EU support for Ukraine: HEOinUA joined online meeting of the informal working group on research and innovation

On May 27, the team of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine took part in the meeting of the informal working group on research and innovation within the Eastern Partnership Summit. The 6th Informal Working Group Meeting on Research and Innovation, which is taking place on May 26-28 in Vilnius, Republic of Lithuania, is dedicated, in particular, to the support of Ukraine by the European Union and the Eastern Partnership partner countries in the field of research and innovation.

Among the issues discussed by the participants were: the state of implementation of research and development priorities after 2020 – the state of play and focus on participation of the Eastern Partnership partner countries in the Horizon Europe Program. During the roundtable “Challenges for the Implementation of the Eastern Partnership in Research and Innovation”, representatives of the Eastern Partnership countries reported on increasing the participation of partner countries in Horizon Europe.

Grygorii Mozolevych, Director-General, Directorate of Science and Innovation, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, represented Ukraine and reported on the support of the European Union and the Eastern Partnership partner countries for Ukraine in the field of research and innovation. Other topics of importance for the development and strengthening of Ukraine within the Eastern Partnership: special support measures for UA in Lithuania and support to digital innovation in the Eastern Partnership region – special measures for Ukraine deep tech/digital.