Call for tenders: Study on the impact of the REACH 2018 registration deadline

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Call for Tenders: Intelligent Cities Challenge

UPDATED – Comitology Written Consultation: Programme Committee for the specific programme implementing Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) – Configuration ‘Research infrastructures’

Press Release: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: support for almost 7,300 researchers and innovators

UPDATED – Agenda: Environment Council (26 June 2019)

Press Release: More than 1 100 concepts for new LIFE projects

Applicants from 27 EU countries are requesting €2.2 billion in co-financing from the LIFE programme for new environmental projects. In total, the proposed projects look to invest more than €4 billion to protect our nature and environment.

Call for Tenders: Assistance to the Commission on Technical, Socio-Economic, Environmental and Cost-Benefit Assessments related to the Implementation and further Development of EU Waste Legislation

Event: Register today – Horizon 2020 Environment and Resources Information Days (Brussels, 16 & 17 September 2019)

Information days on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020, Challenge “Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency & Raw Materials” – 2020 calls – will take place on 16 and 17 September 2019 in Brussels.

Call for Applications: Selection of Members of the Commission Expert group on Clusters (“European Clusters expert group”)

Call for Tenders: Review of National Air Pollutant Emission Inventory Data 2020-2023 under Directive 2016/2284 (National Emission Ceilings Directive)

Under Directive (EU) 2016/2284, the Commission and the European Environment Agency shall review the national emission inventory data reported by Member States.This contract will cover four annual reviews covering the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. It will consist of a 4-year contract divided into 4 phases each covering the review of specified data for the calendar years identified. The start of a subsequent phase shall depend on the satisfactory completion of the prior phase. Accordingly, the tenderer will have to submit the financial value of each phase for information, in addition to the overall financial offer. Interim payments will be made upon completion of a phase.

Call for Tenders: Technical and Scientific Support in Relation to the Implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives

Calls for Tender: Peer review of EMAS accreditation/licensing bodies for 2020

Speech: Vice-President Šefčovič at the European Investment Bank (EIB) Board of Directors’ meeting

Luxembourg, 12 June 2019

Agenda: Joint Research/Atomic Questions Working Party meeting (13 June 2019)

UPDATED – Call for applications – Selection of members of the commission expert groups

Updated: The deadline has been extended until 16 June 2019.

Concerns the following groups: Mission Board for adaptation to climate change, including societal transformation (E03664), Mission Board for cancer (E03665), Mission Board for healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters (E03666), Mission Board for climate-neutral and smart cities (E03667), Mission Board for soil health and food (E03668)

Written Answer to a Question: Evaluating the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) by country, year and autonomous community

Call for Tenders: Update and Maintenance of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Calculation Electronic Tool

Press Release: EIT Climate-KIC ClimateLaunchpad competition

Your idea can be an innovation in renewable energy, a sustainable transition in the food supply chain, a mind shift in urban mobility or any other way to tackle climate change. As long as it’s in the cleantech domain.

Event: Horizon Europe – New Parliament, new Commission, new agenda (Brussels, 10 September 2019)

This Science|Business conference – ahead of DG Research’s major stakeholder event in late September – offers an opportunity for the wider European R&I community to debate the right strategy and ambitions for Horizon Europe. On one level, it will invite reflection on the legacy of and lessons learned from Horizon 2020. More importantly, however, it will look to the future and gather high level recommendations for the incoming Parliament and Commission on what Horizon Europe might realistically be expected to deliver through to 2030.

Call for Proposals: The search is on to find the next European Green Capital 2022 & European Green Leaf 2021!

The European Green Capital Award (EGCA), now in its 13^th year, is awarded annually to a European city with over 100,000 inhabitants that has shown itself to be a leader in environmental, social and economic sustainability. The winner of the 2022 Award will receive €350,000^[1] to kick-start its year as a European Green Capital.

The European Green Leaf Award (EGLA) is open to towns and cities with between 20,000 and up to 100,000 inhabitants, to recognise and promote their efforts towards better environmental management and outcomes. The winner of the 2021 Award will receive €75,000^[2] to support its activities throughout its European Green Leaf year.

UPDATED – Report: Review of progress on implementation of the EU green infrastructure strategy

Blog: Future and emerging technologies in the EIC Pathfinder: how to turn crazy scientific research into innovative technologies and products

By Thomas Skordas, Director “Digital Excellence and Science Infrastructure” and Jean-David Malo, Director for Open Innovation and Open Science, DG Research and Innovation

For 30 years, the EU’s Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) programme encouraged researchers from different disciplines to work together to convert crazy scientific ideas into proofs of concept, laying the foundations for radically new technologies. Now, the FET programme will be integrated into the new European Innovation Council and will help research to become industrial applications and systems more quickly.

Press Release: EIC – 261 proposals seek funding under Fast Track to Innovation

The European Commission received 261 proposals for Fast Track to Innovation (FTI) before the latest cut-off date on 25 May 2019.

Call for Applications: EIT RawMaterials – Call for RawMatCop

Event: Innovative Enterprise Week Bucharest 2019 (Bucharest, 19-21 June 2019)

Over the course of three days – 19, 20 and 21st of June 2019 – we will focus on topics and challenges for the next EU Research and Innovation Programme (2021-2027) – Horizon Europe as well as on the European Innovation Council, a very powerful instrument foreseen to strongly support European “breakthrough innovators”.