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The second meeting of the EU-Armenia Joint Research and Innovation (R&I) Committee under the agreement associating Armenia to Horizon Europe took place in Yerevan on 5 December 2023.

On 6 October the European Commission published a call for expressions of interest to participate in five different working groups. The main aim of the WGs is to bring together relevant stakeholders in an innovative format, to develop jointly recommendations in a co-creation process.

Research and innovation news alert: Today marks the first meeting and official start of the newly constituted expert group entrusted to support the interim evaluation of the Horizon Europe programme.

Report on “Research and innovation policy as a driver for sustainable, healthy, climate-resilient and inclusive food systems”.

Today at COP28, following a meeting between the Executive Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič and Bill Gates, the European Commission and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced they will cooperate to improve soil health and support farmers’ livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa.

On 28 and 29 November 2023, the European Commission hosted the Senior Officials Meeting for the EU-CELAC Joint Initiative on Research and Innovation (JIRI). The Senior Officials meeting was co-chaired by Maria-Cristina Russo, Director for International Cooperation at the European Commission.

The European Commission, in collaboration with the European Investment Bank (EIB), is launching the new pilot scheme ‘EU Blue Champions’. It will be supported by the BlueInvest platform.

The second EU-Faroe Islands Joint Committee meeting under the Agreement on the participation of the Faroe Islands in EU programmes took place in Brussels, Belgium, on 27 November 2023.

Companies awarded with Seal of Excellence could compete for the Innovation Radar Prize 2023.