The webinar “EU and Russia Climate Change Research and Innovation Priorities. Opportunities for Cooperation under the Horizon 2020 European Green Deal Call”
16.09.2020
On 16 September, in the run-up to the launch of the GREEN DEAL call, the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation jointly with the Association of European Businesses in Russia organized a dedicated webinar “EU and Russia Climate Change Research and Innovation Priorities. Opportunities for Cooperation under the Horizon 2020 European Green Deal Call”.
The event brought together over 150 participants from the Russian research and innovation community including universities, research organisations and industry.
The webinar featured several speakers from Russia and the EU, who shared their views on climate change research and innovation priorities and discussed cooperation opportunities under the Horizon 2020 European Green Deal call. All speakers agreed that such global issues as climate change require joint efforts across national borders. The speakers’ contributions and relevant discussions during the webinar covered different perspectives and standpoints – international and domestic, regional and city level, large and small companies.
Video recording of the webinar can be accessed HERE.
Report on the event and the presentations made by the speakers can be found HERE.
The EU Delegation’s press release is also available in ENGLISH and RUSSIAN.
Reference: European Green Deal: call for research proposals worth €1 billion
On 17 September, the European Commission published a €1 billion call for research and innovation projects relating to the European Green Deal, its new flagship initiative to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The call is funded under the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020. In line with Horizon 2020 general openness principle, the call is open for participation to non-EU researchers, including from the Russian Federation.
The projects funded under this call are expected to deliver results with tangible benefits in ten areas, for instance:
Preventing and fighting extreme wildfires;
Towards climate-neutral and socially innovative cities;
Develop and demonstrate a 100 MW electrolyser.
The deadline for submissions is 26 January 2021, with selected projects expected to start in autumn 2021.
A Horizon 2020 Green Deal Call Info Day and Brokerage event was taken place as part of the virtual European Research and Innovation Days that will take place from 22-24 September 2020.
