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eHealth Hub aims to provide long-term support to the eHealth ecosystem stakeholders and addresses key challenges facing European SMEs in this space.
The second Monitoring Report under Horizon 2020 covers Horizon 2020 through its calls closed in 2015, while listing updated data for 2014 as well as aggregation for both years, providing a wide overview of the implementation of Horizon 2020.
On Friday 16 December, the Swiss Federal Council ratified the Protocol on the extension to Croatia of the Free Movement of Persons Agreement between the EU and Switzerland.
Recently, the European Commission's Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME) launched an interactive map with all the companies funded by the SME Instrument. The new interactive data hub provides figures and statistics and an easily loadable map which allows users to browse all projects by country, topic, budget, date and by phase.
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Recently, eHealth Hub has been launched, providing business oriented services tailored to the needs of European eHealth SMEs and relevant stakeholders, securing their continuation after the project end via a sustainable support structure, while stimulating the demand for eHealth solutions.
On 20 October 2016 the European Commission has launched a public stakeholder consultation which will feed into the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020. The aim of the interim evaluation is to help improving the functioning of Horizon 2020. At the same time it will be an important element in preparations of a next EU research and innovation programme.
An international Partnering Day entitled „Solutions for a better Life“ is organised on October 17th 2016 in Linz, Austria, aiming to nurture cooperation between innovative companies and university scientists. The event is jointly organized by the Johannes Kepler University and two initiatives of Business Upper Austria.
On 25th July 2016, the European Commission has published an updated version of the Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2016-17, including some important novelties.
On 20 July 2016, the Commission amended the Horizon 2020 model grant agreements, providing, among other changes, clarifications, corrections and new rules in favour of beneficiaries that can be applied retroactively to grants signed with the previous version.
On 8th July 2016, the European Commission has organized an Info Day on Horizon 2020 - 'Health, demographic change and wellbeing' in Brussels. This Info Day targeted potential applicants to the calls for project proposals under the H2020 SC1 updated Work Programme 2017, with an overall budget of about € 400 million.
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