Culture and society Agro-Food, Environment Missions
The TIDAL ArtS project is funded under the Mission for clean oceans and inland waters and combines the power of art and science to inspire action for our ocean and waters. In april they will publish a Lighthouse call for proposals of up to 15.000 euro per artistic work. The aim of the project is notably to create public art and raise awareness on... read more
Digital, Industry & Space Cybersecurity Defence EDF
We hereby want you to give an overview of the known activities related to the EDF 2025 calls: Publication of the European Defence Fund (EDF) Work Programme 2025 infosessions: Belgian and Flanders EDF infoday on February 21st in Brussels The EDF Info Days 2025 will take place on 2-3 April in hybrid format in&n... read more
Digital, Industry & Space AI, data & cloud Deployment: Best use of technologies
The European Commission has published guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as defined by the EU AI Act. The guidelines provide an overview of AI practices that are considered unacceptable due to their potential risks to European values and fundamental rights. The AI Act, which aims to promote innovation while... read more
Digital, Industry & Space Digital Europe Cybersecurity Defence
We would like to inform you that the Commission has adopted and published the European Defence Fund Work Programme 2025. The news announcement (with links to the documents and a factsheet) is available on DEFIS website: https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/european-defence-fund-over-eu1-billion-drive-next-generation-defence-technologies-and... read more
Autoship is, as the name suggests, an acronym for autonomous ship. Just like with self-driving cars, the possibilities of an unmanned boat seem endless. It can create more efficient freight transport, around the clock deliveries and these are just a few of the examples. The project has two societal challenges.
At first, De Vlaamse Waterweg was a bit hesitant as their experience with FP7 or Horizon 2020 projects was limited and they had not been very successful up until then. The fact that they were already doing basic research on the topic of autonomous boats, and the administrative help of NCP FLanders helped De Vlaamse waterweg to cross the line and get involved.