The Next Generation Internet (NGI) community will gather next month in their yearly NGI Forum. The main goal of NGI is to build the Internet of Humans.  The NGI Forum is the ideal place to learn more about upcoming calls in Horizon Europe related to NGI. You can as well take part in discussions on future priorities with experts across domains such as Trust and Data Sovereignty, Internet Architecture, Decentralised Technologies or new methods of Search. The NGI community contains innovators, researchers, developers, policymakers and civil society players. Subscription and more information is available on 2021.ngiforum.eu.

An online Info Day on Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society will be planned on 20 May 2021 (tbc). In addition to this Info Day, a virtual Brokerage Event where applicants can meet potential partners is envisaged on 21 May 2021 (tbc). More information will follow soon. Update: Please note that no further information on this event is available yet. As soon as we receive more information this will be added to this page. Please also keep in mind that the date for this event is still subject to change.

NCP Federal BE, NCP FNRS, NCP Brussels and NCP Flanders organise an info session on Gender Equality Plans in Horizon Europe. Under Horizon Europe, Gender Equality Plans will be gradually installed as a new eligibility criterion for public bodies, research organisations and higher education establishments (including private research organisations and higher education establishments) applying to the programme (Horizon Europe General Annexes draft, p.12-13). This info session aims to shed light on this new eligibility criterion. What is a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), what are the obligatory provisions, what is the structure of a GEP, what are the areas covered and possible examples of GEPs. Programme 10.00 Introduction 10.05 Gender Equality Plans under Horizon Europe by dr. Anne Pépin, Senior Policy Officer, DG Research & Innovation (RTD) Unit D4-Democracy & European Values – Gender Sector 10.45 Questions and Answers 11.15 Closure Due to the measures with regard to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, this info session is completely virtual. Participation to this webinar is free and open to any staff member of a Belgian organisation, especially those who are in charge of gender policy. Registration is mandatory and open until the 19th of May. You have the possibility to write any question you might have at this stage in the registration form. Please take this opportunity, as all the questions raised beforehand will be addressed in the presentation. All information and the registration form can be found on the event webpage