The European Commission announced yesterday that over 2,000 sustainable innovation companies from 38 different countries have applied for financial support of €7.8bn from the one-off EIC Accelerator Green Deal call. We can expect a 4% success rate for this call, a similar level as for the October 2019 cut-off.

When Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined Europe’s “green recovery” plan to the European Parliament last week, it was understood that the Green Deal would be placed at the centre of the EU’s recovery effort.

The Green Deal has the capacity to help the EU economy recover from the COVID-19 crisis, with proposals of this specific call focusing on the following aspects:
- climate mitigation
- the transition to a clean & circular economy
- zero pollution ambitions
- toxic free environments
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Read more here.

EWGIC is pleased to welcome 12 new members from all over Europe! During its monthly call on April 23, the following new members were approved:

• An Radharc Consulting (Ireland)
• EurA AG (Germany)
• Euro-Funding (Spain – Poland)
• Innovarum (Spain)
• Intract (Turkey)
• KPMG SROC (Portugal)
• Leyton (Belgium)
• LGI (France)
• My EU Consulting (Belgium)
• SNAP! (Portugal)
• Soros Gabinete (Andorra – Spain)
• WelcomeEurope (France)

 
A conference call was held on May 15 to welcome these new members, with participants introducing themselves after viewing a detailed presentation on EWGIC’s mission and objectives, governance structure, and membership criteria, amongst other topics.
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Each month, the EWGIC continues to expand as well as the support for the EWGIC’s Manifesto, signed by over 160 consultants, all proud to represent the management of European research & innovation projects.
The next monthly call will be held on May 28, during which the latest membership applications will be reviewed, so stay tuned!
 
View the full list of EWGIC’s Members here.