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Global innovation roundtable in India – New Delhi, 5 December 2011: EU Delegation in New Delhi attended a Global Innovation Roundtable, organised by the Indian National Innovation Council and chaired by Sam Pitroda (adviser to the Prime Minister of India on innovation), which brought together the heads of innovation from 15 Governments to discuss the role of innovation in improving growth and welfare.

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The European Commission presents Horizon 2020 – Brussels, Nov 30, 2011: European Commission presented on November 30 its €80 billion research funding programme for the decade - Horizon 2020 – aimed at boosting research, stimulating innovation and simplifying the way scientists and smaller businesses can get funding for EU-backed projects. The Horizon 2020 programme brings together all EU research and innovation funding under a single scheme running from 2014 to 2020. Horizon 2020 is divided into three major pillars.

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New INDIGO Foresight exercise completed – 24 Nov 2011: New INDIGO's analytical activities, the project has been running a foresight study on the future of S&T cooperation between India and Europe.the foresight process engaged policy and programme-makers as well as scientists in discussions on driving factors of collaborative research and a successful future cooperation scenario.                                                                                                                                 

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EC: Strategic R&I agenda for India taking shape – 23 Nov 2011:  SFIC India Group, involving interested Member States and DG RTD, has elaborated a working paper outlining the EU/MS Strategic Agenda (SA) for R&I cooperation with India. The paper, which was presented during the recent SFIC meeting, will be further developed and discussed with Indian authorities with the view of agreeing on priorities for enhancing cooperation between EU/MS and India

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India as one of eight countries to get Climate Investment Funds – New Delhi, 15 Nov 2011:                                                                                         More info 

Bringing floating solar PV technology to India: Ciel et Terre from France, signs an MoU with Bangalore based Enzen Global, at the European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) Environment Business & Research delegation to India -Brussels/ Bengaluru, Nov 15, 2011                                                              More info

2011 India- European Union Call for Proposals on Water Technology, Research and Innovation - Sept 21, 2011

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Consultation on the ERA Framework: Areas of untapped potential for the development of the European Research Area (ERA) - Sept 13, 2011                                                                                                    

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EU-India FP7 - 2012 topics of interest for collaboration -                                                       

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European Commission Research and Innovation DG - Monthly info flash on International Cooperation Activities - 14 July 2011  
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India needs an educated population, inclined to innovate - New Delhi, March 29, 2011
EBTC operations suggest the contours and scope of EU interest. EBTC focus on sunrise industries such as: biotechnology, environment, energy and transport those are commercially interesting and dependent on accessing the most efficient technologies and processes.                                                                                      More info

FTA will enhance R&D in India’s pharma sector – March 28, 2011
Brian Ager, the Director-General of European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) says that its global R&D pharmaceutical industry has no desire to restrict access to essential medicines.                                                                                                                                                                More info

UK businesses urged to look at emerging Indian cities – Chennai, March 18 2011
The UK and India have shared interest in getting the Doha round completed as it would not only help both the economies but also improve the world GDP by $160 billion, said, Lord Green, UK Minister for Trade and Investment.                                                                                                                                               More info

Indian industry needs to understand EU markets better to benefit from a potential bilateral free trade agreement – New Delhi, March 17, 2011
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World more positive about India – March 10, 2011
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EU puts substance before timing – March 9, 2011
On the cusp of realising a Free Trade Agreement with India, the European Union (EU) is already an important trading partner. The ambassador, Head of Delegation of the European Union to India, Daniele Smadja, spoke to Deep K Datta- Ray.                                                                                                                         More info

India-UK fund to boost agro-innovation in Africa and Asia – 24 Feb 2011
Indian and UK governments are tapping into agricultural innovation outside the traditional international development community with the launch of a £20 million (US$32 million) programme for food security.
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European Commission announces review of its international cooperation strategy – 24 Feb 2011
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Indo Swiss Joint Research Programme - 23 Feb 2011
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EU-India Summit - 17 Jan 2011 - 10 December 2010
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Three EU-India Coordinated Calls for Proposals have been launched so far!! - 26 Nov 2010
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Enhance the impact of the EU-India research policy dialogues in the Information Communication Technology domain through Synchroniser and Euro-India Spirit Projects19 Nov 2010
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Now 11 Indian RTDI Programmes available in ACCESS4EU Database! - 12 Nov 2010
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Indo-EU Workshop on “Water Technology Research and Innovation Collaboration” - 10 Nov 2010
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FP7 Projects with Indian Partners in various Thematic Areas - Sept 2010
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Indian organizations in EU’s Seventh Framework Programme - Sept 2010
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Upcoming Events

India Engineering Sourcing Show 2012 (IESS) with EEPC India                                                                                                                                   Mumbai, March 22-24, 2012                                                                                                                                                                                                    More info

Information Systems 2012                                                                                                                                                                                                      Berlin, Germany, 10-12 March 2012                                                                                                                                                                                        More info

FET Proactive Information Day on ICT FP7 Call 9                                                                                                                                                        Brussels, 18 January 2012                                                                                                                                                                                                        More info

ELECRAMA 2012                                                                                                                                                                                                             Mumbai, 18-22 January 2012                                                                                                                                                                                                     More info 

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Past Events

Nanotech India 2011
19-21 November 2011, Kerala, India
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Filtex Asia 2011
6-7 December 2011, New Delhi, India
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EU-India S&T Cooperation Days – Vienna
1-2 December 2011, Vienna, Austria
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Energy India 2011
6-9 December 2011, Bangalore, India
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IT.Biz 2011-India’s Premier ICT Event                                                                                                                                                                             Bangalore, October 18-20, 2011                                                                                                                                                                                               More info

ICT Proposers Day 2011 - Networking for European ICT Research and Development
19-20 May 2011, Budapest, Hungary
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eWORLD Forum 2011, a global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for development platform
21-23 July 2011, New Delhi, India
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4th International HealthGIS 2011
5-6 August 2011, New Delhi, India
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European Business & Research Delegation to India - Opportunities for EU – India Cleantech cooperation in Business and Research
11 – 13 May 2011, New Delhi, India
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Bangalore India Bio 2011 - Promotes "Biotech for improved quality of life"
4-6 May 2011, Bangalore
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EUCLID is organizing a prospecting and partnership trip for European monitoring and control specialists to India
18-22 April 2011, Bangalore and Mumbai
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EUIG2 Material Science, Climate Change and Interoperability
13 Dec - 16 Dec 2010,
Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi, Delhi
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Euro-India Future Internet Workshop at Pune
16-17 December 2010, Pune
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EU-India Cluster Event
New Delhi, 1 December 2010
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EICC - EUROCHAMBRES High Level Conference
9 December 2010, Brussels
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EU-India ICT Policy Workshop in Faridabad on 10th Nov 2010
Claridges, Surajkund, Delhi 10 Nov 2010
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Past Project Events

India Gate Project Interim Meeting @ Vienna
Vienna, 30th Nov 2011

India Gate Project Interim Meeting @ Brussels
Brussels, 9th June 2011

India Gate, EUINEC & NEW INDGO Projects Meeting @ New Delhi
New Delhi, India, 18-22Jan 2011 

India Gate @ Project Coordination meet and India Gate Benchmarking Workshop
New Delhi, India, March 10-11, 2010
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INDIA GATE Kick –off meeting
Bangalore, India, February 3-4, 2010