You are what you read

You are what you read - June 2021

Published: Fri, 06/25/21

The EPN Consulting Newsletter No. 130 | June 2021

Editorial

Dear Colleague,

This morning (25 June 2021), while reading the Financial Times, I was hit by this title: “EE to bring back mobile roaming charges in Europe“. For those who are not in the UK, EE is one of the four major telephony providers (owned by British Telecom) that claims to offer No.1 5G network while providing also home broadband.
This is one of first effects of Brexit that many of us feared. As a matter of fact, the UK is not part of the EU anymore, thus it has not further obligation to comply with the EU regulation that...Read more

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Two more major courier companies are trialling e-cargo bikes for last mile deliveries. FedEx Express is to introduce a fleet of eight e-cargo bikes in London, while Hermes is testing two Loadster four-wheelers from Berlin manufacturer Citkar in Germany. Read more

Public consultation on the revised Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG)

The Commission is publishing for consultation the draft revised Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-2020. The two main drivers of the revision are an enlargement of the scope of the Guidelines to new areas and all technologies that can deliver the Green Deal and a flexibilisation of compatibility rules.

The consultation is open until 02 Aug 2021. Read more

Commission and industry invest €22 billion in new European Partnerships to deliver solutions to major societal challenges

The EC launched 11 new European Partnerships together with industry, to boost investments in research and innovation and to overcome major climate and sustainability challenges, towards making Europe the first climate neutral economy and delivering on the European Green Deal. Read more

Commission to invest €14.7 billion from Horizon Europe for a healthier, greener and more digital Europe

The EC adopted the main work programme of Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2022, which outlines the objectives and specific topic areas that will receive a total of €14.7bn in funding. These investments will help accelerate the green and digital transitions and will contribute to sustainable recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and to EU resilience against future crises. Read more

Horizon Europe Info days

Following the policy-related discussions during the European Research and Innovation Days 2021 (23-24 June 2021), the 10-day event of Horizon Europe Info Days will give prospective applicants and other stakeholders of EU research and innovation the opportunity to get information and ask questions about main funding instruments, processes of Horizon Europe and what is new. Read more

e-TOLL launching on June 24 in Poland

The Ministry of Finance (MF) and the National Revenue Administration (NRA) of Poland are launching a new toll collection system for driving heavy vehicles (+3.5T) on toll national roads and toll sections of Konin-Stryków (A2) and Wrocław-Sośnica (A4) motorways, for heavy and light vehicles. Transfer lanes dedicated to e-TOLL and viaTOLL users have been set out at the toll collection points of the A2 and A4 motorways. Read more

EPN Consulting News: EPN CEO held a webinar on Horizon Europe for ITS UK Members

The collaboration between EPN Consulting and ITS UK started a decade ago and last month the ITS UK Secretary General Mrs Jennie Martin invited EPN Consulting CEO Stefano Mainero to hold a webinar on "EU objectives and funding for Sustainable and Intelligent Mobility in 2021-2027" with focus on Horizon Europe. Watch the full webinar

The Website of the Month: The Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG)

The EEFIG was established in 2013 by the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy Search for available translations of the preceding and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). EEFIG work is providing a significant contribution in accelerating private finance to energy efficiency. Our current policy focus is on the European Green Deal and within the EU Recovery Plan frameworks.
EEFIG addresses barriers to energy efficiency financing through both policy design and market-based solutions to increase the scale of energy efficiency investments across Europe.

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Upcoming Professional Events

Find more in our Events section

01 July 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the Erasmus+ Capacity building in the field of youth [ERASMUS-YOUTH-2021-CB] call (ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants)

15 July 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the 2021 European Capital of Innovation Awards

29 July 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the [HORIZON-EIC-2021-InnovationProcurementAwardsPrize] call (HORIZON Recognition Prize)

30 July 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the [HORIZON-EIC-2021-WomenInnovatorsPrize] call (HORIZON Recognition Prize)

01 Sept 2021 – Deadline to submit full-proposals to the ERA-MIN3 Joint call 2021 (Raw materials for the sustainable development and the circular economy)

01 Sept 2021 – Deadline to submit proposals to the 2022 EIT Raw Materials call (final)

N.B. Horizon Europe calls for proposals were launched on 22 June 2021. We are working on adding their deadlines to our Events section

28 June-01 July 2021 – Barcelona (ES) – MWC21 – Mobile World Congress

01-02 July 2021 – Coventry (UK) – IntraLogisteX Conference 2021

05-06 July 2021 – Online – UTSG 2021 – 53rd Annual Conference of the Universities’ Transport Study Group

06 July 2021 – Online – The EU-UK Forum – Annual Conference 2021

07-10 July 2021 – Athens (GR) – EPSMSO – 9th International Conference on Experiments/Process/System Modeling/Simulation/Optimization

06-09 Sept 2021 – Lisbon (PT) – VELO-CITY 2021

06-10 Sept 2021 – Salamanca (ES) – STARTUP OLE 2021

13-15 Sept 2021 – Online – 49th European Transport Conference

16-22 Sept 2021 – Europe – EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK 2021

Please note that many conferences are being cancelled, postponed or converted in Virtual events due to the Covid-19 emergency.
Visit our Events section for updated information.

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