The Horizon Europe co-funded partnership ‘Water4All’ has pre-announced the opening of the Joint Transnational Call for research and innovation projects on ‘Water for Circular Economy’ on 12 September 2024.

The Call will support research and innovation projects to improve water security in the long term. In line with the strategic objectives of Water4All, the results should contribute to the implementation of evidence-based, global, EU and national water management policies and strategies, including the Green Deal, the Water Framework Directive (WFD), Just Transition and the Water Action Agenda for UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Research & innovation proposals submitted under the Water4All 2024 Joint Transnational Call are required to address at least one of the following themes:

• Topic 1: Enhancement of water circularity in industries.
• Topic 2: Urban water circularity.
• Topic 3: Resource recovery and valorization.
• Topic 4: Economic, environmental and social implications of water reuse and recovered products

Learn more here.

The Eu Cancer Mission project ONCODIR is organising a survey to consolidate its research work on the primary prevention of colorectal cancer. The survey is intended for citizens, clinicians and policymakers.

The survey aims to:

1. identifying behavioural barriers that influence health-related quality of life;
2. assess preferences for health services and care;
3. understand social and cultural factors that influence health behaviour;
4. and explore the impact of economic factors on health decisions,

with the ultimate goal of improving health-related quality of life and developing effective health services in Europe in the realm of colorectal cancer.

The survey is available in nine different languages and can be accessed here. Deadline to take part in the survey is 31 July.

ONCODIR – ‘Evidence-based Participatory Decision Making for Cancer Prevention through implementation research’ is a EU-funded project that integrates multidisciplinary research methods from health policy analytics, social and behavioural science, artificial intelligence, and decision support theories to deliver evidence-based colorectal cancer prevention programmes and innovative AI-powered personalised prevention approaches.

The LIFEBauhausingEurope project aims to demonstrate the New European Bauhaus approach applied to the comprehensive renovation of public buildings and initiate a transformation process in European neighborhoods in 5 cities: Cartagena and Blanca in Spain, Adazi in Latvia, Varazdin in Croatia and Erzsebetvaros in Hungary. It is one of the projects presented during the ERRIN NEB Task Force Satelite Event: Regions and cities paving the future of the NEB, which took place on 16 April.

 The renovation of these buildings is being carried out with the “Bauhausing methodology” developed by EuroVértice:

1. It starts with an ideation phase in which Local Working groups are created in each municipality. The objective is for citizens and experts to codesign the needs, ideas and even possible new uses of the buildings using design-thinking methodologies. The ideas and needs expressed by the citizens in a first step are refined through co-creation workshops with experts.
2. The second phase is where the project stands: each of the five municipalities is launching a contest for renovation projects for the five selected public buildings. In some of the contests, the applicants must be under 40 years old, must hold a degree in architecture, and must be a private individual with EU citizenship. Once a project is selected and drafted, there will be an innovative procurement process where not only economic criteria will be applied but also circular and sustainable criteria. The budget for the projects goes from 285k€-350k€.

 Here you can find more information on the contests for renovation projects:

1. Budapest, Hungary (Deadline for applications: 1 July, 23:59 CET)
2. Blanca, Spain (Deadline for applications: 2 September, 23:59 CET)
3. Adazi, Latvia (Coming soon)
4. Cartagena, Spain (Coming soon)
5. Vadazin, Croatia (Coming soon)

 To keep updated about the next steps and contests, follow @LIFEBauhausing in X and LIFEBauhausingEurope on LinkedIn.

Málaga TechPark is pleased to invite you to participate in the second webinar they organised as part of the European project atTRACTION. The project aims to create a community of investment ecosystem actors committed to the growth of Deep Tech companies in Europe.

These webinars aim to provide inspirational talks for potential investors, inform them about initial steps in the investment realm, guide them through support networks, and showcase real-life cases and experiences of investors and Business Angels.

Málaga TechPark will host Bernardo Saraiva, Co-founder of World Talents, as speaker.

Bernardo is a director at World Talents Portugal. His main responsibilities include establishing partnerships, growing the business locally and internationally, and ensuring top-notch customer service. Former professional athlete Bernardo travelled the world competing on the ATP Tour across all continents. He was a member of the Portuguese National Team and Olympic Committee. Bernardo graduated with a Bachelor's degree in International Business from the University of San Francisco and has years of experience in consulting international entrepreneurs and helping Silicon Valley startups expand their businesses.

