23 Apr 2024
EU and Singapore launch exploratory talks on association to Horizon Europe
The European Commission and the Singaporean Government have launched exploratory discussions in view of Singapore’s possible association to Horizon Europe. The two sides will now enter a series of technical discussions to look at the main parameters and principles of a future association agreement before deciding whether to engage in official negotiations.
Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, announced the launch of talks after meeting Tan Chorh Chuan, Permanent Secretary of the Singapore National Research Foundation, in the margins of the OECD Science and Technology Policy Ministerial meeting in Paris on 23 April 2023.
Association to the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation is the closest form of international cooperation in science and technology between the Union and a non-EU country. To date 18 countries are associated to Horizon Europe.
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