British delegation touring European key countries to "rebuild collaborations with EU partners" (UUK)

"The UK associating to Horizon Europe was a major step forward for our country and for rebuilding the UK’s relationship with Europe. Our objective is to make the case that we are in this for the long term, not just this framework-programme", declares Jamie Arrowsmith, director of Universities UK International, the collective voice of UK universities on the international stage, on 23/10/2024.

UUKi, the international branch of the British rectors' conference, is planning a tour of Europe with a delegation of British stakeholders from the education and research sector to meet with European colleagues in six cities from key countries: Paris, The Hague, Berlin, Dublin, Oslo and Warsaw.

"We are working to rebuild our collaboration in Europe with these delegations", says Jamie Arrowsmith in Paris, on the first stop of the tour in Sorbonne Université.

While the EU is currently discussing the next framework programme, FP10, with negotiations said to start in 2025, the British government has published a position paper on 26/09/2024, saying: "The UK will be interested in potentially associating…