The European Union is asked to “refresh and reload” its relationship with Africa in the next years, especially in Research and Innovation. While Europe is very dependent on African raw materials, the European Center for Development Policy Management states that the cooperation in terms of Research and Innovation is still too weak and further collaboration […]


The Photonics industry declared being ready to invest up to €100bn in R&I during the next Horizon Europe programme which will last from 2021 to 2027. This important investment is justified by Photonics21 by the hard competition with the USA and Asia and the very high growth of the sector in Europe, claiming that investment […]


EFMC was in attendance at the bi-annual ARMA-NL meeting which took place on Monday the 17th of June 2019 at the Universteit Amsterdam: www.armanl.nl Pictured: Robert Carroll; Senior Consultant – EFMC & Johan Dijkstra; Policy Advisor Externally Funded Projects – University of Twente


The EU Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger urges Member States to come to an agreement for the next European budget period, including Horizon Europe. The European Parliament and the European Commission still disagree on the exact amount dedicated to European research, while the Member States still did not take position on that. The last budget, 2014-2020, […]


Europe’s interest in ecology and sustainable energy production is long known and has been shown in a wide diversity of actions. One of them is the investment in bioeconomy. Already €4 billion have been spent in it through H2020 Framework Programme, and could rise up to €10 billion in the next few years. Read More […]