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The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has adopted an Action Plan for the European Research Area (ERA), which outlines national guidelines and areas of focus. The main goals are to establish ERA as a competitive and genuine "single market for knowledge" and to strengthen Germany as a center of science and research.

Batteries Europe, the European Technology and Innovation Platform on Batteries, and Battery 2030+, the large-scale and long-term European research initiative for batteries, have recently released their Research and Innovation (R&I) Roadmaps which present what is needed to deliver on the promise of creating a competitive battery value chain in Europe.

We are deeply shocked by the brutal attacks on Israel.

The European Parliament today approved the appointment of Iliana Ivanova (Bulgaria) as Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. Ms Ivanova will succeed Mariya Gabriel to implement the EU's research and development programme. She will also be responsible for the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) and the Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC).

The European Commission and the United Kingdom have reached a political agreement that will deepen relations in research, innovation and space. At stake is the UK's participation in Horizon Europe, the EU's research and innovation programme, and Copernicus, the EU's world-leading Earth observation programme. The political agreement must now be endorsed by the Council before it is formally adopted in the EU-UK Technical Committee for participation in Union programmes.

The BayFOR annual report 2022 can be found here. (in German language)

On 28 June, the Board of Trustees of the Bavarian Research Foundation decided to support the Bavarian research association "ForNeRo - Seamless and Ergonomic Integration of Robotics into the Clinical Workflow" with approximately 2 million euros.

The Board of Trustees of the Bavarian Research Foundation has decided to support the Bavarian research association "FORSocialRobots - Social Capabilities for Automated Systems and Robots" with around 2 million euros.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has proposed Iliana Ivanova as the new Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth. She would be in charge of implementing the EU's research and development programme and would succeed Mariya Gabriel, who is returning to Bulgarian politics.

On 1 July 2023, Spain will take over the rotating presidency of the EU Council of Ministers until the end of the year.