In the context of the FORWARD project, as part of WP4 capacity building actions, our partners ULL and ULPGC (Canary Islands) are organising a seminar on the TWINNING call, within the framework of Horizon Europe – WIDENING Programme.
These actions finance R&I support, with the main objective to improve access to excellence and reduce investment disparities between EU regions. The eligible entities are WIDENING countries and regions (considered with the lowest investment and performance in R&I), which include the Outermost Regions.
The seminar will be held online, on October 21, 2021, at 10 am (Canary Islands time), and it will last 2 hours.
We are glad to announce the organisation of the second project conference on 21 and 22 October 2021 by our partner Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane (French Guiana).
The event will be held in conjunction with the International Conference of LABEX CEBA, promoted by the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
On 22 October, there will be a dedicated session to FORWARD to share the project’s best practices and results to an international audience made of representatives of the academia and innovation.
You can register to the event here and consult the programme of the FORWARD session here.
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Under the FORWARD project, the Regional Fund for Science and Technology (FRCT) is organizing a training and capacity building action entitled “European Ecological Pact (European Green Deal) – Challenges and Opportunities for Research and Innovation”, which will take place on 29 October 2021, in virtual format between 09:00 and 13:00 (Azores time), in Portuguese language.
The aim of this action is to train the actors of the Regional Ecosystem for Research and Innovation in the use of new instruments and funding tools of the new Horizon Europe Framework Program.
More information in FRCT website here.
With the support of FORWARD project, the Regional Government of the Azores, through the Regional Fund for Science and Technology, organized between September 20 and 24, the EMERGENCE@Azores, which took place at Arquipélago – Contemporary Arts Center in Ribeira Grande, São Miguel Island.
In this intensive 5 day-long event, more than 50 participants were able to immerse in a collaborative setting where they are assisted through the process of exploring various digital media technologies with a focus on creating stories for both linear and experiential formats and to equip the R&I community with enhanced digital capacities to perform research and innovation.
EMERGENCE@Azores brings together scientists, techies, artists, and science communicators, to collaboratively create digital media-based projects that communicate complex concepts in scientific research.
FORWARD partners have presented the project during an interesting session of the Island Summit 2021, on 10th September.
Speakers presented the FORWARD project, its aims and objectives, as well as key activities and results achieved, in particular regarding WP2 diagnostics and WP3 Thematic Working Groups.
Afterwards, FORWARD partners have joined the Island Summit networking booth to meet other “islanders” and stakeholders engaged/interested in ORs.
You can watch the Forward session in replay :
FORWARD Consortium will be joining 10,000 islanders from around the world as a speaker at the Virtual Island Summit! It’ s a free online event designed to connect global islands, isolated areas and share their common experiences, best practices and solutions.
On September 10, from 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm Brussels time, Forward team will present the results of ORs Research and Innovation ecosystem diagnostic, tailored actions, training and networking, common strategy. At 4.pm, there will be a Forward booth if attendees want to go further in the discussion with the Forward team.
The main highlights of the Forward session in the Virtual Island Summit are as follows:
– FORWARD PROJECT COORDINATOR : Dr. Fco. Javier Roo Filgueira – “Introducing Forward”
– FORWARD PROJECT MANAGER AND CEO AT CONSULTA EUROPA : Dr. Michelle Perello
« Forward ; a EU project to foster research and innovation excellence in Outermost Regions »
-RESEARCH & INNOVATION MANAGER AT NEXA : Dr Evelyne Tarnus, « Outermost Regions in the European Research & Innovation Area »
– HEAD OF SECTION AT INNOVATION DEPARTMENT, CANARY ISLANDS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: Lucía Dobarro-Delgado – “Co-create with the researchers and innovators from the European Outermost Regions”
– DIRECTOR OF THE INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, Collectivité Territoriale of French Guiana : Marc Sagne – “The ORs, tropical Europe as an opportunity to expand the challenges of excellence in innovation and research”.
-ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCES, University of French Guiana, Sarah Zirmani – “ Innovation capacity in energy transition of a European outermost region : Case of French Guiana” . We encourage you to join us as stakeholders from across the world to collaborate on issues around sustainable development and the future prosperity.
To find out more and register visit https://islandinnovation.co/virtual-island-summit-2021/
Our FORWARD partner – Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) – is organizing an informative session on open access and FAIR management procedures in Horizon Europe projects.
The workshop will be held on 2nd September in Spanish. The programme is available at this link.
The event is part of capacity building activities of Work Package 4.
If interested, you can register here.
Online workshop on Macaronesian Algae Blue Bioeconomy – 17th June 2021
The workshop is promoted within the framework of the European Maritime Day in My Country 2021 (#EMDinMyCountry), by the partners of the REBECA and REBECA-CCT projects and backed by our FORWARD project as well.
The organisers are the Spanish Bank of Algas of the Canary Islands and the Society for the Economic Promotion of Gran Canaria, along with some FORWARD organisations, namely the Canarian Agency for Research, Innovation and Information Society (ACIISI) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC). Our partner NEXA from La Réunion will also participate as an invited speaker of the event.
The initiative is part of the Specific Objective 3 and communication activities of the REBECA and REBECA-CCT projects, which aim to create and consolidate a network of microalgae and cyanobacteria culture collections, as well as the promotion of biotechnology blue based on algae in Macaronesia.
In 2022, the European Commission plans to launch the “EU algae initiative“, whose main objective is to increase sustainable production, guarantee safe consumption and promote the innovative use of algae and algae-based products. In Spain, the new strategy for the sustainable development of aquaculture is being designed in line with Europe. The online workshop will be a further step to define the role of the blue bio-economy based on algae in outermost regions.
The event foresees a first block dedicated to the blue bio-economy in Macaronesia and its role in the initiative of the European Commission to achieve a consolidated and sustainable seaweed sector in the EU. Important speakers from the Commission and other key opinion leaders in the algae field will join the discussions.
Afterwards, participants will be able to learn more about the Blue Biotechnology Excellence Network – REBECA – and the experience of relevant actors from Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Mauritania and La Réunion, regions linked to the project.
You can register to the event through the form available at this link.
The draft programme can be consulted here.
The workshop will count on simultaneous translation from Spanish versus English, Portuguese, and French.
