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Enhancing EU support for Ukraine: conditions for the European Peace Facility and replenishing capabilities through joint procurement to efficiently enhance military support to Ukraine and the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base
SEDE organises a public hearing on 'Enhancing EU support for Ukraine: conditions for the European Peace Facility and replenishing capabilities through joint procurement to efficiently enhance military support to Ukraine and the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base' on Monday, 6 February 2023 from 17.30 to 19.00hrs in Brussels (room SPINELLI 3G2).

Speakers:

• Daniel FIOTT, Head of VUB Defence and Statecraft Programme
• Sophia BESCH, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace fellow

It will provide an opportunity to assess recent EU defence instruments launched in the context of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. In this regard, the discussion will focus on the EPF, central pillar in the EU's unprecedented provision of defensive lethal military equipment to Ukraine, and the new legislative proposal for a Joint Defence Procurement Instrument, which shall help EU Member States to quickly restock capabilities and enhance support to the EDTIB.

Location : SPINELLI 3G2
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Enhancing EU support for Ukraine: conditions for the European Peace Facility and replenishing capabilities through joint procurement to efficiently enhance military support to Ukraine and the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base
On 6 February, SEDE will exchange views with Daniel FIOTT, Head of VUB Defence and Statecraft Programme, and Sophia BESCH, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace fellow in the framework of a Hearing dedicated to the EU support for Ukraine. The Hearing will provide an opportunity to assess recent EU defence instruments launched in the context of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. In this regard, the discussion will focus on the European Peace Facility (EPF), central pillar in the EU's unprecedented provision of defensive lethal military equipment to Ukraine, and the new legislative proposal for a Joint Defence Procurement Instrument, which shall help EU Member States to quickly restock capabilities and enhance support to the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB).
Draft programme
Poster
Source : © European Union, 2023 - EP

The European Defence Agency (EDA) issued on 1 February 2023 its call for applications to its first ever EDA Research, Technology, and Innovation Papers Awards. This contest will reward a total of three original and valuable defence-related papers covering technologies, processes and applications for enhanced future defence.  

The winning entries will come up with ideas which, if implemented between now and 2035, would contribute to enhance specific EU defence capabilities. Entries will be judged on their quality and impact, with a special emphasis on technology and innovation to help cover the European Union’s defence needs and shortfalls.

The contest aims to promote and support the work of early career researchers by introducing their work to the defence community, stimulate engagement of innovators to widen their access to emerging and potentially disruptive research, and identify areas in which additional investment is needed to address future defence capability needs.  
 
Each prize winner will receive €4,000. 

How to apply?

The deadline for submitting applications is April 2, 2023. 

The contest rules and application criteria can be found here and here, (plus the annexes to the call for applications here). The prize will be formally awarded during the 2023 EDA Defence Innovation Days later this year. The contest is open to all citizens of EDA participating Member States.  

HEDI 

The prize is part of EDA’s growing role in fostering innovation. Following the EU’s Strategic Compass for EU Defence and Security and the creation of the Hub for EU Defence Innovation (HEDI), EDA is tasked with promoting pathways to cutting-edge military capabilities. 

The EDA awards are part of that task. HEDI serves to stimulate and facilitate cooperation on defence innovation while ensuring operational benefits with related European Commission activities, notably the EU defence innovation scheme, coherence of output with NATO innovation and other EU defence innovation organisations.   

EDA's wider role  

EDA supports its 26 Member States in improving their defence capabilities through European cooperation. Acting as an enabler and facilitator for Ministries of Defence willing to engage in collaborative capability projects, the Agency has become the hub for European defence cooperation with expertise and networks allowing it to the whole spectrum of defence capabilities.  

Member States use EDA as an intergovernmental expert platform where their collaborative projects are supported, facilitated, and implemented. For more details, please see here. 

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