In 2024 Q3, the active groundwork was underway to support Korea's participation in Horizon Europe, following the announcement of Korea's association to Horizon Europe starting from 2025.
In this post, you can find some examples of our activities, however, most of our works were focused on strengthening internal capacity including building solid governance and support system for Horizon Europe, preparing for the extended role as a Global R&D Strategic Center in 2025, establishment of Korea-EU semiconductor cooperation office and so on.
Also during the summer, we made a solid plan for the second half of 2024 and beyond. It includes major events and publications that will contribute to boost Korea's participation in Horizon Europe after the association. Active exchanges and preparation were undertaken during Q3.
Here are our activities that you can find online!
July
New online tool - Horizon Europe Tracker
We launched a new webpage called 'Horizon Europe Tracker' in the beginning of July. It allows its viewers to check easily and quickly how Korean entity is participating in Horizon Europe project. (Go to webpage)
Horizon Europe webinar for Korean scientists in Europe
On Thursday, 11 July, The KERC organized a Horizon Europe webinar for the nine Korean Scientists & Engineers Associations in Europe. (Read More)
Promoting Horizon Europe at EKC
At the Europe Korea Conference on Science and Technology (EKC) 2024, which was held in the United Kingdom at the University of Warwick from 29 July to 2 August, Horizon Europe became the central topic of the conference. Along with Ms. Signe Ratso's keynote speech introducing Horizon Europe, many sessions discussed different aspect of Horizon Europe. (Read More)
Horizon Europe Association Progress
On 31 July, Signe Ratso, Deputy Director General (DG RTD, European Commission) and KwangJun Ryu, Vice Minister (MSIT) held a meeting to discuss progress of procedure of Korea’s association to Horizon Europe. At the meeting, both sides promised to expedite internal process in order to bring forward the signing of Association Agreement. (Read More)
August
Korea-UK Cooperation
On 1 August, the KERC joined the Korean delegation from MSIT and NRF led by Vice Minister KwangJun RYU. The delegation visited the University of Cambridge, and also had a meeting with the Royal Society and the DSIT to discuss Science & Technology cooperation. Both UK counterparts sent congratulatory messages on Korea’s association to Horizon Europe and expressed their hope to further expand cooperation with Korea through EU research programme. (Read More)
Horizon Europe Tracker Update
On 22 August, the KERC issued a new handbook which introduces all pillar 2 projects with Korean participation. (Read More) At the end of the month, it is confirmed that Korean entities are participating in 43 Horizon Europe projects in total. (Read More)
New Publications
On 6 August, new 'How do EU do' series was published. The new edition focuses on Research Security policy of Europe. (Read More)
On 19 August, new KERC Issue Report was issued. It covers Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2025-2027, explains its public consultation process and introduces European Research Community. (Read More)
Also, on 21 August, our partner MSCAdvocacy published "Korea factsheet MSCA" and evaluation report "Korea R&I cooperation status" (Read More)
September
Korea-Czech Partnerships
On Friday, 20th of September, the KERC joined the Korean delegation led by Sang-ook Park, the Senior Secretary to the President for Science and Technology, in Prague. Along with the President Yoon's official visit to Czech Republic, two countries signed 56 MoUs in diverse sectors and expanded their S&T R&D Partnerships to a next level. (Read More)
Horizon Europe Programme Committee
The new Issue Report published on 30th of September lays out recommendations for Korean government on how to approach HE Programme Committee. It also looked into what is being discussed about Work Programme 2025. (Read More)
What Else?
- Series of ScienceBusiness Event including Roundtable, Annual Network Planning Meeting and Summer Reception (Read More)
- EU and South Korea announce winner of four co-funded semiconductor projects (Read More)
- The 2nd KE-QSTCC advisory group meeting (Read More)
- Meeting with KULeuven (Read More), Max Planck Society Brussels Office (Read More), Economy team of the Korean Embassy (Read More)
- Nanotechnology year book 2023 issued by MSIT (Read More)
- Interview with EARMA, UGENT and UCLouvain on European Research Administration Culture (ReadMore) (Intro Article) (EARMA Interview) (Ugent Interview) (UCLouvain Interview) (KERC Interview)
- Meeting with Mobility UX Research Section in ETRI (Read More)
- The second expert advisory meeting of the policy division of the Korean 5G security council (Read More)
- Global R&D Cooperation (Horizon Europe) Seminar for Korean research managers and meeting with KIST Europe (9.25)
