The European Commission and the Singaporean Government launched exploratory discussions in view of Singapore’s possible association to Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation programme. The two sides will now enter a series of technical discussions to look at the main parameters and principles of a future association agreement before deciding whether to engage in official negotiations.
Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, announced the launch of talks after meeting Tan Chorh Chuan, Permanent Secretary of the Singapore National Research Foundation, in the margins of the OECD Science and Technology Policy Ministerial meeting in Paris today.