The EU and South Africa have just signed a landmark Clean Trade and Investment Partnership, along with a new cooperation agreement on minerals and metals value chains and new projects under Global Gateway, Europe’s investment strategy for the world. Announced by President Ursula von der Leyen and President António Costa together with President Cyril Ramaphosa at a Leaders’ meeting […]
EU supports the clean transition with over €358 million of investment in 132 new projects across Europe
The Commission has granted more than €358 million to 132 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action. The allocated amount represents more than half of the €536 million total investment needs for these projects – the remainder coming from national, regional and local governments, public-private partnerships, businesses, and civil society organisations. LIFE […]
Discover projects aiming to transform Europe’s public libraries
A new CORDIS Synergy Info Pack presents fourteen projects from different countries, sectors and funding programmes working together towards a common goal: making Europe’s public libraries fit for the future. Public libraries have long been a fundamental pillar of Europe’s social fabric. Once seen as quiet havens for reading, today they have reinvented themselves as […]
European Commission announces €545 million package to scale up renewables in Africa
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled last September 27 a €545 million Team Europe package to accelerate Africa’s clean energy transition. This announcement, made at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, is an important milestone in the ‘Scaling Up Renewables in Africa’ campaign, co-hosted […]
EU invests €2.8 billion in 94 projects to enhance sustainable mobility across Europe
The European Commission selected 94 transport projects to receive nearly €2.8 billion in EU grants under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). By modernising railways, inland waterways and maritime routes across the trans-European transport network (TEN-T), the projects will not only help better connect European regions and cities – north to south, east to west, but also make the EU’s […]
Nearly €1 billion awarded to boost renewable hydrogen development.
Last May 20, the Commission announced the selection of 15 renewable hydrogen production projects for public funding across the European Economic Area (EEA). The projects, located across five countries, are expected to produce nearly 2.2 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen over ten years, avoiding more than 15 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions. The hydrogen will be produced in sectors such […]
Two Spanish projects selected by the Commission to transform the urban landscape
The European Commission and the Haute-France region – as the European Urban Initiative (EUI) lead agency – announced on 31 March the selection of 20 innovative projects under its third call for innovative urban initiatives. These projects, funded with €94 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and to be implemented in thirteen EU […]
Towards well-being for all in a time of uncertainty
A recent paper published with support from five EU-funded projects – SPES, ToBe, WISE Horizons, WISER and MERGE – sets out the path towards a policy model that prioritises sustainable and inclusive well-being. The policy paper was requested by the European Commission and is based on scientific insights and stakeholder input Recognising needs, creating change […]
EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’: €126.9 million for 26 new projects
Today the Commission announced 26 new projects that will receive €126.9 million to contribute to the EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’ The Commission announced 26 new projects that will receive €126.9 million to contribute to the EU Mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’. The 26 new projects count 346 beneficiaries from 37 countries, […]