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Ukraine joins EU's Horizon 2020 program in science, research

Xinhua, March 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

The European Commission announced on Friday that Ukraine had joined the Horizon 2020 program to work with the European Union (EU) in science and research.

It said researchers, businesses and innovators from Ukraine will now be able to fully participate in the EU's research and innovation funding program on equal terms with EU member states and other associated countries.

An agreement for the association of Ukraine to Horizon 2020, was signed Friday in Kyiv by Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and Serhiy Kvit, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine.

The agreement will need to be ratified by the Ukrainian Parliament to enter into force.

Moedas said: "Ukraine's great research and innovation potential offers promising partnerships for Europe. And Ukraine will now have access to the full spectrum of activities funded under Horizon 2020, helping spur its economy."

Horizon 2020 is the first EU program in which Ukraine has chosen to participate following the beginning of provisional application of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.

After signing the political chapters of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement at the EU summit of March 21 last year, both parties signed the remaining sections of the agreement, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), in the margins of the EU summit of June 27 last year.

With a budget of almost 80 billion euros (86.23 billion U.S. dollars) for 2014-2020, Horizon 2020 is the largest multinational program dedicated to research and innovation. Endit