News archive - Agenda of the 3rd Virtual R&I Meeting (13 May 2020)
Due to the COVID-19 emergency, the European Commission decided to defer the next Steering Platform Ministerial meeting (originally planned for May/June 2020) to a later date in the year. At the same time, several virtual meetings have been planned to foster mutual discussion on the key aspects of the socio-economic crisis deriving from the pandemic, while also continuing the work aimed at a better integration of the WBs into the European Research Area.
The thrird virtual working meeting was organised on May, 13, to discuss on the following:
AGENDA
10:00-10:10
Welcome remarks and Introduction to the meeting Ruta Zarnauskaite, Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I Stasa Skenzic, Croatian EU-Presidency, Co-Chair Colin Wolfe, Head of Unit ‘Western Balkans Regional Cooperation and Pro-grammes’, EC DG NEAR Liliana Pasecinic, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Institutional, International relations and outreach’, EC DG JRC
10:10-11:00
Update on Covid-19 impact, ongoing measures and next steps
- Short update on ongoing measures (current international co-operation and interest to further coordinate across the region and with the EU); focus on steps planned for the recovery period after the COVID-19 crisis (impact on the economy in general and companies in particular, impact on the RDI com-munity); EC DG R&I, WB6, incoming EU Council Presidency, EU MS, RCC, CEI, Berlin Process
11:00-11:40
Updates on recent developments
- Smart Specialisation Strategies; JRC; WB6 (written contributions as already reported in last meeting)
- Update from the Service Facility (SF) on recent activities; SF
- Foresight efforts; DG JRC, SF
- Innovation Agenda; EC DG R&I, WB6
11:40-11:45
Concluding Remarks and next steps; EC DG R&I
- EC
- Western Balkans
- General
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