At the Competitiveness Council (Research) on Thursday, 23 May 2024, the ministers responsible for research focused on Research and Innovation on advanced materials in their policy debate. Furthermore, the ministers approved Council Conclusions on the ex-post evaluation of the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, and Council Conclusions on knowledge valorisation. The adoption of the Council Recommendation on enhancing research security (a political agreement on the Council Regulation for the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC)) and the obligatory outlook for the Work Programme in the field of research under the next Council Presidency were also on the agenda. The meeting was chaired by the Belgian Minister Willy Borsus (Government of the Walloon Region). The European Commission was represented by Commissioner Iliana Ivanova and Commissioner Thierry Breton.

Competitiveness Council (Space, research and innovation) – Consilium (europa.eu)