The Commission has adopted the second strategic plan for Horizon Europe. The plan, announced at the flagship Research and Innovation Days, sets out three key strategic orientations for EU’s research and innovation funding for the last three years of the programme (2025-2027): Green transition; Digital transition; A more resilient, competitive, inclusive and democratic Europe. These Read more about Horizon Europe strategic plan 2025-2027 for R&I[…]
Strengthening the competitiveness of the European economy through the green and digital transformations has been the EU’s strategic goal over the last years. Despite its inbuilt resilience, EU industry is being challenged by high inflation, labour shortages, supply chain disruptions, rising interest rates, and spikes in energy costs and input prices. This is paired with Read more about Commission proposes Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) to support European leadership on critical technologies[…]
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €259 million Romanian scheme, made available in part through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (‘RRF’), to support investments in the production, assembly and recycling of batteries, of photovoltaic cells and of panels. The scheme aims at supporting Romania’s regional development and fostering the EU’s Read more about State aid: Commission approves €259 million Romanian scheme[…]
The European Commission has today disbursed €1.8 billion to Romania in pre-financing, equivalent to 13% of the country’s grant allocation under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The pre-financing payment will help to kick-start the implementation of the investment and reform measures outlined in Romania’s recovery and resilience plan. The country is set to receive Read more about European Commission disburses €1.8 billion in pre-financing to Romania[…]
The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) is the Commission’s instrument to provide technical support to reforms in EU Member States. TSI is part of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 and of the Recovery Plan for Europe. It has the general objective to promote the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion by supporting Member States’ efforts Read more about What is the Technical Support Instrument?[…]
In recent years, big data sets from mobile phones have been used to provide increasingly accurate analyses of how we all move between home, work, and leisure, holiday and everything else. The strength of basing analyses on mobile phone data is that they provide accurate data on when, how, and how far each individual moves Read more about Big data sets from mobile phones provides a completely new understanding of our movement patterns[…]
The transition towards climate neutrality will provide opportunities for and challenge regions and sectors differently. Some will see more immediate opportunities, some will face more challenges than others, and not all will have the same capacity to deal with the costs of adjusting to the climate transition. To help the most vulnerable regions deal with Read more about Just Transition Mechanism[…]