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			<title>EIT conference: Good practices and learnings </title>
			<link>http://eit.europa.eu/events/event-information/eit-conference-good-practices-and-learnings/</link>
			<description>Register now!</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What has the EIT achieved to date? Most importantly, how was this achieved? This EIT conference will take place in Copenhagen Denmark.
Key questions not only for the EIT to learn from and to use as a basis for developing and preparing for its next wave of <link 133 - internal-link "Opens internal link in current window">Knowledge &amp; Innovation Communities</link>, but also for the wider innovation community.
This conference, taking place at Copenhagen Business School under the auspices of...]]></content:encoded>
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			<category>May 2012 Newsletter</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>EIT 2013-2015 Triennial Work Programme published</title>
			<link>http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/eit-2013-2015-triennial-work-programme-published/</link>
			<description>The EIT is pleased to present its Triennial Work Programme (TWP). This TWP outlines the EIT's strategic objectives for the 2013-2015 period, which are to consolidate and synergise its operations and to prepare for achieving the priorities set out in the Strategic Innovation Agenda (2014-2020) presented by the European Commission. </description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Since its inception, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has been demonstrating the added value of its concept and activities in shaping a new innovation agenda at EU level. In the space of two years, the Institute was able to successfully launch a call for Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) which led to the selection of the first three KICs, now up and running and producing their first visible results. In order to meet the tight deadlines outlined in its founding...]]></content:encoded>
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			<category>May 2012 Newsletter</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 15:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>EIT KIC InnoEnergy team in the Finals of the HULT Global Case Challenge </title>
			<link>http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/eit-kic-innoenergy-team-are-headed-to-the-finals-of-the-hult-global-case-challenge/</link>
			<description>A team representing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and KIC InnoEnergy competed in the finals of one of the world's leading business competitions in New York City on 26 April. </description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The five-strong team, who presented a project aimed at boosting the use of solar power in Africa, received a &quot;good luck&quot; message from EU Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Commissioner, Androulla Vassiliou, on the eve of their participation in the anti-poverty HULT Global Case Challenge.
Thousands of students, representing over 130 countries and six continents, competed across five cities and online to reach the final, which took place at New York Public Library in the...]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Boosting the sustainable energy sector:  the EIT and KIC InnoEnergy sign the 2012 Grant Agreement </title>
			<link>http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/boosting-the-sustainable-energy-sector-the-eit-and-kic-innoenergy-sign-the-2012-grant-agreement/</link>
			<description>The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and KIC InnoEnergy have signed the 2012 Grant Agreement (G.A.). This agreement will see the further strengthening of KIC InnoEnergy activities during the course of 2012, namely the KIC’s education initiatives as well as technological innovation and enterprise development with the overall goal of promoting the development of renewable energy within the European Union. </description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The agreement consists of a total investment of 155 million € into KIC InnoEnergy, out of which 32 million € are provided by the EIT and 122 million € by members of the KIC InnoEnergy Consortium, consisting of companies, research centers, universities and business schools*. “<i>I am very pleased about the signing of the 2012 annual Grant Agreement with KIC InnoEnergy</i>” says José Manuel Leceta, EIT Director, “<i>and I am looking forward to working together in ensuring the ambitious goals of...]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>EIT ICT Labs Trento Node Inauguration</title>
			<link>http://eit.europa.eu/events/event-information/eit-ict-labs-trento-node-inauguration/</link>
			<description>The Italian Node of the EIT ICT Labs has joined officially the other five Nodes on January 1st, 2012. It is now up and running and the community would like to share its enthusiasm in the official opening celebration.</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Trento Node of EIT ICT Labs will officially open its Co-location Centre as the central <link 148 - internal-link>EIT ICT Labs</link> in Italy and home of the Italian Node management team.
