On 5 December 2022, the European Commission will host a first technical workshop on the effective implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/1925, the Digital Markets Act. The Digital Markets Act was published in the Official Journal on 12 October 2022 and entered into force on 1 November 2022. It is the first global regulation aiming to ensure fair and contestable markets in the digital sector. As we now move into the implementation phase, the Commission believes it important for all stakeholders to provide their input and views on various implementation questions, whilst fully respecting the letter and the spirit of the Digital Markets Act. The 5 December workshop, taking place in Brussels and online, addresses the question: “Applying the DMA’s ban on self-preferencing: how to do it in practice?”, relating to art. 6(5) of the Digital Markets Act. Following the introductory remarks by the Commission, there will be several panels on specific practical questions related to compliance with the legislation. These include the identification of practices amounting to self-preferencing, detecting the existence of self-preferencing practices and concrete measures to ensure and monitor compliance. More information on the workshop and the possibility to register can be found on the event website.

Horizon Europe’s Research Infrastructures actions support the development of an integrated, inter-operable and effective ecosystem of Research Infrastructures and Technology Infrastructures in Europe. The info day will focus on the 2023 calls of the Work programme 2023-2024, for its different destinations: INFRADEV – Developing, consolidating and optimising the European research infrastructures landscape, maintaining global leadership INFRASERV – RI services to support health research, accelerate the green and digital transformation, and advance frontier knowledge INFRATECH – Next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, and advanced digital solutions for RIstargeting the development of the next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, and advanced digital solutions for Research Infrastructures INFRAEOSC – Enabling an operational, open and FAIR European Open Science Cloud ecosystem In addition, the Info day will offer horizontal information on the submission, evaluation and management of the 2023 Research Infrastructures calls. More information  

This information webinar on Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) for non-academic sector is organised by the MSCA National Contact Points (NCPs) in Belgium (NCP-FNRS, NCP Flanders and NCP Federal BE) and NCP Wallonia to inform potential applicants from non-academic host institutions. The target audience of this webinar is the non-academic sector which is any socio-economic actor not included in the academic sector and fulfilling the requirements of the Horizon Europe Rules for Participation (available here), including industry, business and SMEs. Under academic sector fall public or private higher education establishments, public or private non-profit research organisations and International European Research Organisations. The webinar will cover the three following MSC Actions, which can be of high interest for the non-academic sector: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF), which funds post-doctoral researchers from all scientific fields. Supported researchers have a PhD and a maximum of 8 years of post-PhD research experience. Host institutions need to be located in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country; MSCA Doctoral Networks (MSCA DN), which supports consortia of at least 3 different entities in different EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries, from various research and innovation areas (bottom-up approach). Supported researchers are doctoral candidates of any nationality ; MSCA Staff Exchanges (MSCA SE), which funds short-term international and inter-sectoral exchanges of staff members involved in research and innovation activities of participating organisations. The calls for proposals for these three actions have the following opening and closing dates: MSCA PF: the 2023 call should open on the 12th of April and close on the 13th of September 2023 MSCA DN: the 2023 call should open on the 30th of May and close on the 28th of November 2023 MSCA SE: published since the 6th of October, this call will close on the 8th of March 2023 Participation to this webinar is free but restricted to researchers wishing to apply with a Belgian Host Institution, or staff members of Belgian entities. Registration is mandatory. Programme 11.20 Welcome 11.30 Postdoctoral Fellowships modalities - Julien Giordani, DN call coordinator, European Research Executive Agency, MSCA DN project management unit 11.50 Q&A 12.00 Staff Exchanges modalities - Francesca Pierantozzi and Sandra Pinto-Marques, project officers, European Research Executive Agency, MSCA SE project management unit 12.20 Q&A 12.30 Doctoral Networks modalities - Julien Giordani, DN call coordinator, European Research Executive Agency, MSCA DN project management unit 12.50 Q&A 13.00 Doctoral Networks testimony – Ridha Harzallah, John Cockerill, participant in the Doctoral Network project TOPCSP 13.15 Q&A 13.25 Closure of the webinar Programme and registration form