innovation

From March 28th to 30th, the first congress of the Cosmetopeia was held. Indeed, the French Agricultural Research Center for International development and our Forward partners Guyane Développement Innovation and Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane organized the congress entitled: “Trees and other plants of the Cosmetopeia: perspectives of innovation and valorization of the sectors in Overseas […]

Our partner Conseil Départemental de Mayotte (CDM) is organizing a series of training on Horizon Europe as planned in WP4 of the FORWARD project. On the 7th and the 14th of February, CDM will be holding two sessions on how to participate in European collaborative research projects in Horizon Europe and integrate the right networks. […]

Our partner University of Azores (UAc) is organizing a specialized training on EU Framework Programes within WP4 Capacity building activities of FORWARD. The training will be focused on “Design. Recruit. Build” and will be given by ERINN Innovation Ltd to UAc support staff (project managers) on February, 8th 2022. This course will give the understanding […]

Between 8th, 9th, and 10th November 2021, FORWARD partner ULPGC is holding a WP5 scientific webinar on blue innovations in the ORs. The event is promoted by the University Institute ECOAQUA and the Spanish Bank of Algae. The conference is being held physically at the Marine Scientific Park of ULPGC (Gran Canaria) and accessible open-access […]

AFRICAGUA is the 7th international forum on water, renewable energies and sustainability to be held on 30th November and 1st December 2021, in hybrid format, from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands – Spain). The programme is available at Programme – Africagua Canarias 2021. The participants at AFRICAGUA will have the opportunity to have personalized meetings’ agenda during […]

In the framework of the FORWARD project, our partners from Madeira – ARDITI and UMA – are organising an event to promote dialogue on smart islands and transition to self-aware and cooperative hybrid islands. The event will be be held on 26th October 2021, at the premises of the Madeira University (UMA). The key speaker […]

Today, on 10th September 2021, the Thematic Working Group (TWG) sub-coordinators, deputies, and facilitators have held their periodic follow-up meeting. During the event, members have made the point on the status of TWG action plans after the summer period. They have also discussed upcoming tasks, achievements, and needs. The groups will be very busy in […]

In the framework of the European Maritime Day in My Country 2021 (#EMDinMyCountry), the REBECA, REBECA-CCT, and FORWARD projects organised an international workshop on blue bio-economy based on algae in the Macaronesia and EU outermost regions. The event was successful, with high-level interventions from a wide range of experts from Canary Islands, Azores, Cape Verde, […]

FORWARD has been featured on the news of the EURADA Network. EURADA has released a detailed publication about our project objectives and activities. You can access it here. Founded in 1992, the European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA) gathers professionals working on economic development across Europe. The association facilitates the cooperation among regional economic development […]