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The Guild has published a contribution to the Strategic Planning process of Horizon Europe, presenting principles for the implementation of horizontal aspects of the programme. The document aims at helping decision-makers translate the legal framework into practices that would allow Horizon Europe to succeed in its mission.

Guild statement on Brexit

^{During a recent visit to the University of Bern (UniBern), Jan Palmowski and Rector Christian Leumann toured the site of UniBern's groundbreaking new centre for translational medicine: the Sitem-Insel.}

^{Capping a visit that included discussions with members of the university, along with Felicitas Pauss, Chair of the Swiss Science Foundation, Antonio Loprieno (Chair of All European Academies, ALLEA and President of Swiss Academies of Arts & Sciences), Palmowski sat down with Leumann and some of UniBern's world-leading academics to discuss what Bern's Guild membership could mean for them.}

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On 8 October, Jan Palmowski, The Guild’s Secretary-General, spoke at a public hearing on Horizon Europe (HEU) at the European Parliament. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) held the meeting together with other stakeholders and MEPs who shed light on how to maximise HEU’s competitiveness and societal benefits.

On 6 September, The Guild and the UK’s Russell Group co-hosted, ‘Science for Society: Opportunities for Horizon Europe’. Academic leaders and EU policymakers from the Commission and the Austrian Presidency discussed ways to ensure that the social sciences and humanities are fully integrated into Horizon Europe and why this is important.

On 4 September, The Guild and SwissCore held a joint event on climate change that brought together leading climatologists and EU policymakers to discuss the politics that hinder and enable climate action and mitigation.

The Guild has presented amendments to the Commission’s Horizon Europe proposal together with other university associations, representing the voice of millions of students and thousands of researchers across Europe.

In the wake of the European Commission’s release of its outline for the Ninth Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (Horizon Europe), 14 European associations representing universities united to respond to the proposal.

The Commission’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) proposal is out, and the headline figure is €100bn for research and innovation between 2021 and 2027. Yet, the Guild and other university associations called for an increase to €160bn.