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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13137
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NEWS BRIEFS / Research

European Commission opens applications for European Capital of Innovation Awards

08/03/2023 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 8 March, the European Commission is opening the competition for the European Capital of Innovation (iCapital) Awards for 2023 to cities with at least 50,000 inhabitants located in a Member State or in a Horizon Europe associate country. The competition, supported by the European Innovation Council under Horizon Europe, rewards innovative cities, particularly in terms of governance and use of technology. The competition consists of six prizes in two categories: the ‘European Capital of Innovation’ category, where the winning city will receive €1 million and the two runners-up €100,000 each, and the ‘Rising Innovative City’ category, where the winner will receive €500,000 and the two runners-up €50,000 each. The competition is open for applications until 29 June 2023. Link to the website: https://aeur.eu/f/5oq (EV)

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: critical and strategic raw materials, Commission wants EU to be able to extract at least 10% of its needs by 2030
ENVIRONMENT: Industrial Emissions Directive, another compromise effort required from EU Member States to hopefully reach an agreement soon
ENERGY: various points of disagreement on eve of European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on revision of energy efficiency directive, which are expected to be “difficult”
MIGRATION: Ursula von der Leyen promises Giorgia Meloni renewed support for North African countries to prevent departures and sea crossings
MIGRATION: rescues of migrants at sea, asylum reform and application of Dublin rules, Member States to resume delicate discussions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: 2024, a year of transition towards application of future European economic governance framework
ECONOMY: Member States agree on overall approach of forthcoming reform of EU economic governance framework
FINANCE/ENERGY: European Commission will propose to extend ‘anti-volatility’ mechanism linked to gas price capping
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
ECONOMY: European Court of Auditors identifies weaknesses in system of checks for recovery funds
Russian invasion of Ukraine
DEFENCE: Josep Borrell sees “broad support” for his proposal to step up ammunition deliveries to Ukraine
MIGRATION: one year after activation of Temporary Protection Directive, European Commission identifies progress to be made to improve integration of Ukrainian refugees
RUSSIA: EU General Court annuls EU sanctions against mother of head of Wagner Group
DIGITAL: European Commission announces additional 13,000 laptops and smartphones to be sent to Ukraine
EXTERNAL ACTION
CANADA: EU and Ottawa want to strengthen their support for Ukraine, including military support
GEORGIA: draft law on transparency of foreign influence is “incompatible with EU values”, says Josep Borrell
DEVELOPMENT: Ukraine aid and global health on agenda at informal meeting of EU Ministers
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European Parliament and EU Council negotiators agree on shape of European Year of Skills 2023
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN’S RIGHTS: 80% of Stoxx Europe 600 companies comply with requirements of “Women on Boards” Directive
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European Commission will publish a reflection paper on post-2027 CAP in autumn of 2023
AGRICULTURE: European Commission approves registration of two new agricultural names
BUDGET: European Commission raises an additional €6 billion in its third syndicated transaction for 2023
CLIMATE: Copernicus confirms record melting of Antarctic sea ice
ECONOMY: GDP growth of 3.5% in euro area in 2022
GENDER EQUALITY: four universities crowned EU ‘champions’ for gender equality
GENDER EQUALITY: European Commission campaign to combat gender stereotypes
ENERGY: Member States set scene for European Council’s Spring meeting on energy issues
ENVIRONMENT: persistent organic pollutants, Swedish Presidency prepares EU position for COP11 of Stockholm Convention
RULE OF LAW: several members of European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties concerned about “serious threats” to Rule of law in Greece
DIGITAL: EDRi highlights strong opposition of large proportion of young European citizens to monitoring digital communications
DIGITAL: some 20 travel and tourism associations co-sign code of conduct on data sharing
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Romanian Nicolae Ștefănuță joins Greens/EFA Group in European Parliament
RESEARCH: European Commission opens applications for European Capital of Innovation Awards