On May 31, representatives of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine took part in the round table Ukraine’s Participation in the Euratom Programme. Working Programme 2023-2025″, held within the annual scientific conference of the Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The event was dedicated to the Euratom Research and Training Programme, the experience of Ukrainian organizations in the Programme, and the development of cooperation between Ukrainian and European participants in Euratom activities. (more…)

On May 29, representatives of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) paid a working visit to the National Research Foundation of Ukraine. Ralph Heinrich and Oskar Fast from the Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships of the Economic Cooperation and Trade Division of the UNECE were interested in the activities of the NRFU in today’s conditions. (more…)

On May 27, experts of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine conducted an online consultation on financial issues of participation in the Horizon Europe Programme. Representatives of the private institution “University “Kyiv School of Economics” were interested in the aspects of assessing the financial viability of the Horizon Europe Twinning research project within the WIDERA. (more…)

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.