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For the second year, the Luxembourg Creative Industries Cluster of Luxinnovation, with the support of the Ministry of the Economy, is organising the Circular by Design Challenge. This program aims to accompany creative people engaged in sustainable and circular achievements. This second promotion is now open to foreign entrepreneurs.

On 1 October, the Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, and the Minister of Health, Paulette Lenert, inaugurated the extension of the B Medical Systems production site in Hosingen, for which the first sod was turned on 28 January in the presence of H.R.H. the Hereditary Grand Duke.

From 1 October 2021 until 31 March 2022, the World Exposition 2020 will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Some 200 countries and international organizations will present their ideas and solutions relating to the exposition's chosen theme "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future".

Interview with Franz Fayot in Delano International

The Ministry of the Economy and Luxinnovation launch the 12th edition of Fit 4 Start, Luxembourg's acceleration programme.

From 23 August 2021, students from universities in Germany and Luxembourg can enter their own experiment ideas in the "Überflieger 2" competition run by the German Space Agency at DLR and the Luxembourg Space Agency. The contest is open to ideas from all scientific disciplines.

In order to promote the various sectors of the Luxembourg economy to a large Emirati and international public during the World Expo in Dubai, the Chamber of Commerce is organising several sectoral economic missions in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy. Postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Expo 2020 Dubai will finally take place from October 1er to March 31, 2022.

Wednesday 7 July, CNES, the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) and Air Liquide signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) confirming their commitment to work together on developing research and technology (R&T) activities.

On Monday 5 July 2021, the Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, and the CEO of Luxinnovation, Sasha Baillie, officially launched the platform www.startupluxembourg.com to further improve the visibility of the Luxembourg ecosystem internationally, while facilitating networking.

Following the call for expressions of interest launched in April, the Ministry of the Economy is today launching a call for projects for economic operators wishing to participate in the development of next-generation Cloud infrastructures and services.

On Thursday 29 April, Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, participated in the award ceremony of the first Circular by Design Challenge.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has just decided to make the PCDS initiative on product circularity data a future ISO/NP 59040 standard. The initiative launched in 2018 by the Ministry of Economy has thus taken a major step towards becoming an internationally recognised standard.

On Thursday 22 April, Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, and Sasha Baillie, CEO of Luxinnovation, presented the 2020 annual report of Luxinnovation.

CATAPULT is a series of Fintech development programs produced in-house by the LHoFT Foundation, Luxembourg's dedicated Fintech hub to drive technology innovation in Luxembourg, connecting the domestic and international Fintech community.

Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, announced the launch of a joint call for projects, in partnership with the Fonds national de la recherche (FNR), in the field of health technologies. It is open to companies as well as research and healthcare organisations.