 Following the publication of Regional Investment in Wales after Brexit policy paper, a range of engagement activities with
partners and stakeholders took place between December 2017 and March 2018 to seek views on the paper's ideas and proposals.
An independently produced summary report of findings was published on 2 July (link).
The Welsh Government will now reflect on those findings over the summer to help set out the next steps for development of a new regional investment policy after Brexit.
Construction work to prepare an employment and housing site in Ty Du, Nelson, Caerphilly is being funded by £4m of investment from Welsh Government including £2.5m of EU funds. The work is expected to be completed by mid 2019.
It’s your chance to vote for your favourite project from this year’s
Regiostars Awards shortlist! The project that gets the most votes will receive the
‘Public Choice Award’ during the Regiostars Awards ceremony on 9 October in Brussels.
Two Welsh projects are
shortlisted this year: ASTUTE 2020
and Nant Gwrtheyrn.
Please click on the links below to give them your vote:
ASTUTE 2020 (Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies)
Category 1
- Supporting smart industrial transition
Vote for ASTUTE 2020 here
Nant Gwrtheyrn
Category 5
- Investing in cultural heritage
Vote for Nant Gwrtheyrn here
Deadline for voting: 7 October 2018.
 Are you inspired by an EU funded project in
Wales? Use your photography skills and enter the European Commission's 'EU in my Region' photo contest. The 30 winning photos will
be compiled into an exhibition travelling around Europe.
Deadline: 31 August 2018 (link).
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The European Commission has published its proposal for Horizon Europe, the successor to Horizon 2020. The document and further information on the new programme can be found here (link).
The Welsh Government wants the UK Government to retain full access to European programmes including Horizon 2020 after Brexit, given their benefits of international
co-operation, sharing best practice and promoting Wales to the world (link).
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Ian Holmes, the UK National Contact Point for Horizon 2020’s
programme for Societal
Challenge 2, will visit Aberystwyth University on 10 July, to present the
upcoming funding
opportunities in Horizon 2020 and other related UK
funding opportunities including the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.
Register here.
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The eighth call for transnational co-operation initiatives will run until the 22 November 2018 (link).
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The NWE Programme also has a targeted call worth
€50m underway to support renewable energy projects in North-West Europe.
Deadline: 31 July 2018 (link).
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The Innovation Campus will foster collaboration between business and academia, providing world-leading facilities and expertise for the food and drink, bio-processing and biotechnology sectors.
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Watch a video showing the story of SPECIFIC IKC from initial inception to full-scale buildings able to generate, store and release their own solar energy.
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As part of the Wales Festival of Innovation, local business leaders across South Wales attended the launch of the new facility at Cardiff University, which offers a range of solutions for companies working to develop 21st Century technologies.
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Sneaker Finder was established with the help of Big Ideas Wales. They were recently encouraged to enter Swansea University's Big Ideas Celebrated, a national event for young entrepreneurs to showcase their businesses, which was most recently held in Bangor. They won two awards along with a cash prize.
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Visit WEFO online
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