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Call for evidence: EU strategy for start-ups a scale-ups

20/02/2025

In the course of 2025, the European Commission plans to develop and adopt a strategy aimed at removing barriers to the creation and development of European start-ups and scale-ups. Supporting innovative companies is one of the Commission's priorities for the current mandate. The aim is to reduce the innovation gap between the EU and its global competitors.

Until March 17, all interested parties can share their views via a "Call for evidence", through which the EC is collecting ideas to be used to further develop and fine-tune the strategy. Details are available here.

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Regiostars Awards 2025: meet the winners

06/12/2025

Six innovative EU-funded projects were honoured at the 2025 RegioStars Awards on 15 October 2025 in Brussels, held during the 23rd European Week of Regions and Cities. With a record 266 applications from all over Europe, projects were recognized across five thematic categories,...

Hop-on facility - 2025 call outcomes

02/12/2025

The Hop-on call HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03-ACCESS-01 was open since 6 May 2025 and by the deadline on 4 September 2025, 61 proposals were submitted. The call budget allowed for funding of 90 projects. At the beginning of December, the applicants were informed on call evaluation...

Convergence of the Czech Republic's participation in the Framework Programmes exists, but may face structural limitations

02/12/2025

On October 16, 2025, Daniel Frank published an analysis entitled Convergence of EU-13 Countries in EU Framework Programmes: Trends, Divergences and Limits, with the main finding that "EU-13 are demonstrably strengthening in Horizon Europe, and their convergence towards...

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