UNITE4Horizon Europe Kickoff meeting Unite4Horizon December 10, 2020 13:54 pm Novatex is coordinating the UNITE4Horizon Erasmus+ project. The kickoff meeting took place via zoom in November 2020 due to Covid19 restictions PROJECT DETAILS Even though there has been a closer and more increased collaboration within the Horizon 2020 programme, the involvement of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in innovation partnerships has been reported considerably low. This has resulted in a lower intensity of cross-sectoral cooperation among knowledge providers and smaller businesses. The European Commission wants to raise the quality and widen the participation in its follow-up Horizon Europe programme period, from 2021 to 2027. Observing this gap inspired an international consortium of partners within Europe to undertake a new Erasmus+ project “Unite for Horizon Europe” (UNITE4H). To increase the success rate of strategic cooperation initiatives between HEIs and SMEs, the availability of supportive engagement training programmes is crucial. Throughout the life of the project, we will help build strategic engagement capacity between European academics and researchers and SME representatives to increase the proportion of successful collaborative participation in Horizon Europe initiatives. Over the next two years, our consortium will carry out the following activities: Identifying the engagement needs and challenges experienced and collaborative opportunities envisioned by the HEI academics and researchers and SME representatives across Europe; Developing the Horizon Europe Engagement Training Programme to increase awareness, skills and knowledge capacity among HEI academics and researchers and SME representatives; Pilot-Testing Horizon Europe Engagement workshops among HEI academics and researchers and SME representatives. All the resources that we will produce will be made available for free on this website. “We aim to help build collaboration capacity for Horizon Europe” The Unite for Horizon Europe Project is a partnership of universities, businesses and intermediaries from Cyprus, France, Finland, The Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Ireland. Head over to our Consortium page to find out more about the partners. Do you want to stay updated on the project? You can already follow our LinkedIn and Twitter account on which we will post updates and relevant news. Do you want to know more about the project or share it with someone else? You can download our brochure and flyer on this page! Latest news Girls in STEAM: Ambassadors in Action 13 Feb 2026 Eurogems Project ESTEM-3D: Good Practice 29 Jan 2026 Estem-3D Project Eurogems Training – IoT 23 Jan 2026 Eurogems Project Role Models Online Training Activity – Eurogems 10 Dec 2025 Eurogems Project Training Activity by Eurogems Role Model – Fotini Georgiou 01 Dec 2025 Eurogems Project Popular news 13o Συνέδριο InfoCom Cyprus 07 Dec 2022 News Novatex Παρευρέθηκε στη Συνάντηση Μελών ΚΣΕΕΚ στο ΚΕΒΕ 13 Dec 2022 News Novatex Participating at the European Robotics forum 2023 in Odense, Denmark 03 Apr 2023 News Novatex Kick-Off Meeting for SMART HELIO Project 03 Apr 2023 Research Unicorn Project EU 08 Jan 2020 Innovation
