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RESEAU DE UNIVERSITES DES CAPITALES DE L'EUROPE

UNICA

UNICA is the network of universities from the capitals of Europe, currently bringing together over 50 institutions.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Carole Mancel-Blanchard (Head of Unit Research and Innovation)

5 Dec 2025 · Exchange of views with the Secretary-General and the Head of the Brussels Office of UNICA, on international cooperation in research and innovation.

Meeting with Carla Tavares (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

1 Dec 2025 · Exchange of views

Response to Towards a Circular, Regenerative and Competitive Bioeconomy

17 Apr 2025

I see an urgent need to increase funding on increasing stress resilience of agriculture at an more open level combining translational reasearch from lab to the field and implementation. Currently the are only 2 (!) projects to be funded in one call for all Europe. If that would be for one contry, I think this would not be much but for all Europe this is nothing. We need to increase research in this area given the dramatic and fast impact on climate change on agricultural production. More button-up approaches shoul be foreseen. Most calls are extremely specific making it hard to react to current developments and needs and prevent many excellent research. Also more lump-sums should be used to make use of funding more flexible. Many projects are planned many years in advance. Then it will be hard to know exactly, how things (methods, costs) will develop.
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Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

27 Feb 2025 · Futur des Alliances d'Universités européennes