Appointed as the National Coordination Centre for Belgium, the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) organises its first event dedicated to the Belgian Cybersecurity ​​Community, on 30 August 2022, 10:00-11:30 AM. During the info session, you will hear all about the upcoming European funding opportunities dedicated to cybersecurity, how you can benefit of these and how the European Cybersecurity ​​Competence Centre (ECCC) and the Belgian National Coordination Centre (NCC-BE) can support you in the process if needed. Of course, it will be possible to interact with the moderators and the guest speakers. Not available that day? Not to worry, you will have the possibility to watch the info session afterwards, but please register in advance to get access to the recordings.   Agenda: 10.00-10.05 Welcome 10.05-10.20 Introduction to the CCB, its role as the NCC-BE and how we plan to make Belgium one of Europe’s least vulnerable countries in the cyber domain // Miguel De Bruycker, Director of the CCB 10.20-10.35 Introduction to the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC) and its Govering Board, and their roles, goals and tasks // Katarzyna Prusak – Górniak, Vice-Chair of the Governing Board of the ECCC 10.35-10.55 The working of the ECCC framework on a Belgian level and introduction to related EU investment programs // Caroline Breure, Expertise Program Manager, CCB 10.55-11.25 EU cybersecurity funding opportunities and how to apply // Cristian Iordan, Project Manager National Coordination Centre (NCC-BE), CCB 11.25-11.30 Q&A; Conclusions For further information follow the event website.

This September, a delegation from Spain of about 40 companies/organisations from the Spanish regions Extremadura, La Rioja, Navarra and Aragón, will visit Brussels. They are interested in meeting companies, research organisations, universities, ... from Flanders in the framework of Horizon Europe call topics. The B2B meeting with stakeholders from Flanders is organised by Enterprise Europe Network (E.E.N.) Flanders , supported by NCP Flanders, Flanders Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) and Flanders Investment and Trade (FIT). In due time Spanish participants will provide their profiles and preference for Horizon Europe topics, as well as the description of the Belgian partners sought for B2B meetings to build consortiums for joint Horizon Europe proposals - all in the form of a catalogue. You can already have a look at the draft catalogue of interested companies which is available here. An updated version including more participating companies will follow. You can express your interest in a specific Spanish company's/organisation's profile by email: mail to patrick.demolder@vlaio.be or arnout.geys@fitagency.be  if you are interested to join this matchmaking event. Further practical information of this event and the complete catalogue of Spanish participants will be made available early September.  

The European Commission in collaboration with Leiden (Netherlands) as European City of Science in 2022 launched a new event “EU TalentOn”. During EU TalentOn a group of selected applicants will work in a team to come up with the best scientific solutions for challenges linked to one of the five EU missions.  A call for applications for EU TalentOn is currently open for applicants between the ages of 21 and 35 years old, which are in a way connected to research and academia in a European University. The call for applications closes by July 1st.  All information and the application form can be found on the EU TalentOn website