The future of business training As a future-facing consultancy, Schuman Associates is proud to be a partner in a new European online masters programme, Digital4Business. Launched in March 2023, Digital4Business is a €19.92 million EU-funded project awarded under the DIGITAL Europe programme. It will accelerate digital transformation in Europe...
By Lorcan McNamara The first Digital Europe Programme calls of the year have been launched, offering over €122 million in EU funding for ground-breaking digital projects in, among others: - Data (€31 million), with investment in the 'Genome for Europe' project to establish a European reference genome database that will foster break-through advances...
By Ruth Estrada Dorronsoro As the world faces unprecedented challenges in the areas of climate change, energy supply and biodiversity loss, the importance of research and innovation cannot be overstated. However, without open dialogue and the exchange of ideas, progress in these areas would come to a halt. At Schuman Associates, we believe th...
By Anca Wlizło As of April 18, a total of €611 million in funding for innovative and impactful sustainability projects in the areas of nature conservation, environmental protection, climate action, and clean energy transition, has become available via the 2023 calls for project proposals under the European Commission's LIFE Programme. Project submi...
Innovation and growth, solidarity and peace As we near the end of a challenging year for Europe, we are proud to have been part of the EU-lead innovation and solidarity that saw it through. With initiatives ranging from the Green Transition and Digital Transformation, to the growth of education, skills and health solutions, we are prouder tha...
By Mike Savarese, Country Lead - Italy On September 27, the European Commission endorsed a positive assessment of Italy's second payment request for €21 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, confirming that the milestones and targets for the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) remain unchanged for the time being...
By Mike Savarese, Country Lead - Italy Are you following the Italian elections? You may want to watch closely. Billions in EU funding may be at risk from this untimely governmental change: if any key milestones are missed, these important funds will be delayed or forfeited. This is a high stakes election for anyone doing business in Italy. We're ta...
Schuman Associates is proud to share the newly updated NextGenerationEU Guide "for the industry to better understand and seize its opportunities", launched by the European Association of Innovation Consultants (EAIC) on 29 June 2022. Having contributed significantly to this valuable resource, we look forward to taking these insights furt...
By Anca Wlizło In the past few years, Europe has faced several once-in-a-lifetime crises. Throughout the financial crisis of 2008, the global pandemic and the war in Ukraine, European countries have acted together for the common good. Fighting climate change has not always been the most visible crisis Europe was tackling, but nonetheless, too...
By Dimitra Vasilia The European Parliament's special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA) concluded its work this month (April 2022) with the adoption of its final report, investigating the respective challenges that will come with the deployment of AI technologies and concluding with an u...
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