This event is a unique opportunity to learn from his experience and gain practical insights that can help improve your own investment strategies.

To register for the event, click here.

Are you interested in learning more about how cities and regions navigate smart and sustainable growth? Join the Capital Cities and Regions Network (CCRN) during the European Week of Regions and Cities 2024. The workshop on smart and sustainable growth will explore how cities and regions play a crucial role in tackling challenges in EU to foster sustainable development. It will also highlight the importance of EU cohesion funds in supporting sustainable development, creating circular and resource-efficient economies and communities. Best practices will be shared from the field of sustainable mobility, cross-border projects, and circular construction.

Find out more and register here.

Registrations are now open for the European Hydrogen Week 2024. This edition will count on three different conference streams: The High-Level Policy Conference, gathering high-level industry representatives and policymakers; the B2B Forum, the stage for market and technology perspectives on hydrogen deployment; and finally, the newly added Innovation Hub, shedding the spotlight on research.

To learn more click here, and to register click here.

RERI stands for Europe, Research and Innovation Network. It is a dynamic, collaborative regional network of over 230 European projects and research professionals.

Created ten years ago at the initiative of the Hauts-de-France Region, with the support of the regional innovation agency (HDFID), this network was born out of:
- The complexity of European funding opportunities, particularly the Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation such as Horizon Europe.
- The need to unite and support European project professionals in their work
- The objective to provide the best possible collective support for project promoters so that they can step up to the challenge of European competition!

Innovation agencies, universities, laboratories, schools, research centres, local authorities, clusters and stakeholders in the R&D and innovation ecosystem are all invited to this event, which will be in English!

The meeting organised by the Transport and the Smart Cities WGs will focus on the proposed mobility strategies in the Climate Cities Contracts and the measures needed to reduce emissions.

Representatives from cities awarded with the EU Mission Label will present their best practices, focusing on their ongoing multilevel governance and the role of regional authorities in solving the problem of competencies and supporting the financing of projects. These hands-on examples will provide insights into how cities awarded with the EU Mission Label are taking their mobility-related emissions and what type of governance and investment plan they are implementing to reach climate neutrality by 2030.

Representatives from NetZeroCities will be invited to join the meeting and present the current status of the mobility aspects of the cities' mission.

If you are interested in presenting your mobility strategies in a labelled Climate Cities Contract, please send an email to gaia.marotta@errin.eu by Monday, 19 August.

The example will have to focus on the following guiding questions:

• How is your city planning to tackle mobility-related emissions by 2023?
• What is the multilevel governance structure in place?
• What is your investment plan? How are you financing the mobility-related actions to reach climate neutrality by 2030?
• What are your lessons learned so far, and what would you need to progress with your plan?

The summit brings together over 200 brilliant minds to discuss how innovation districts contribute to growth and attraction. Experiences and ideas will be shared to reach a new level for innovation districts. The summit is free of charge, and it includes a district tour and four panel sessions: The Value of Place, Community Governance, The Ecosystem's Secret Sauce and Looking into the Future. 

In addition, a welcome reception will be held on 25 September in the evening at the Stockholm City Hall. 

The summit is organised by the Stockholm Science City Foundation and the Stockholm Business Region.

To learn more and to register for the event, click here. 

ERRIN has been actively working on the subject of the European Partnerships. The topic was one of the four main areas of focus of ERRIN's input to the Horizon 2014-2027 public consultation last year, and is among the main matters that we wish to address in the development of the next European Framework Programme for R&I.

As ERRIN continues its work around FP10, this Policy Working Group meeting will therefore focus on the future perspectives for the European Partnerships, offering a chance for interactive discussion. The insights from the exchange will be used towards the bottom-up drafting of an ERRIN paper on European Partnerships within the ERRIN paper series "Towards the 10th Framework Programme".

More details and agenda will be shared closer to the meeting date.

In order to attend the event, please register by pressing the “Register” button on this page. Please note that you need to be logged in to register and that due to its participatory character and limited room capacity, the meeting is in first place open to colleagues with knowledge of the R&I policy and the Framework Programme (trainees may therefore not be able to attend).