Israel and the EU initial Horizon 2020 Agreement
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Israel and the EU initial Horizon 2020 Agreement

  •   Israel and the European Union initial Horizon 2020 Agreement
  • 12/18/2013
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    In the framework of Israel -EU R&D relations, Marcel Shaton, General Manager of ISERD and Laurent Bochereau, Head of Unit for International Cooperation DG RTD, initialed today the agreement on Israel's participation in the EU's Research Framework Programme Horizon 2020.

    Israel and the European Union issued a joint statement on November 26, 2013 stating, "The agreement will allow Israel's scientific community to benefit from one of the most important EU programmes and facilitate its further integration into the European space of research and innovation".

    Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) is the European Union's biggest Research and Innovation programme with €70 billion in funding to which Israel will contribute one billion euros. During FP7 there were more than 9,000 Israeli Scientific interactions and Israel  expects to increase this figure alongside an increase in SME activity. Israel has been participating in the European Union's Scientific Framework Programme since 1996 (FP4) and is looking forward to contributing to Horizon 2020.