Partnerships

European Partnerships bring together the European Commission and private and/or public partners to address some of the most pressing challenges of the European Union through concerted research and innovation initiatives.

They are a key implementation tool of the Horizon Europe programme and contribute significantly to achieving the EU's political priorities.

By bringing together private and public partners, European partnerships help to avoid duplication of investment and contribute to reducing the fragmentation of the European research and innovation landscape.

There are three types of European partnerships:

• • Co-programmed partnerships (these are partnerships between the Commission and private, sometimes public, partners);
  • European co-funded partnerships (these are partnerships involving EU countries, with research funding bodies and other public authorities at the centre of the consortium);
  • Institutionalised European Partnerships (research and innovation partnerships between the EU, EU Member States and/or industry).

Below is a list of the institutionalised partnerships of most interest to companies, with links to their respective websites:

• • Innovative Health Initiative

• • Chips

• • Clean Hydrogen

• • Clean Aviation

• • Europe's Rail

• • Circular Bio-based Europe
    

• • Smart Networks and Services

Please find attached the fact sheets on the Partnership Work Programmes, prepared by the Brussels Delegation.

In addition, clicking on this link, you can download the vademecum 'Joint Undertakings in Horizon Europe', prepared by the GIURI Working Group (informal group of Italian representative offices in Brussels) dedicated to Partnerships in Horizon Europe.

For more information and the full list of partnerships, please visit the Horizon Europe Partnerships website.