European Commission

Publication of draft 2016-17 Horizon 2020 Work Programmes

The European Commission has published draft versions of the Horizon 2020 Work Programmes for 2016-2017. The drafts are working documents that are not yet endorsed by the Commission. The drafts are published to provide potential participants with an insight into the priorities for the forthcoming Calls for Proposals. The pre-published versions can be downloaded here.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the achievements of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013). The results of the consultation will feed into the ex-post evaluation of this programme. The consultation is open now and will run until 22 May 2015.

The European Commission’s Investment Plan will unlock public and private investments of at least € 315 billion, addressing the 2030 climate and energy framework and reducing barriers to knowledge transfer and innovation; the EIP Water’s 3rd call for Action Groups ended on 31 January and 13 applications were recieved, which are cu

The Future and Emerging technologies Programme with H2020 is a entirely new programme seeking to promote transformational technologies, methods and concepts that will potentially result in entirely new industrial sectors. There are two components to the 2015 FET programme.

The key European water-related umbrella organisations are jointly asking the Juncker Commission to prioritise water during the next 5 years due to its importance for EU’s economy, environment, and quality of life of the European citizens. These organisations increased their collaboration and coordination in the form of a European Water Alliance, with the objective of achieving a more coherent and thus more effective representation and visibility for water at the European Union level.