The Annual Conference of the European Partnership on Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) will be held on 30 November in a hybrid format.

THCS is a Cofund action under the Horizon Europe Programme designed to support coordinated national and regional research and innovation programmes along with capacity building, networking, dissemination and other key activities to support health and care systems transformation. 

The event will serve as the official launch of the partnership and will provide a forum to discuss key elements of health and care systems transformation. High-level speakers and practitioners from all over Europe will participate, among which representatives from WHO Regional Office for Europe, OECD, Italian Minister of Heath, European Commission, EUREGHA, EUPHA - European Public Health Association, EIT Health, and many others, moderated by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. 
 

Please find more information and registration here.

On 30 November-1 December, the Science with and for Society in European University Alliances: Cross-Alliances Forum 2023 will commemorate the achievements of completed and ongoing R&I projects within the European Universities Alliances. It will also provide for insightful discussions and collaboration among representatives from various European universities, external stakeholders and EU Member States for the future course and sustainable support for Alliances in their R&I domains.

Throughout the forum, participants will delve into best practices and gain valuable insights into the main challenges addressed during the project. Key discussion topics will be shared to define a common R&I agenda, the successful sharing of resources and infrastructures, the exploration of joint structures, the enhancement of human capital within the Alliances, and the strengthening of collaboration with the non-academic sector.
 
Additionally, there will be dedicated sessions focusing on mainstreaming Open Science practices and examining how the Alliances have effectively involved citizens and society in their activities. Particular emphasis will be given to such vital themes as research ethics and integrity, sustainability, social responsibility, and innovative knowledge applications.
 
The forum's agenda will feature engaging plenary sessions, roundtables, workshops, and poster presentations supplemented by keynote speeches and presentations from distinguished European policy deciders and academic stakeholders. To enhance accessibility, we are pleased to inform you that the plenary sessions will also be available online. 

You can find the full program here. Please register for this event via this link. 

Region Jönköping County is interested in cooperating with actors in other regions within smart specialisation (in general and in their focus areas: Smart industry, manufacturing, Forestry and Wood Industry, Foodstuffs, Tourism, E-commerce and logistics in order to create a network to exchange ideas.

Apart from sending it to relevant actors, representatives of Region Jönköping County would be interested in meeting S3-representatives from different regions at the S3 Forum in Barcelona on 28 November for informal discussions. 

Please see the brief information attached. It would be much appreciated if the information could be shared among different networks and stakeholders.

Don’t hesitate to contact Peter Friberg and Sandra Jansson at peter.a.friberg@rjl.se and sandra.jansson@sbhss.eu should you have any questions or ideas!

The ERRIN New European Bauhaus Task Force is organising an event “NEB Lab, From Theory to Practice," hosted by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen – South Tyrol on January 24th, from 14:30 to 17:00. This meeting will explore the innovative concepts and practical applications of the NEB Lab concept. 

The event will kick off with a warm welcome and networking opportunity over coffee at 14:30. 

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) will provide an introduction to set the stage for the discussions to follow. The meeting will continue with the presentation of two community-led labs with a focus on the New European Bauhaus projects, featuring inspiring initiatives such as the New European Bauhaus of the Mountains and the anticipated New European Bauhaus of the Danube (TBC). 

The second part of the meeting, with the title “Beyond the Lab label: what’s happening at the regional level”, will focus on local and regional initiatives that provide an insight on how the NEB Lab concept can be translated: A support service for local stakeholders? A project academy? A call for projects and activities? Let us know what worked for your region, the challenges you encountered and how you overcame them.

Commission's DG R&I, with the support of ERA-LEARN, is organising the second edition of the Partnership Stakeholder Forum in Brussels. The event will bring together the whole community of European Partnership stakeholders to discuss policy and practical aspects related to European Partnerships. It will furthermore provide avenue for networking, broadening engagement and sharing of experiences.

Objectives:

• Review the state of play of implementation of the European Partnerships launched under the first Strategic Plan, as well as a first look on the interim evaluation of Horizon Europe.
• Present and discuss the enlargement of the partnerships portfolio under the second Strategic Plan.
• Have a first exchange of views with the community at large on European Partnerships in the next Framework Programme.

