Approval of the Sustainable Development Strategy 2030 for Spain

Spain’s 2030 Sustainable Development Strategy is approved! This week, the Council of Ministers has given the green light to a set of policies aimed at improving and achieving a “more socially just, sustainable, egalitarian and feminist country in the coming years”. Many challenges have been identified (8): climate and environmental emergency, inequality, job insecurity, the […]

Find out about the axes of the 1st Circular Economy Action Plan

We are starting to implement specific measures of the Spain 2030 Circular Strategy with the 1st Circular Economy Action Plan approved by the Council of Ministers. The Plan, with more than 1,500 million euros, includes 116 measures to be developed between 2021-2023 to consolidate a circular and decarbonised economic model. These measures revolve around 8 […]

EU approves LIFE programme dedicated to environmental and climate action

New steps on the road to a clean, circular, energy-efficient, low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. The LIFE programme, the only EU programme specifically dedicated to environmental and climate action, was approved a few days ago. The European Parliament will allocate a total budget of €5.4 billion to environmental activities and climate action. The Life programme will […]

The VIRATEC strategy is aligned with the Horizon Europe 2021-2024 Strategic Plan

We share the first Strategic Plan Horizon Europe 2021-2024, in which the European Commission establishes the research and innovation priorities for a sustainable future. A Plan fully in line with VIRATEC’s strategy. The four strategic guidelines set by Europe for investment in research and innovation over the next four years are: Promote open strategic autonomy […]