On Tuesday 23 February, the European Commission put forward proposals to establish ten new European partnerships between the European Union, the Member States and industry, in order to speed up the green digital transition.
“The partnerships proposed today will mobilise resources, so that we can jointly make the most of digital technologies, not least in the interest of our green transition”, said Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice-President of the Commission responsible for digital matters.
The Commission believes that the EU will provide nearly €10bn in funding, which the partners will match with at least the same amount of investment.
The proposed partnerships include health, the circular bio-economy, “clean” hydrogen and aviation, European railways and metrology.
Under the Horizon Europe framework programme, European partnerships are initiatives that bring together the EU and private and/or public actors to jointly support the development and implementation of research and innovation activities.
The list of the ten partnerships can be found at: http://bit.ly/3ur5HKD (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)