More information can be found here.

We warmly invite you to the ERRIN end-of-year Reception to take stock of the network’s accomplishments in 2023. Following the Extraordinary General Meeting on 16 November, which focused on important formal issues, we now want to take a moment to celebrate the end of the year by looking back at the key moments and highlights from 2023.

The reception will take place on 7 December at 18:00 at the ERRIN premises, Rue du Luxembourg 3, 1000 Brussels. The get-together, accompanied by networking drinks, will be a chance to meet fellow members. The event will also feature a keynote speech from Markus Schulte, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Iliana Ivanova. We very much look forward to meeting you all!

Check out ERRIN 2023 highlights in a 3-minute video here.

To attend the reception, please click the register button on the right-hand side.

The RIPEET project supports Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) policy experimentations for energy transition in three European territories - Extremadura (ES), the Outer Hebrides (UK) and Ostrobothnia (FI).

As part of the RIPEET project, a series of webinars have been organised to discuss challenges and innovative solutions to better support sustainable energy transition in European regions.

The third webinar will be held on 15 December and will address islands‘ energy transitions and their diversity through cases discussing the particular challenges faced in different island contexts. Indeed, islands‘ particular contexts, from energy potential, grid structure, spatial organisation to social contexts, will greatly influence their capacity to engage in the energy transition. This webinar will allow participants to gain a deeper understanding of the crucial role of local communities, technology integration, and supportive policy frameworks in building resilient and renewable energy systems.

Find out more about the speakers from the Aran Islands and the Outer Hebrides, and register for the meeting here.

The next Science Café event will discuss Gene Editing & Nanorobots. Scientist Alžběta Ressnerová from CEITEC will share insights on nanorobots for biological applications. This event will take place on 30 November from 18:30-20:30 at Prague House, Brussels. Co-organised by the Representation of the South Moravian Region to the EU, Prague House, Czech Liaison Office for Education and Research in Brussels, and the Czech Center Brussels, this edition features scientist Alžběta Ressnerová from the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC).

Alžběta, holds a master's in molecular medicine from Humboldt University in Berlin and is now pursuing a Ph.D. at CEITEC. She'll discuss nanorobots for biological applications in an accessible way.

Science Café offers a dynamic platform for scientists to present their work, giving the public a unique chance to engage and ask questions.

Do not hesitate to participate if you’re interested in the topic or just curious to learn something new. The debate will be held in English.

Due to increased hygiene precautions, we ask participants to wear a face mask.

Please register here.

The Creative FLIP project has launched Creatives unite, the platform mapping cultural and creative sector working conditions in the EU. This tool is a unique EU-wide knowledge resource providing concise and factual information and allowing for comparative mappings and issue-based analysis.

How did this come about?
The development of this platform is part of the EU Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026. The creation of this knowledge resource is based on the recommendation of the Open Method Coordination Group, which consisted of expert representatives from the 27 Member States of the EU.

What does it offer?
This will be the one-stop-shop resource to access concise and user-friendly information on key aspects of working conditions in the cultural sector in the 27 EU member states: regulatory status, social security, labour relations, learning and skills, and artistic freedom. The platform will, in the future, host analytical pieces and case studies on the topic, produced with the help of its key per-country material and external contributions. The platform also includes:

• Mobility search tool: an interactive searching tool for mobility schemes between makers, creative hubs and fab-lab communities that focus on exchanging experience and practices between makers across Europe and its neighbouring countries.
• My intellectual property tool: Intellectual Property (IP) is at the heart of the cultural and creative industries, and there are many tools around Europe to help creators provide information about IP. The platform collected such tools in one place.
• So you need money: This tool provides information on regional, national and specific project calls and finance providers for the creative and cultural sectors. 

The platform will focus solely on the issues of working conditions for artists and cultural professionals. It does not aim to replicate existing platforms on cultural policies or knowledge repositories on social security and labour relations for all workers.