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The EC Director-General for Research and Innovation visits Cyprus

20/05/2019 12:07

The European Commission’s Director-General for Research and Innovation Mr. Jean-Eric Paquet will be in Cyprus this week, on May 21st and 22nd.

Mr Paquet will meet the Minister of Finance Mr. Harris Georgiades, who is responsible for the Research and Innovation portfolio in the Government, and members of the academic, research and business communities. Mr. Paquet will visit the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics and the KIOS Centre of Excellence at the University of Cyprus where he will also have a tour of the new University Library which was funded in part by the European Union.

On Wedensday 22 May, Mr. Paquet will hold a Citizens’ Dialogue on the theme “From Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe: Research and Innovation Perspectives for Cyprus”. The Citizen’s Dialogue will take place at the Ministry of Finance (Conference Room, ground floor, 10:30-12:00) and is open to the public. The discussion will be in English.

The visit of Mr Paquet to Cyprus is co-organised with the Directorate General for European Programmes Coordination and Development and the Chief Scientist for Research and Innovation Dr Kyriacos Kokkinos.