Find out what's happening in the area of Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and Horizon 2020
HorizonEU L+F Digital Europe EDF
The Commission has published on 15.02.2024 the update of the template of the Certificate on the Financial Statement (CFS), linked to the Annotated Model Grant agreement The main change is the addition of an agreed-upon procedures checklist, which is an integral part of the Terms of reference. If you want more details about the Certificate on... read more
Agro-Food, Environment EIE EIT Missions
The Norwegian Unicerity of Science and Technology (NTNU) has been tasked by the STOA of the European Parliament to coordinate a study leading to the preparation of a report aiming to provide input on how a KIC in the water, marine and maritime sectors and ecosystems can contribute substantially to secure sustainable innovation, value creation and q... read more
Security Digital, Industry & Space Digital Europe Cybersecurity
The Commission opens a first call for expression of interest to select six local organisers for the first edition of the Defence Hackathons under the European Union Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS). Innovation facilitators in the EU Member States and Norway are invited to register and may be selected as one of the six local org... read more
Digital Europe AI, data & cloud Advanced Digital Skills Deployment: Best use of technologies
The European Commission has published the first calls for specific objectives AI, Data & Cloud, Advanced Digital Skills, and Deployment: Accelerating Best Use of Technologies under the 2024 Digital Europe work programme. The calls will be open for submission of proposals as of 29 February 2024, the deadline is 29 May 2029. All call topic... read more
Autoship is, as the name suggests, an acronym for autonomous ship. Just like with self-driving cars, the possibilities of an unmanned boat seem endless. It can create more efficient freight transport, around the clock deliveries and these are just a few of the examples. The project has two societal challenges.
At first, De Vlaamse Waterweg was a bit hesitant as their experience with FP7 or Horizon 2020 projects was limited and they had not been very successful up until then. The fact that they were already doing basic research on the topic of autonomous boats, and the administrative help of NCP FLanders helped De Vlaamse waterweg to cross the line and get involved.