Uploaded On: 05/07/2024

Have your say in identifying members for a soon to be established Stakeholder Board dedicated to enabling innovation ecosystems for the Mediterranean region. The Stakeholder Board will be established in the framework of the CSA FUTURE4PRIMA project and aims to develop and promote a comprehensive vision for a future innovation ecosystem for the Partnership on Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) around the themes of the water, energy, food, and ecosystems (WEFE) nexus. ...

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Uploaded On: 02/07/2024

During a press conference held on 1st July 2024, the Hon Clifton Grima, Minister for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation and the Hon Keith Azzopardi Tanti, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Research and Innovation, publicly launched Xjenza Malta (Science Malta). By virtue of Legal Notice 112 of 2024, Xjenza Malta (Science Malta) has acquired the status of a Government Agency of Malta which will be committed to develop the national strategies of Research and Innovation, as well as ...

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Uploaded On: 01/07/2024

In March 2023, the THCS Partnership, co-funded by the European Commission (EC), launched its first Joint Transnational Call (JTC) for Research and Innovation (R&I) proposals under the theme "Healthcare of the Future." This ambitious initiative united 36 Funding Organisations, including Xjenza Malta (formerly the Malta Council for Science and Technology), from 24 countries to support the highest-ranking collaborative transnational research projects. Xjenza Malta, through its ...

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Uploaded On: 28/06/2024

New report shows lights and shadows of the innovation output performance of the EU and its Member States.  The European Union outperforms New Zealand, Australia, and China in terms of innovation output, but still lags behind countries like Switzerland, the United States, and South Korea. This is the latest finding published in a JRC report on the Innovation Output Indicator (IOI), a composite indicator that measures innovation performance for 46 countries including EU Member ...

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Uploaded On: 28/06/2024

The European Partnership on Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) aims to support the transformation of health and care systems with innovative solutions driven by knowledge and evidence. The general objective of THCS is to contribute to the transition towards more sustainable, efficient, resilient, inclusive, innovative, and high-quality people-centred health and care systems equally accessible to all people. The THCS Transferability and Implementation Framework aims to support, ...

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Uploaded On: 26/06/2024

ProNiCare Makes First Contributions to SETAC Europe in Seville, Spain The Mar-TERA funded PRONICARE project reached an important milestone and successfully made its first contributions to the annual Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe Meeting from the 5th to the 9th of May in Seville, Spain. Malta-based ProNiCare project partner AquaBioTech Group and Norway-based partner SINTEF collaborated on a poster titled “Development of green coating solutions for the problems...

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Uploaded On: 25/06/2024

The construction of ITER and the investment in the development of fusion energy technology means many business opportunities. F4E works together with European industry, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and research organisations to provide a wide range of high technology components, as well as engineering and support services for ITER. SMEs constitute an important element for the project and for developing innovative technologies. Getting SMEs on board and finding the best ...

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Uploaded On: 25/06/2024

The Malta Council for Science and Technology, was awarded the “Best Practice in Good Governance Award” in recognition of the work done in accordance with the principles of good governance. The Auditor General found that MCST employees operated in accordance with the principles of good governance, demonstrating accountability and transparency in the administration of costs and charges, and in the manner in which all respective documents were kept. Congratulations to all MCST employees who ...

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Uploaded On: 25/06/2024

The CIHEAM launched the Youth Innovation Award in 2022 to reward innovative solutions, designed and implemented by young people, to accelerate green and blue transition processes towards more sustainable, inclusive and equitable food systems in the Mediterranean (SFS Med). The 2024 edition is launched with the support of three partners who share common objectives and a common vision for the Mediterranean, namely, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the Mediterranean ...

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Uploaded On: 21/06/2024

By using satellites currently in orbit, researchers managed to acquire an unprecedented view of the emissions and accumulation areas of marine litter. This opens up multiple possibilities to improve the fight against plastic pollution.  Marine littering has grown into a global environmental problem, and is recognised as an urgent priority on international sustainability agendas. A full 80% of this litter is plastic. Continued efforts in mapping its presence in water surfaces have ...

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