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The Openverse project hosted last week a high-impact workshop, “National Initiatives and the European Partnership on Virtual Worlds,” aligning stakeholders around the European Commission’s Virtual Worlds strategy. The initiative, rooted in the July 2023 Communication on Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds, aims to build sustainable, inclusive, and trustworthy virtual environments across Europe. Key stakeholders include Siemens, SAP, VRT, KU Leuven, CNRS, CNR, Fraunhofer, and DFKI. The mission of the Openverse project is to coordinate public-private efforts under a co-programmed Horizon Europe Partnership model, fostering technological development, supporting Digital Decade objectives, and guiding a €150 million Horizon Europe funding pipeline through a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). Openverse is establishing a Virtual Worlds Association, headquartered in Brussels, targeting 200–350 members from European companies, research institutes, startups, and public services. For Flemish actors (universities, research institutions, technology providers, media companies, and public bodies) Openverse presents a strategic opportunity, as there is room to align well-positioned use cases from your own roadmap with a cross-sectoral innovation ecosystem. Connection points include contacting VRT or KU Leuven (as they are founding members), submitting use cases via the official template, participating in community consultations, and engaging in SRIA drafting working groups. Early involvement will be critical to shaping standards, driving interoperability, and influencing funding priorities in virtual worlds’ development.
2025-04-25 MSCA RI Health Culture and society SecurityThe programme committee configurations gave a positive opinion on the work programme 2025. Thus, the draft texts of the Horizon Europe ‘main’ work programme 2025 and the amendment of the Horizon Europe ‘main’ work programme 2023-2025 have been pre-published. They are available on the Commission's Horizon Europe work programmes webpage. The adoption of the work programme and opening of first calls for proposals are planned by mid-May.
2025-04-25 EICWhat is it about ? The SPIN4EIC Assistance to Public Buyers aims to provide assistance to public buyers fostering innovation in Europe throughout the whole tender preparation process. Within this programme, a total of eight calls for applications will be launched (two per type of assistance as indicated below), and one open flexible call offering public buyers the possibility to apply for any or more than one of the four types of assistance throughout the SPIN4EIC programme duration. Within the Calls for applications, public buyers can apply for support funded by the EIC regarding four types of assistance, namely: Identification and assessment of needs Building a business case development Conducting an open market consultation Drafting tender documents Who can apply ? All public buyers fostering innovation in Europe can apply for assistance. How to apply ? All the details can be found here.
2025-04-24 Climate, Energy, MobilityThe European Automotive Research Partners Association (EARPA) will organize the future of road mobility forum (FORM) in Brussels on the 30th of September and the 1st of October. They are looking for speakers and researchers so if you are interested, you can submit your proposals for presentations, keynote addresses, interviews, panel discussions, posters, and papers for the FORM Forum by sending an email to d.twomey@earpa.eu. The deadline is 10th of May 2025 and you can find more information on this website.
2025-04-24 MSCAIt is expected that the European Commission would launch by the end of this month the pre-publication of the Horizon Europe Main Work Programme (WP) 2025. In the European Commission comitology register* the latest draft (April 2025) of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2023-2025 work programme is available for download. Be aware that availability of documents in the register is subject to change i.e. available for download or a request to the relevant Commission department is required. *The comitology register contains a list of all comitology committees, as well as background information and documents relating to the work of each committee (including the Programme Committees for the differents parts of Horizon Europe)
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