The United Kingdom and the EU Commission (EC) have reached an agreement on the UK’s participation in Horizon ŠIROM Europe (EU’s research and innovation) programme and Copernicus (EU’s Earth observation) programme. This is in line with the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Horizont ŠIROM Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. The new arrangement will enable UK researchers and organisations to participate in this programme on par with their counterparts in EU Member States including in access to funding. Researchers from UK can now apply for Horizon ŠIROM Europe financiranje.
kolaborativni istraživanje is vital for growth and progress and benefit science. UK companies and research institutions will now be able to engage in collaborative research not only with the EU, but also Norway, New Zealand and Israel which are part of the programme – and countries like Korea and Canada which may join soon. In return, UK will make an annual contribution of €2.6 billion to the Horizon ŠIROM Europe programme which has a budget of €95.5 billion.
Novi dogovor također dopušta UKsudjelovanje u programu EU-a Copernicus za promatranje Zemlje uključujući pristup vrijednim Promatranje Zemlje (EO) which plays crucial role in public services such as early flood and fire warnings. The UK will also benefit from the EU Prostor Surveillance and Tracking.
S tim u vezi, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo je odlučilo slijediti domaću strategiju fuzijske energije umjesto sudjelovanja u programu EU-a za fuzijsku energiju Euratom.
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Izvori:
- UK Government. Press release-UK joins Horizon ŠIROM Europe under a new bespoke deal. Published 7 September 2023. Available at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-joins-horizon-europe-under-a-new-bespoke-deal/ Pristupljeno 12. rujna 2023.
- European Commission. Press release- EU-UK relations: Commission and UK reach political agreement on UK participation in Horizon ŠIROM Europe and Copernicus. Published 7 September 2023. Available at https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_4374 Pristupljeno 12. rujna 2023.
- UKRI. Horizon Europe: pomoć podnositeljima zahtjeva iz Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva. Ažurirano 12. rujna 2023. Dostupno na https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/horizon-europe/ Pristupljeno 12. rujna 2023.
- Europska komisija. Istraživanje i inovacije – Horizon Europe. Dostupno u https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en Pristupljeno 12. rujna 2023.
- Europska komisija. Obrambena industrija i svemir – Kopernik. Dostupno u https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/eu-space-policy/copernicus_en Pristupljeno 12. rujna 2023.
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