The Co-location Centre is based in Povo, in the outskirt of Trento, and clusters its core Partners, Engineering, Telecom Italia and TrentoRise, and connects with its affiliated Partners: CRF, STMicroelectronics, Politecnico of Milan, Politecnico of Turin, Istituto Superiore Sant’Anna - Pisa, Bologna...]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>What makes the EIT unique? </title>
			<link>http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/what-makes-the-eit-unique/</link>
			<description>Communities driven innovation for grand challenges (1/3): an editorial by Jose Manuel Leceta - EIT Director
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Building upon its rapid establishment and the selection of its first Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) in December 2009 just 18 months following the adoption of the founding <link http://eit.europa.eu/fileadmin/Content/Downloads/PDF/Official_documents/l_09720080409en00010012.pdf - external-link-new-window>EIT Regulation</link>, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is receiving increasingly visible and wide-spread support to its founding concept and mission. 
The...]]></content:encoded>
			<category>Innovation Highlights</category>
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			<category>April-May 2012</category>
			<category>May 2012 Newsletter</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Chairman of the EIT Governing Board and DG EAC Deputy-Director General present at KIC InnoEnergy Supervisory Board meeting.</title>
			<link>http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/chairman-of-the-eit-governing-board-and-deputy-director-general-of-dg-education-and-culture-present/</link>
			<description>Wednesday, 11th April 2012, the chairman of the EIT Governing Board, Alexander von Gabain, and the Deputy-Director General of the DG Education and Culture, Xavier Prats-Monné attended the meeting of the Supervisory Board of KIC InnoEnergy SE. </description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In a genuine open atmosphere all parties exchanged views and thoughts on the state of play of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC), and the required positioning for the period 2014-2020. 
Both guests acknowledged the past performance of KIC InnoEnergy in its first year of operation which includes the education of 155 top selected students in the new KIC InnoEnergy Masters, the filing of 13 patents and the delivery of 27...]]></content:encoded>
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			<category>April-May 2012</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Webmaster (Contract Agent FGIII) - Ref.: EIT/CA/2012/65</title>
			<link>http://eit.europa.eu/about-us/careers/vacancy/webmaster-contract-agent-fgiii-ref-eitca201265/</link>
			<description>Online communications</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Reporting to the Head of the KIC Operations Unit, the EIT Webmaster will support the implementation and management of online external and internal information and communication activities and projects in order to build and maintain awareness of the EIT and to ensure that the EIT presents itself as a state-of-the-art institute in respect of modern communication practices and tools.
<link...]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>Accounting Officer (AD8) - Ref.: EIT/TA/2012/66</title>
			<link>http://eit.europa.eu/about-us/careers/vacancy/accounting-officer-ad8-ref-eitta201266/</link>
			<description>The Accounting Officer will define and manage accounting processes within the EIT in compliance with applicable rules and procedures.</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<ul><li>Account management and supervision</li><li>Accounting development</li><li>Planning and programming management in the EIT</li><li>Supervision of the programming function</li><li>Presentation of the accounts, budgetary and financial reporting</li><li>Financial procedures</li><li>Inter-institutional procedures</li></ul>
<link http://eit.europa.eu/fileadmin/Content/Downloads/PDF/careers_20120228/Call_for_expression_of_interest_Accounting_Officer_AD8.pdf>Download the call for...]]></content:encoded>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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			<title>2013 competitive funding and 2012 developments</title>
			<link>http://eit.europa.eu/newsroom-and-media/article/2013-competitive-funding-and-2012-developments/</link>
			<description>The EIT principles for the determination of its annual financial allocation to the KICs and criteria for 2013 have been agreed upon. </description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As announced in the 2009 KIC Call, the EIT will now make its annual financial allocation decision based on the assessment of each KIC's individual performance and competitive review between the KICs. “<i>Rewarding excellence based upon concrete results and impact whilst encouraging and seeding sustainable growth amongst its innovation factories is at the heart of the EIT concept and I am very pleased with these developments</i>” says Alexander von Gabain, Chairman of the EIT Governing Board on...]]></content:encoded>
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			<category>April-May 2012</category>
			
			
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
			
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