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At the beginning of the year, France took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union (which rotates among EU member states) for six months.

The European Innovation Council (EIC) was launched in March 2021 under Horizon Europe, the EU's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027), as the main funding programme for the European innovation landscape. Given the increasing economic importance of disruptive and disruptive innovation, and building on the early success of the EIC pilot, the European Commission has allocated around €10 billion to the EIC over the next 7 years.

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With CulturEU, the European Commission has presented a new interactive guide that brings together all funding opportunities available at EU level for the cultural and creative sectors. The guide serves as a compendium of EU funding; it includes a total of 75 funding opportunities from 21 EU programmes, such as Creative Europe or InvestEU.

The European Commission has published an updated preliminary version of the Annotated Model Grant Agreement (AGA) for Horizon Europe on the Funding & Tenders Opportunities Portal. Articles 1 to 6 and 20 of the AGA, among others on the accounting of staff costs, have been revised. The AGA also applies to ERC projects concluded under Horizon Europe.

Successful applicants for Horizon Europe grant awards will be guaranteed funding regardless of the outcome of the UK’s efforts to associate to Horizon Europe, under a new scheme announced by the british government today (29 November 2021).

The European Council adopted a Council regulation today establishing joint undertakings under the Horizon Europe programme. The joint undertakings complement the existing Horizon Europe framework by addressing global challenges and priorities that require critical mass and long-term vision.

On 26 November 2021, the research ministers of the European Union adopted the Pact for Research and Innovation and agreed on the governance of the future European Research Area (ERA).

Unlocking the potential of higher education institutions for innovation and entrepreneurship is a key priority for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), aiming to foster institutional change and further integrate them into innovation ecosystems.

On 10 November 2021, the EU Commission adopted the first three work programmes for the new "DIGITAL Europe" programme, which will have a total budget of €7.5 billion allocated to relevant innovation projects until 2027: the main Digital Europe work programme with a budget of €1.38 billion until the end of 2022, the first cybersecurity work programme with a budget of €269 million until the end of 2022, and the second work programme for European Digital Innovation Centres.