📢 #HorizonEU work programme 2023-24 update is out!

What's new?
🔸total 2024 budget of €7.3 billion
🔸more funding for #EUMissions and the #NewEuropeanBauhaus
🔸experimental actions to attract newcomers and support young researchers

And there's more👉 europa.eu/!byypgH

🥐 We are happy to announce that the registrations for our Croissant Event on #research assessment reform are now open 🥐

Find more info & register on our website 🔗 tinyurl.com/2nwn34cn

***Seats are limited & registrations are treated on a 1st-come-1st-served basis***

Read our March Synopsis on the start of Swiss-EU negotiations, the EU’s defence industrial strategy, new Codes of Practice for knowledge valorisation, SwissCore’s future head of office, and our event on vocational education and training. bit.ly/43CqyNe

the Federal Council appointed Anna Fontcuberta i Morral – Anna Fontcuberta i Morral – as the new president of EPFL. She will succeed Martin Vetterli on 1 January 2025.
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🙌🏼It is imperative to recognise that our students are the future researchers, and without adequate opportunities in higher education, they will never realise their full potential.

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A new chapter in our relationship with 🇨🇭 has begun.

We've launched the negotiations on a broad package of measures to deepen and expand the EU-Switzerland relationship.

They will bring mutual benefits to citizens and businesses while ensuring a level playing field ↓

📣 Good news!

As negotiations between the 🇪🇺 EU and 🇨🇭 Switzerland have been officially launched today, researchers based in Switzerland can now once again apply for ERC grants.

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How can the🇨🇭vocational education & training system supply critical skills for the green transition? During Brussels FutureTalks on 12 March, SERI enjoyed the exchange with colleagues from the 🇪🇺 commission, 🇩🇪, 🇱🇻 & trade unions. Thank you DLR Projektträger , Swiss Mission to the EU & SwissCore!

💡How can Europe shape a more inclusive future of VET in times of transition?

An interesting question that will lead this evening #BrusselsFutureTalks organised by Swiss Mission to the EU and SwissCore in Brussels.

#EuropeanYearOfSkills

Today at the Swiss Mission to the EU :
🇨🇭🇩🇪🇱🇻discussion on how to improve Vocational and Education Training VET for the future by counteracting biases in the labor market and funding instruments.

#SwissEUrelations #europeanyearofskills #SwissEU4education

Read our February Synopsis on the EU’s advanced materials strategy, the ‘Brussels Statement’, evaluation results of Horizon 2020, regional innovation, a new EU recommendation on schools’ use of AI, and on SwissCore’s 2024 Research & Innovation Seminar. bit.ly/3IekWiq

Read or January Synopsis on the Commission’s economic security package; scenarios for Big Tech by 2040; national R&I strategies for the green transition, and VIBES, a Swiss-EU success story in the area of entrepreneurial competences for virtual teamwork.bit.ly/42jv9mW

We are excited about the kickoff of our annual SwissCore R&I Seminar! Today, Ambassador Rita Adam highlighted the importance of the Swiss R&I community for the ongoing work on full association to #HorizonEurope . We are looking forward to fruitful discussions during the Seminar.

#WEF24 is about being strategic. It underlines what could not be clearer in today's world. I want EU-Swiss relations to be in step with the times, by
modernising them, unlocking their potential.

Good to meet Ignazio Cassis as 🇪🇺🇨🇭work towards adopting their negotiating mandates.

Productive meeting with Maroš Šefčovič🇪🇺, EVP of the European Commission 🤝

We are pleased that the two sides have started their process to adopt a mandate.

Stabilizing and developing 🇨🇭-🇪🇺 relations is important, especially in the current geopolitical context.

Entretien important et agréable ce jour avec Iliana Ivanova, commissaire européenne à l’Innovation, à la Recherche, à la Culture, à l’Éducation et à la Jeunesse 🇪🇺. La 🇨🇭 souhaite renforcer plusieurs domaines de coopération scientifique avec l'UE.

📢 Tomorrow 16/01 at 08:15 CET, I will debate “Europe’s Rush to innovate” at #WEF24 with Prime Minister of Bulgaria Nikolai Denkov (Nikolai Denkov) and European Research Council President Maria Leptin (@mLeptin), among others.

Watch it here ⤵️
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🌐 New success story! 🚀 The VIBES project, a testament to the power of Swiss-EU collaboration, concludes with remarkable success in enhancing digital collaboration skills.

Read the full article here:
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#SwissEUcollaboration #DigitalSkills #Erasmusplus

PROMYS is being extended: The programme that gives researchers the possibility to obtain an assistant professorship in Bulgaria remains open until 29 February 2024. The eligibility criteria have been slightly adapted. sohub.io/d3v4

EU launches chips partnership with €1.7B for pilot lines. The EU has officially launched its Chips joint undertaking, kicking off with a call for four pilot production lines to bridge the gap between research and fabrication tinyurl.com/pwns85xp