he European Commission’s proposals submission system is experiencing technical issues as the first Horizon Europe calls launch.
On Wednesday morning, the EU’s brand new innovation scale-up funder, the European Innovation Council, announced a six day extension to its Pathfinder call for breakthrough research projects, on the day before the call was due to close. The reason was an - unspecified - technical issue affecting the Commission’s Funding and Tenders Portal.
The next EU research programme, Horizon Europe, had €5 billion lobbed off its budget on Friday, as EU Council president Charles Michel presented his latest compromise budget figures ahead of a leaders’ summit next week.
As the European Union contemplates a follow-on to its main economic stimulus programme, a senior auditor called for greater openness about the details of how the current programme operates.
In an interview following a recent European Parliament hearing, Leo Brincat, a member of the European Court of Auditors, said the audit of the so-called Juncker Plan would have been aided if officials had provided him more information about rejected loan applications.
As the European Union contemplates a follow-on to its main economic stimulus programme, a senior auditor called for greater openness about the details of how the current programme operates.
In an interview following a recent European Parliament hearing, Leo Brincat, a member of the European Court of Auditors, said the audit of the so-called Juncker Plan would have been aided if officials had provided him more information about rejected loan applications.
