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Five Senegalese start-ups, supported by the Netherlands-funded project, showcased their innovations at the Kokùtana Forum—a leading event dedicated to digital innovation—gaining market insights, networking opportunities, and attracting new users and investors, driving business growth. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fc44Hb

Pleased to be speaking at the PERE Europe Forum taking place on 15-17 April in London. Join me to discuss investing strategies in key global markets. Learn how capital allocations to the asset class are changing - including how product solutions have a growing focus not only on environmental efficiency but equally, on impact, social value and affordability. See you there.  Brix Sumagaysay Julia Haugg Vivienne King Karin Barthelmes-Wehr Gabriele Bonfiglioli #Impactinvesting #durablerealestate #PERENetwork #PEREEuropeForum #PEREEurope #PERE #RealEstate #PrivateEquity

Irish organisations have been awarded more than €836m in funding from the EU's Horizon Europe 2021 -2027 research and innovation programme. The current seven-year programme aims to support organisations to tackle global challenges, conduct groundbreaking multidisciplinary research and boost the EU’s industrial competitiveness and growth. Micol Martinelli | Mairead McGuinness | Colm O'Reardon | Leo Clancy | Marina Donohoe | Francesco Pilla | Anna Davies | Conor Kelly | Lise-Ann Sheahan | Tony McEnroe | Henriette Van Eijl | Luke O'Neill | Dipti Pandya | Stéphane Hogan | Brian Quinn

The British Embassy in Spain yesterday again held its annual UK-Spain Business Awards 2024 which recognise companies that continue to create and drive trade relations and economic growth between the UK and Spain. In the fifth edition of the awards, the British Embassy in Spain has awarded companies that are committed to sustainability, scientific collaboration or innovation in defence. Companies such as Navantia, Pearson Engineering, Diageo, Almirall and Future Motors were the winners at an event chaired by Alex Ellis, British ambassador to Spain; Poppy Gustafsson, British Secretary of State for Investment; and Amparo López Senovilla, Secretary of State.

✨ Last week, KEA was in Eindhoven for the EIT Culture & Creativity Partner Meeting! We’re excited to announce that KEA has officially joined the EIT Culture & Creativity community as a cooperation partner. Together with a dynamic mix of large companies, SMEs, cultural institutions, and public organizations, we’re uniting diverse expertise across the CCSI 🚀 Over the next few years, the consortium will be driving EIT’s mission to build a sustainable innovation ecosystem within the CCSI by: 1️⃣ Empowering students and professionals with the entrepreneurial skills needed for the green and digital transition. 2️⃣ Scaling innovative solutions in green technologies, digital transformation, and new business models to maximize societal and economic impact. 3️⃣ Accelerating the growth of CCSI ventures to enhance global competitiveness and resilience. With over 20 years of experience in cultural policy and creative industries, KEA brings valuable insights to the table. We look forward to using our expertise to help shape strategies and solutions that support the sector's growth and sustainability 🌍 #EITCultureCreativity #Innovation #CCSI #Sustainability #GreenTransition #DigitalTransformation #CreativeIndustries #Entrepreneurship #KEA #Partnership

While the world grapples with decarbonization, emissions, renewables, new fuels, and more, the low-hanging fruit lies very low—indeed below the waterline. Clean hulls are critical, regardless of the fuels we burn. ECOsubsea offers a safe and cost-effective solution for hull inspections. Let’s all start by understanding our biofouling factor.

📢 CAFEIN’s “Europe facing the twin green and digital transition: challenges and opportunities” Policy Brief is here! 🔶 How approaches to the Twin Transition differ in Sweden, France, Italy, Spain, and Poland? What are the commonalities and differences in the industrial context and innovation ecosystems of these five countries? Check it out 👉 https://lnkd.in/dijKf9ZR ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE DES POLES DE COMPETITIVITE Polish Clusters Association Confindustria Emilia Area Centro FENAEIC # Clusters y AEI´s Clusters of Sweden

🔥 We’re Nominated for the Green Business Award!! We’ve got some cool news to share – we're on the nominee list for this year's Green Business Award, thanks to Green Business Switzerland. In May, a preliminary jury will select five solutions to receive the Green Business Excellence label. These top five then get to pitch their ideas to the main jury. The final round? Three out of these five will head to the Impact Circle at Impact Gstaad on February 14, 2025, to compete for the top spot. 🏆 Who else is in the running? 👉 greenbusinessaward.ch. It’s all about pushing for positive change together. Cross your fingers for us! 🤞 #Greenbusinessaward

🤑 Would you like to shape the future of #anti-#corruption education? 💰 Please reach out to Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, and myself working with our colleagues at Transparency International, YouControl and others as part of BridgeGap project. As mentioned in the video below of Alexandre de Navailles during our last project meeting at KEDGE Business School, there are a number of challages for our future and making strong organisations is one of them. Do get intouch if you like to contribute and co-create the future Massive Open Online Corruption course (#MOOCC)!

Only with human ingenuity can we develop solutions for the global challenges before us. Intellectual property (IP) rights are a critical incentive for the innovation and creativity that drive these solutions and, in turn, for the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). That was my key message to participants in an American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) event commemorating World Intellectual Property Day. I also took stock of the current world IP landscape, where we see more people using the global IP system today than ever before, and which has seen global innovation engines become more diverse. At WIPO, we work day in and day out to ensure that the global IP system remains robust. We are undertaking major work to simultaneously enhance and facilitate the customer experience across all our IP services. We have also increased our support for those at the forefront of creativity and innovation through initiatives such as our Inventor Assistance Program, which helps individuals and small businesses with limited resources take their products to market, and our IP Diagnostic Tool that helps businesspeople identify their IP assets in areas in which they may not have previously realized potential. We also convene and serve as a forum for dialogue, including discussions on the impact of frontier technologies on IP, IP finance, and, specifically in my Sector, on trade secrets, standard essential patents, FRAND disputes, and many more. As advocates for a resilient global IP ecosystem, we also want to look at what’s ahead. Disruptors, both visible and unforeseen, can rapidly change the pace and direction of innovation and creativity. Take, for example, the speed at which Large Language Models and Generative AI engines have evolved. We face a multitude of potential future scenarios for which we need to anticipate, prepare and selectively address. This is why WIPO is working to amplify its foresight abilities, as well as to build capacity within the innovative and creative community to understand, navigate and shape IP-driven innovative and creative futures that benefit everyone, everywhere. It was an absolute pleasure to speak at this solutions-focused event. Thank you, AmCham EU, for the invitation. My colleagues and I look forward to continuing to work with you and other partners in shaping a strong and resilient global IP ecosystem – one that benefits everyone and moves us all closer towards the realization of the SDGs. Photo: AmCham EU #WIPO #IntellectualProperty #WorldIPDay #Innovation #SDGs #GlobalGoals