The Belgian National Contact Points (NCPs) for MSCA in Belgium (NCP-FNRS & NCP Flanders) are organising this info session to help potential applicants and host institutions from both the academic and non-academic sector in the preparation of a Cofund or a Staff Exchanges proposal. The MSCA Cofund action provides complementary funding for new or existing doctoral programmes or postdoctoral programmes at regional, national and international level. Its aim is to spread the MSCA policies based on the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, including international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training and international and cross-sectoral mobilty of researchers in all stages of their career. Government entities, regional authorities, funding agencies, universities, research organisations, and enterprises can apply. The 2021 Cofund call will open on the 12th of October 2021 and close on the 10th of February 2022. The MSCA Staff Exchanges action funds short-term international and inter-sectoral exchanges of staff members involved in research and innovation activities of participating organisations. The aim is to develop sustainable collaborative projects between different organisations from the academic and non-academic sectors (in particular SMEs), based in Europe and beyond. Exchanged staff (researchers, administrative , technical or managerial staff involved in research and innovation activities) benefit from new knowledge, skills and career development perspectives, while participating organisations increase their research and innovation capacities. The 2021 Staff Exchanges call will open on the 7th of October 2021 and close on the 9th of March 2022. Participation to the webinar is free but restricted to researchers wishing to apply with a Belgian Host Institution, or staff members of Belgian Host Institutions. Registration is mandatory. The agenda and registration form are available on the webpage of the event.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia organises a two day conference on “New European Research Area (ERA) - Towards a responsible knowledge driven society of the 3rd Millennium” which is part of the programme of the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU. On the first day a ministerial policy roundtable with speakers from the current Trio Presidency Research Ministers (Germany, Portugal, Slovenia) and forthcoming Trio Presidency Research Ministers (France, Sweden, Czech Republic) is foreseen and a panel discussion with stakeholders (among others European University Association (EUA), European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO), League of European Research Universities (LERU) followed by a Q&A. On the second day, parallel “breakout” workshop sessions will take place on four different topics: ERA for Research Infrastructures, ERA for prospective research careers, ERA for Open Science and ERA for economy. The aim of the conference is to produce recommendations for a better implementation of the new ERA. The conference is open for everyone willing to shape the ERA. Prior registration is required. All information can be found on the conference’s website

We would like to invite you to participate in the virtual networking event in order to find project partners for the forthcoming calls in Horizon Europe Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment. This partnering event will help you to build your consortium for the upcoming 2022 calls of the Cluster 6 Work Programme, which will be open until 15 February 2022.  More information and registration on the event website. The event is organised by the Network of Horizon Europe National Contact Points through the Bridge2HE initiative. It takes place back-to-back with the Info-Days on Cluster 6 organised by the European Commission (25 - 26 October 2021).