11 Jan 2024
New EIC Board holds first plenary meeting
The new Board of the European Innovation Council (EIC) met for its first plenary meeting on 10 and 11 January 2024 in Leuven (Belgium). The new Board was appointed by the Commission on 13 December 2023. It is chaired by its President, Michiel Scheffer, and advises on the strategy, work programme and thematic portfolios and, on Commission’s request, on broader innovation policy matters.
The EIC Board holds five to six plenary meetings per year to discuss and provide advice to the Commission on the strategy and implementation of the EIC and other matters falling within their mandate. The first plenary meeting with the new Board membership focused on setting the priorities for the Board’s work in 2024, in particular to steer strategy and the implementation of the EIC in the second half of programme (2024-27). This included an exchange with Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, who joined the Board members to discuss the EIC’s priorities in the context of EU policies and the mid-term review of Horizon Europe.
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