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COVID-19 related member initiatives

Read the innovative solutions introduced by our member organisations to tackle the COVID-19 crisis.
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COVID-19 Member Initiatives

Flanders' Care & E.E.N. platform designated best practice by EC

The European Commission has identified the Flemish platform 'Care & Industry together against CORONA!' as a best practice.

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Protection shield developed by the University of Bolzano

This project aims for designing and producing low-cost, high-volume production of protection shields. By now 3000 shields have been produced and… Read More

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Tourism #POSTCOVID19 challange to help the sector recovery in Andalusia

CTA (Technological Corporation of Andalusian) is launching the CTA Challenge ‘Tourism #PostCOVID19’ to reward with €15,000 a technological solution… Read More

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Hauts-de-France funds two scientific projects to combat COVID-19

While four its eleven applications to the national call for projects are being reviewed by the scientific committee, the Hauts-de-France region has… Read More

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Wallonian society develops stamp to teach children hand hygiene

COLOP Arts and Crafts, a Wallonian society, has developed a stamp to help teach children about washing their hands, in light of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Invest Northern Ireland produce resources to mitigate impact of COVID-19

Invest Northern Ireland has produced a series of guidelines and webinars to help businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic to mitigate its… Read More

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COVID-19 related news

By Hilary Webb
28/05/2020

Key messages from the WG meeting ‘Rebuilding the tourism sector after the COVID-19 crisis’

On 26th May, the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Working Group hosted a webinar on the European tourism sector in the post-COVID-19 crisis context, aimed at exchanging views and regional best practices for recovery strategies, providing members with information on the tools and policies that are being developed by the European Commission, and discussing joint actions coordinated by European networks to raise awareness and increased support for the sector.

By Hilary Webb
27/05/2020

Flanders' Care & E.E.N. platform designated best practice by EC

The European Commission has identified the Flemish platform 'Care & Industry together against CORONA!' as a best practice.

By Agnieszka Wieczorek Jetha
26/05/2020

EU Interregional Innovation Investments: towards EU economic recovery

European regions and innovation stakeholders jointly call on the European institutions to use the EU Interregional Innovation Investment instrument to unleash the innovation potential available in Europe’s regions for Europe’s recovery.

By Hilary Webb
25/05/2020

EUvsVirus Matchathon extended following success

Following the largest ever match-making event, the EUvsVirus Matchathon is being extended to allow its projects and partners to keep developing solutions.

By Hilary Webb
22/05/2020

Hackathon winner How to Change the World to support 10,000 young Europeans

One of the winning teams from the #EUvsVirus, How to Change the World, plans to support more than 10,000 young Europeans over the next six months with collaborative two-week virtual programmes.

By Ilaria d'Auria
22/05/2020

We are looking for examples of how Smart Specialisation Strategies are supporting the post-pandemic recovery

The Smart Specialisation Working Group is leading a reflection on how the research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation (RIS3) are supporting the recovery post-pandemic while contributing to Europe's twin transformations towards a green and digital economy.