03. March 2020 News €350 million proposed to support Green Deal innovators A proposed update to the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot work programme, under Horizon 2020 includes €350 million ‘green deal’ calls for game-changing, market-creating innovation contributing to the goals of The European Green Deal and the UN’’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
20. February 2020 News The European Green Deal The European Green Deal sets out how to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, boosting the economy, improving people's health and quality of life, caring for nature, and leaving no one behind.
12. February 2020 News Increase in funding for game-changing green innovation and woman-led companies A significant increase to the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot budget is expected to be adopted by the European Commission in March 2020, to support game-changing, market-creating innovation and deep-tech SMEs to scale-up, paving the ground for the launch of a ‘fully-fledged’ programme in Horizon Europe (2021 – 2027).
22. January 2020 News European Court of Auditors publishes report on SME Instrument On 22 January 2020, the European Court of Auditors published a new report on the SME Instrument. The SME Instrument was launched as part of Horizon 2020 in 2014 to support innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups. To assess whether the SME Instrument actually supports innovation by SMEs, the auditors focused on its design, management and outputs.
19. December 2019 News Out of office Dear entrepreneurs, clients and business partners. We would like to inform you that from 23rd of December 2019 to 6th of January 2020 we are out of office.