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Focus on Marine Sciences : Road map, Inter-regional platform, Networking Kick-off meeting are organized in all thematic working groups in order experts design an action plan. The first meeting in the field of Marine sciences held on February 5th .  Almudena Subcoordinator of TWG8, Eu Project manager at ULPG tells us about their methodology to […]

Thanks to survey, interviews and workshop of ORs R&I stakeholders carried out within the Work Package 2, Forward members have a better view, knowledge and needs of their ecosystem. Some ORs have an embryonning research system profile whereas others have more developed one. The Azorean university has an international attractiveness with its facilities for external […]

Forward project gathers all the 9 outermost regions. At this step of the project, the work package 3 “co-creation and implementation of thematic action plans” is an important foundation because it brings together experts from the ORs for the first time in thematic working groups. As a reminder, 8 thematic groups in the following areas […]

On the 4th and 5th march, Saint Martin held a webinar on R&I european funds. On the first day, general notions were introduced : The general aspects of European funds ; European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) ; Operational programs ; The presentation of the funding & tender portal The second day was dedicated to […]

As a reminder, Forward program aims to increase outermost regions (ORs) participation in EU framework programme and increase their Research and Innovation capacities. 8 thematic groups have been defined based on the pillars of the Horizon Europe program and ORs common interests. Since December 2020, experts from Europe, ORs and other countries have had online […]

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 […]

In this third newsletter, we will take a closer look at the Forward program with the implementation of the Thematic working groups actions to improve the participation of the Outermost Regions in Horizon Europe calls for projects. Forward has so far enabled some collaborative tools in each work package such as strategic documents (joint strategy […]

Within the framework of the 3 promotional videos scheduled for dissemination and communication of FORWARD, CTG (Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane), the French Guianese Work Package Leader has launched the second video. Focused on each OR’s Research and Innovation potential by introducing their infrastructures, projects or innovative solutions, you can discover in 3 minutes some examples […]

Started in January 2019, the diagnosis of the ORs Research and Innovation ecosystems led by Nexa was one of the first steps of the Forward project. An unprecedent involvement of the OR R&I communities The analysis was based on a rigorous methodology which related on an intensive desk research, but also an unprecedent involvement of […]