News

Vacancy EIC Board President and new EIC Board Members announced

Published on | 3 years ago

Programmes EIC

The EIC Board President is a new position created to provide strategic leadership for the European Innovation Council (EIC). The task of the EIC Board President is threefold, in short: chair the EIC Board, act as public face of the EIC and act as interlocutor with the European Commission and EU member states. It is a full-time position with a term of office limited to four years, renewable once. Applicants must be nationals of an EU Member State. The new President is expected to be appointed in the first quarter of 2022. The deadline for applications is 17 December 2021 12.00 noon Brussels time.

In addition the 20 members of the EIC Board were announced, among whom Bart Becks, president and chairman of EURACTIV, takes a seat. This new board will takeover from the EIC pilot Advisory Board. Members are appointed for a two-year term of office, renewable twice (with the aim of rotating approximately one third of the members every two years).

All information on the vacancy of EIC Board President can be found in this European Commission news article

More information on the new EIC Board members

myOverview - sign up for personalised information

We offer news and event updates, covering all domains and topics of Horizon Europe, Digital Europe & EDF (and occasionally, for ongoing projects, Horizon 2020).

Stay informed about what matters to you. By signing up, you can opt in for e-mail notifications and get access to a personalised dashboard that groups all news updates and event announcements in your domain(s).

Only for stakeholders located in Flanders

Latest News

1641 articles available search in articles 

Testimonial

image of PARSEC - Protecting EU postal and express courier flows

PARSEC - Protecting EU postal and express courier flows

PARSEC, funded under Horizon Europe Cluster 3 Call 'Advanced detection of threats and illicit goods in postal and express courier flows' aims to solve challenges facing eCommerce caused by threats and illicit goods in postal and express courier flows. The Flemish company CBRA Services coordinates the project.