IEU MONITORING: Funding Innovation Telegram 31 Jan 2018

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# INTERREG: 

• INTERREG Programme Updates of 2018 

# EIB: 

• EP Think-tank: At a Glance - Guarantee Fund for External Action and the EIB's external lending mandate - 31-01-2018 +++ 
• Portugal: EU bank and CGD provide EUR 300 million to support SMEs +++ 
• EIB Group confirms record EUR 1 billion Irish financing in 2017 +++ 
• Slovenia: EIB and SKB Group to support small and medium-sized companies +++ 
• Austria: EIB signs financing agreement with Austrian Anadi Bank 

# HORIZON 2020: 

• AER: Governance, a new topic for the Horizon 2020 programme
• Horizon 2020 Secure Societies European Info Day and Brokerage Event
• Celebratory launch of new Centre of Excellence in Slovenia

# DG CNECT

• Result of the call on 'Ageing and Place in a digitising world': 8 projects funded
• Robot iCub could help older people live alone at home for longer
• Supercomputer architectures lead to greener and more advanced combustion systems
• Two key projects launched to implement the European Open Science Cloud
• The Human Brain Project review (2016-2017)
• Demonstrating results of Big Data initiatives in Healthcare
• Human Brain Project calls for expression of interest
• One way track for microwaves

# DG RTD

• Events - Second international awareness session for international regulators, academia and NGOs - 8-9 March 2018, London, United Kingdom

# DG SANTE

• Assessing health technology in the EU: Commission proposes to reinforce cooperation amongst Member States
• Q&A: Commission proposal on Health Technology Assessment

# COST

• Events - COST Connect - Quantum: Where will the next jump go? - 8 March 2018, Warsaw, Poland

# CIVITAS

• EU Commission declares 2018 the "Year of Multimodality"

# EUREKA

• ITEA 3 Call for projects
• National Eurostars Infoday
• Spain South Korea call for projects

# ERASMUS +

• EU Commission evaluates Erasmus+ and proposes to boost the programme in the future

# PARTICIPANT PORTAL

• Latest calls published on the Research Participant Portal
• For a better innovation support to SMEs
• Building A Low-Carbon, Climate Resilient Future: Secure, Clean And Efficient Energy

# UFM

• UfM and OECD partner to strengthen cooperation for inclusive and sustainable development in the Southern Mediterranean

# EU COMMISSION REGISTER

• DG REGIO
• Commission Implementing Decision approving the financial contribution to the major project "Modernization of the Sofia - Plovdiv railway line: railway section Elin Pelin - Kostenets" selected as part of the operational programme "Transport and transport infrastructure" in Bulgaria
• Commission Implementing Decision approving the financial contribution to the major project "Development of the Budapest – Esztergom rail line: Electrification and Additional Construction Works", selected as part of the operational programme "Integrated Transport" in Hungary
• Commission Implementing Decision approving the financial contribution to the major project "Development of the Budapest – Esztergom rail line: Electrification and Additional Construction Works", selected as part of the operational programme "Integrated Transport" in Hungary
• Commission Implementing Decision amending Implementing Decision C(2015) 5667 approving the cross-border cooperation programme "Interreg-IPA CBC Romania – Serbia" for the years 2014-2020 under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II)
• DG RTD
• COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending Implementing Decision C(2017)7124 as regards a new pilot for a Cybersecurity Competence Network within the framework of the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020)
• DG EAC
• REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Mid-term evaluation of the Erasmus+ programme (2014-2020)
• COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Mid-term evaluation of the Erasmus+ programme (2014-2020)

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