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News article29 October 2020Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

25th EU/Euratom-Switzerland Joint Research Committee

On 27 October 2020, the EU/Euratom-Switzerland Joint Research Committee meeting, the last one under Horizon 2020, was held online due to the pandemic.

Photo from the online meeting
Ms Signe Ratso and Mr Philipp Langer

The meeting was co-chaired by Deputy Director-General Signe Ratso, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission) and by Deputy Director-General Philipp Langer, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).

The following points were addressed:

  • Switzerland's level of participation in Horizon 2020: Switzerland is by far the most active associated country, both in terms of participations and EU budget contribution. It has a very high success rate and its participation is now reaching the level of FP7 totals, despite the fact that association to Horizon 2020 was only partial from 2014 to 2016;
  • Switzerland's very active participation in the research and training programme of Euratom where their association continues in 2019-2020; and
  • Progress made in relation to the ITER project and Fusion for Energy activities, where Switzerland is a key player.

In addition, information was exchanged by the two parties on a number of programmes such as the European partnerships, European Universities or EuroHPC.

The European Commission and Switzerland praised the quality of their cooperation, which represents a strong contribution to Europe’s global R&I leadership.

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International cooperation with Switzerland

Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation

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Publication date
29 October 2020
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Directorate-General for Research and Innovation