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During a webinar to be held at 16:00 on Wednesday 9 November, Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, will launch the call for applications for the third edition of Circular by Design Challenge.

15 start-ups from 9 different countries have been selected for participation in the 13th edition of start-up accelerator Fit 4 Start. In addition to 6 months of coaching, pre-seed funding and access to all the key players of the Luxembourg start-up ecosystem, participants will also be encouraged to look into how their products and services can have a positive sustainable impact.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the SOLVIT network, the Ministry of the Economy and the Law Department of the University of Luxembourg invite to a conference entitled "SOLVIT: Towards a default tool for dispute resolution in the Single Market" which will take place on Friday 14 October from 10.30 to 17.30.

The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and national innovation agency Luxinnovation today signed memorandums of cooperation with JETRO, the Japan External Trade Organisation, aimed at establishing a cooperative framework for facilitating cross-border business and investment opportunities.

In the context of the development of projects to allow the ArcelorMittal group’s Luxembourg sites to embark on the path of carbon neutral steel production, the Ministry of the Economy and ArcelorMittal signed a memorandum of understanding on 27 September 2022.

The Ministry of the Economy and the University of Luxembourg have signed an agreement that provides a framework for higher education and research activities focused on High-Performance Computing, including the creation by the University of a pilot European Master's degree in High-Performance Computing, Big Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence.

On 13 September 2022, Franz Fayot, Minister of the Economy, and Sasha Baillie, CEO of the national innovation agency Luxinnovation, presented the e-Holzhaff platform at a press conference.

On 8 September 2022, the Minister for Energy, Claude Turmes, the Minister for Home Affairs, Taina Bofferding, and the Minister for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Lex Delles, together with the representatives of Syvicol, Serge Hoffmann, the Chamber of Commerce, Fernand Ernster, and the Chamber of Skilled Trades and Crafts, Alexander Kieffer, presented the national campaign for energy savings.

The 13th edition of Fit 4 Start has officially been launched. The flagship start-up acceleration programme, initiated by the Ministry of the Economy and managed by Luxinnovation targets innovative, tech- and data-driven ventures.

At the extraordinary meeting of the Council of the EU Energy Ministers, the Member States reached a political agreement on a reduction - in a first phase on a voluntary basis - of 15% of natural gas demand between 1 August 2022 and 31 March 2023.

On 16th of June, Portugal, as one of the co-organizers of the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) (informally, The Ocean Conference), and Luxembourg, through the Ministry of the Economy, its Maritime Administration and the Luxembourg Maritime Cluster, have held a "Blue Talk". T

Launched in June 2020, the international consultation gathered strategic spatial planning proposals and produced ecological transition scenarios for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and its neighbouring border territories by 2050.

Franz Fayot, Minister of the Economy, and Sasha Baillie, CEO of Luxinnovation, presented the reshaped "Fit 4" performance programmes, which offer companies the opportunity to benefit from advice from specialised experts and public subsidies in order to improve the overall performance of their activities linked to innovation, sustainability and digital transformation.

The Ministry of the Economy launches a strategic initiative aimed at assessing the Luxembourg start-up ecosystem in order to identify further steps to bring the ecosystem towards a next level of development over the upcoming years.

At the invitation of the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, TT.RR.HH. the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess visited the Portuguese Republic from 11 to 12 May 2022.