. Submissions...

On 26 April 2018, the European Commission met with 19 EU country ministry representatives in Brussels for the second edition of the European Cluster Policy Forum. Invited experts took part and participants gave practical examples for the Commissions future involvement in: the labelling of clusters...

The Commission invites legal persons (entities) registered in the European Union (EU) to present proposals for the 2018 Call for proposals for LIFE Action Grants. The call covers proposals for both LIFE sub-programmes: - Environment, this call will cover action grants for "Traditional" projects...

This message is addressed to EU exporters (to the people in the companies who deal with the export transactions) via the cluster organisations, to shipping companies handling import documentation and procedures in third countries and to EU economic operators with affiliates in third countries with...

A Science for Policy report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service, this publication aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The report (source: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/eur-scientific...

On November 9th, 2017 the Commission has published a report assessing the implementation of its existing trade agreements. The objective of the report is to analyse the results of the implementation and enforcement, in year 2016, of 25 EU trade agreements and to allow for future open discussion on...

The second edition of the GROW your REGIOn conference was held in Valencia, Spain, from 8 to 9 November 2017. 315 stakeholders from 25 countries shared their experiences and ideas about future actions for 'Boosting smart interregional collaboration through clusters'. The event took place in ‘Veles e...

Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan will be visiting Saudi Arabia and Iran in the period 7-12 November 2017 accompanied by a delegation of senior representatives of European companies/producer organisations of the agri-food sector. This trip will combine official visits by...

The European Commission is launching Design for Enterprises, or #Design4Enterprises, a three years programme of courses to support design driven innovation. This complete range of free training courses provided by the European Commission aims at discovering how design-driven innovation can become...