{"id":40671,"date":"2023-11-30T11:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=40671"},"modified":"2024-02-09T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:55:55","slug":"eu-and-canada-conclude-negotiations-for-association-to-horizon-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/eu-and-canada-conclude-negotiations-for-association-to-horizon-europe\/40671\/","title":{"rendered":"EU and Canada conclude negotiations for association to Horizon Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Horizon Europe is the EU\u2019s key funding programme for research and innovation. Canada\u2019s association marks a significant milestone in commitments to foster mutual collaboration in research and innovation.<\/p>\n
Association to the programme is the EU’s deepest form of collaboration in research and innovation. It will enable researchers and organisations in Canada to collaborate in calls under Pillar II of the programme<\/a> on equal terms with entities from the EU Member States.<\/p>\n They will also have access to networks of researchers in the EU and 18 other countries associated to Horizon Europe as of 2024.<\/p>\n Prior to Canada\u2019s association to Horizon Europe, cooperation between the two states dates back further.<\/p>\n Formal relations between the EU and Canada in the field of research and innovation date back to 1996, with the signature of the Agreement on Cooperation in Scientific and Technological Cooperation.<\/p>\n This Agreement has provided the general framework for cooperation and acted as a forum for regular discussions about research priorities and areas of common interest.<\/p>\n Horizon Europe is the biggest EU research and innovation programme ever, with an EU budget of \u20ac95.5bn for the period 2021-2027, complemented by the financial contributions from associated countries.<\/p>\nCanada and the EU\u2019s history of cooperation<\/h3>\n
Canada\u2019s entry into Horizon Europe is a significant milestone<\/h3>\n