EU Biodiversity Strategy to bring nature back into our lives
Climate change, the loss of biodiversity, and the last pandemic are sending a clear message: it is time to fix our broken relationship with the nature! Our life, planet and economy depend on the biodiversity.
Europe’s Digital Future
As part of the next long-term EU budget and the Horizon Europe programme, (2021-2027), the EC has proposed the Digital Europe initiative: a €9.2 billion programme focused on building the strategic digital capacities of the EU and on facilitating the wide deployment of digital technologies, to be used by Europe’s citizens and businesses.
Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) in Europe
Only one out of five SMEs in the EU are highly digitised, and they represent over 99% of all businesses in Europe. The Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) is a European Union initiative aimed at facilitating the digital transformation of the EU business ecosystem, facilitating the experimentation and uptake of technologies coming from 6 main areas: Big Data and AI, IoT, Manufacturing/Industry 4.0, Robotics, HPC and Photonics .
Matical Innovation chooses to open a new office in Málaga, a strategic step in the 2020´s expansion plan
The second most populated city in Andalucía and the only Spanish city in the Top 10 for the best quality of life in Europe, according to Eurobarómetro, Málaga, is positioning itself as the Silicon Valley of Spain.
The Technology Park of Andalusia (PTA) was set up in 1995 and is one of the most important technology centres in southern Europe. Predominant sectors present at PTA are Information Technology (Electronics, Information, Computing and Telecommunications) together with Engineering, Consultancy and Advisory services.
European Commission’s Coronavirus response and research actions
IMI launches €45M coronavirus research call. The call is part of a wider strategy announced by the European Commission to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) launched a fast-track call for proposals to speed up the development of new drugs and diagnostics to halt the global outbreak of COVID-19. Researchers can […]
The European Green Deal, a climate – neutral continent by 2050
The Green Deal is expected to have profound consequences for European research and innovation funding. Many of the newly designed calls for proposals will likely be influenced or motivated by this strategy.