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

In the course of the coming months, the European Commission will organise several info days on the upcoming 2024 calls in the current work programme of Horizon Europe. Related brokerage events will be organised in cooperation with the network of National Contact Points.

The Commission has proposed an annual EU budget of €189.3 billion for 2024. The budget will be complemented by an estimated €113 billion in payments for grants under NextGenerationEU, the EU's post-pandemic recovery instrument. Their combined firepower will keep driving Europe's ongoing economic recovery and create jobs, while strengthening Europe's strategic autonomy.

The Advanced Materials 2030 Initiative (AMI2030) aims to set up a pan-European multi-sectoral accelerator for the design, development and uptake of sustainable advanced materials towards a circular economy.

The European Commission has submitted its Annual Report on Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union and Monitoring of Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 in 2022 to the European Parliament and the Council.

The candidate Horizon Europe Partnership on antimicrobial resistance - One Health AMR - has published a first draft of its Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). The One Health AMR Partnership is currently being prepared through a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) and expected to start its activities in 2025. The CSA is coordinated by the Swedish Research Council and Germany’s DLR is a partner in the consortium.

The European Commission has published a detailed analysis document that was compiled for the creation of the second Horizon Europe Strategic Plan, to cover the period 2025-27. The analysis will provide the basis for the new Strategic Plan which will guide development of the Work Programmes in the final three years of Horizon Europe. It includes an analysis of the current status of R&I in the EU, what changes are required in comparison to the first Strategic Plan and how EU and global policy developments should be reflected.

The working group on project management of the Federal Working Group of EU Officers at universities and colleges in Germany (BAK) has published a new handout on the management of EU projects in German language.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has accepted the resignation of Commissioner  Mariya Gabriel. Gabriel was presented to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria to receive the mandate to form a government and has therefore submitted her resignation as a member of the Commission.

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation is looking for a group of experts to carry out an interim evaluation of Horizon Europe. It has launched a call for applications. The 15-member expert group will make strategic recommendations to the Commission on how to maximise the impact of future Framework Programmes.