19/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - COREPER approves trialogue meeting on “Horizon 2020”. On Wednesday 17 July, the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) approved the agreement reached at the end of June on the forthcoming framework programme for research and innovation for the years 2014-2020 (Horizon 2020) in inter-institutional negotiations (see EUROPE 10874). The budget will be €70.2 billion, including the funding of the EURATOM programme for the period 2014-2018.