Kick-off meeting launching Horizon Europe cross partnership working groups

A continuous conversation among the actors of European Partnerships will result in many benefits that no individual partnership can achieve on its own.

The working groups (under the K4I Pact4Innovation) are an opportunity for the members of K4I and the other actors of the innovation community to exchange knowledge across the Missions, European Partnership areas and individual Partnerships and follow the implementation of Horizon Europe on a programme level particularly the impact it has on delivering the set policy goals over the coming seven years (2021 – 2027).

K4I Forum political members and other interested Members of the European Parliament are invited to co-chair the meetings of the working groups. Representatives from the Member States and the Commission are invited to attend the meetings.

The working groups will be kicked off at the side-lines of the AI & Big Data Innovation Summit during a breakfast meeting on 5 December. A first meeting of the working groups is planned in January and an initial set of recommendations will be presented and further discussed with a broader audience at the 11th European Innovation Summit during the 1st week of February 2020.

Following several discussions and a consultation among members of K4I, five initial themes have been proposed:

1. Digital transformation
2. Greening
3. Implementing Horizon Europe
4. Regulation of emerging technologies e.g. Artificial Intelligence
5. From lab to market

Key topics to be addressed in this working group are:

• Ensure continued (financial) support along the entire innovation value chain
• Facilitate synergies with other instruments such as Innovation Fund, Digital Europe Funding Programme, Structural Funds etc.