The European Union (EU) has long recognised the critical role startups and scaleup businesses play in driving economic growth, creating jobs, and fostering innovation across its member states.
The EU and Canada reinforced their cooperation and reaffirmed shared interests to boost competitiveness, innovation and economic resilience at their first Digital Partnership Council in Montreal, Canada.
Egypt has officially joined the EU’s Horizon Europe, becoming the second African country associated to the EU’s multibillion-euro research and innovation (R&I) programme.
The EU imported €478 billion worth of high-tech products in 2024, amounting to a small decrease of 0.2% compared with 2023, while exports reached €501 billion, up 8.1% from 2023
The Commission is investing over €7.3 billion through its Horizon Europe programme to strengthen Europe’s research and innovation engine and enhance competitiveness.
The European Commission has opened calls worth EUR 140m to advance the roll out of Artificial Intelligence (AI), promote advanced digital skills, expand the network of European Digital Innovation Hubs and fight disinformation.
The EU Commission is asking Europe’s researchers and research and innovation community to contribute to the formulation of its strategy on artificial intelligence through a call for evidence and a targeted questionnaire.
