CUSP was presented by its coordinator at Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI), Elke Dall, and it was featured alongside projects addressing EU enlargement, open strategic autonomy, economic security, and climate-related migration.
Building European science diplomacy
CUSP responds to the Horizon Europe topic on fostering the consolidation of European science diplomacy. The project started in June 2026 and contributes to a stronger, more coherent and more inclusive European approach to science diplomacy at a time when international research cooperation is increasingly shaped by geopolitical uncertainty, global challenges and the need to safeguard open, trusted and mutually beneficial collaboration.
An opportunity for exchange and clustering
The Coordinators’ Day provided an important opportunity for CUSP to meet fellow projects, European Commission representatives and the wider Cluster 2 community. In particular, the exchanges with projects on EU enlargement, research security and democratic resilience highlighted the closely connected policy contexts in which European science diplomacy is evolving. The event’s second day focuses on practical guidance for Horizon Europe implementation, including project clustering and synergies, reporting, financial and legal issues, communication, open science, data management and ethics.
