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Learn how to save energy in the office with our new interactive game developed for the START2ACT project!

June 19, 2017

As a group of SMEs, we at Europa Media and Geonardo are well familiar with the need to apply energy saving practices in our offices. In fact, that is where we drew our inspiration for the START2ACT project. Now, as the project is in its second year, we are never short of creative ideas for… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects

A new food waste treatment strategy for Europe

January 26, 2017

PlasCarb combines the production of high-value industrial materials with the treatment of unavoidable food waste. PlasCarb combines the production of high-value industrial materials with the treatment of unavoidable food waste. Do you remember the question that was posed by Krisztina nearly three years ago, in her blog post? Is it possible to turn food waste… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, EU funding, EU projects

Participation of Associated Countries in Horizon 2020: Example of Ukraine

September 30, 2016

Association to Horizon 2020 As of September 2016, there are 16 countries associated to Horizon 20201. Being associated to Horizon 2020 means that a third country can formally participate in the programme and is expected to provide a financial contribution on the basis of an International Agreement concluded between individual non-EU countries and the European… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

blogactiv, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects, EU related news, EurActiv.com

Novel technology applications in Horizon 2020 projects: the IMPRESS Case Study

July 1, 2016

The Geonardo Team completed its next Geo3Dscanning mission. This time the journey led up to north to Coventry, West Midlands in the UK. The aim was to conduct a 3D survey of building façades, and through this, provide the basis for further activities on the façades in the frame of the Horizon 2020 IMPRESS project.… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

blogactiv, Energy, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects, EU related news, EurActiv.com, geothermal, Sustainable Dev.

Thinking green: the EU Green Week 2016

June 17, 2016

The EU Green Week 2016, the annual occasion to explore and discuss European environment policy, took place betweem 30 May and 3 June 2016, under the slogan “Investing for a greener future”. ‘Investing’ in the broadest sense of the word, means to use any capital goods in hopes of making a profit for a sustainable… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU related news, EurActiv.com, Europa Media News

Novel methods for energy efficiency in buildings: Horizon 2020 IMPRESS project

April 28, 2016

Despite the efforts dedicated and the measures implemented to improve and achieve a more sustainable European building sector, it seems like not enough has been done to meet the energy and climate goals established by the EU. There is evidence that the new buildings are not a potential market anymore. As a consequence, existing buildings… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

blogactiv, Energy, EU funding, EU projects, EU related news, EurActiv.com, Europa Media News

An insider’s view to redress in Horizon 2020

April 20, 2016

There is a standard mechanism in the Horizon 2020 proposal evaluation process (similarly to the previous framework programmes) that is not frequently discussed and covered compared to other aspects of the same sequence: the redress procedure. There are three possible outcomes of an Evaluation Summary Report (ESR) sent by the EC to inform the consortium… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

blogactiv, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects, EU related news, EurActiv.com, Europa Media News

Force majeure in EU projects in practice

April 14, 2016

No matter how detached an average Horizon 2020 R&I project in general may seem from global politics, certain aspects still can affect even the most research focused initiative with no ties whatsoever to politics or global security. Even though the suicide bombings in Madrid and London over a decade ago were terrible with devastating numbers… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

blogactiv, Climate & Environment, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects, EU related news, EurActiv.com, Europa Media News

Support network to assist Chinese and European scientists

January 27, 2016

As LinkTADs entered its third (and final) year of implementation in October 2015, in order to maintain the project’s sustainability in future, Europa Media has been busy developing technical solutions for the activities within the LinkTADs Focal Point Network. LinkTADs Focal Point Network is an informal support network created to assist Chinese and European scientists… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Climate & Environment, EU funding, EU projects, EU related news, EurActiv.com, Europa Media News

From FP7 to Horizon 2020: An ex post, forward-looking evaluation

December 10, 2015

In November 2015, the independent High Level Expert Group has released its report containing an ex post evaluation of the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research, as required by the European Parliament Decision and European Council decision setting up FP7. In early 2016 the Commission will publish its response. The objective of this Group was… » read more

  Posted by Europa Media

blogactiv, Development Policy, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects, EU related news, EurActiv.com

Europa Media launches new service – the Grants Portal

September 10, 2015

In the beginning of September 2015, Europa Media unveiled its new service, EM Grants Portal – a unique funding database. We have done extensive research and concluded that many websites are limited to listing scholarships for MA and PhD students or funds for specific thematic research or calls targeting research organizations. Therefore, there was a… » read more

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blogactiv, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects, EU related news, Europa Media News

A glimpse into the Horizon: what to expect in 2016-2017

August 28, 2015

 In our previous blog post we shared Europa Media’s analysis of the data collected throughout the first year of implementation of Horizon 2020. Now it is time to take a look at the upcoming calls in 2016-2017. Even though we expect the first calls to be published in mid-September, several draft Work Programmes have already… » read more

call for proposal, EC, Erasmus+, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects, EU related news, EurActiv.com, Europa Media Training Courses, FP7, H2020, Horizon2020, info day, participant portal, proposal, training course, work programme

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Horizon 2020: let’s check the first results together

August 10, 2015

The European Commission has recently released its publication “Horizon 2020 – First Results”, sharing data collected throughout the first year of implementation of Horizon 2020, the European Union’s research and innovation framework programme for 2014-2020. Let’s take a look at it together. By 1 December 2014, a total number of 100 calls for proposals had… » read more

2014-2020, commission, EC, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects, EurActiv.com, Europa Media Training Courses, evaluation, framework programme, grant agreement, Horizon2020, Member States, Project, project management, proposal, Research, results, SME, SME Instrument

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Horizon 2020: let’s check the first results together

The European Commission has recently released its publication “Horizon 2020 – First Results”, sharing data collected throughout the first year of implementation of Horizon 2020, the European Union’s research and innovation framework programme for 2014-2020. Let’s take a look at it together. By 1 December 2014, a total number of 100 calls for proposals had… » read more

2014-2020, commission, EC, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects, EurActiv.com, Europa Media Training Courses, evaluation, framework programme, grant agreement, Horizon2020, Member States, Project, project management, proposal, Research, results, SME, SME Instrument

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