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Leuven is the European Capital of Innovation 2020

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The city of Leuven has been awarded with the iCapital Prize and has been announced as the European Capital of Innovation 2020.

The award recognises Leuven’s excellent innovation concepts as well as processes and governance models creating a framework that brings ideas to life. The municipality will receive a €1,000,000 prize funded under Societal Challenge 6 of Horizon 2020, the EU research and innovation programme.

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