State Secretary Martina Hirayama attends Eureka Ministerial Conference

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Martina Hirayama, State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation, attended the Eureka Ministerial Conference in Lisbon (Portugal) on 22 June. Eureka is an initiative of 47 countries aimed at fostering cross-border cooperation projects in market-oriented research and development independent of the EU-s framework programmes. State Secretary Hirayama also took the opportunity to talk with German education minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger, UK science minister George Freeman and South Korean deputy trade minister Soosung Hwang. Eureka provides vital support in Switzerland for international innovation projects by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Switzerland participates in multilateral collaborations with the association's other member nations while also working bilaterally with countries such as Canada, Sweden, Israel and the Netherlands. Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency, represents Switzerland in the Eureka network. Member countries- research and innovation ministers decided to accept Canada and the Republic of Korea as full members at the Ministerial Conference.
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