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Brussels: FutureTalks, the event series organised by the DLR Projektträger’s Brussels office, enters its fifth round on January 26^th. Together with the Mission of Switzerland to the EU, DLR Projektträger invites you to a panel discussion followed by a reception on the topic of Science Diplomacy: From Data to Policy Implementation.

The G20 Summit ended in Bali on the 16^th November 2022. The preceding ministerial meetings on education, research and innovation focused, among other things, on the post-COVID-19 world of work and on digital learning technologies. DLR Projektträger provided intensive support for the BMBF's participation.

The topic of urban diplomacy was on the agenda at the "Brussels: FutureTalks" in early November. In the workshop "Cities as Partners & Innovators in Diplomacy?", 30 high-calibre experts discussed the increasingly important role that cities are playing, especially in diplomatic terms, given the rapid urbanisation worldwide.

In Horizon Europe, the world's most financially powerful research and innovation funding programme, thinking about gender differences ("gender dimensions") in a project from the very beginning is mandatory. But what does that mean in concrete terms? DLR Projektträger advises applicants with an eight-part workshop series on various research fields.

Knowledge transfer between the Model Projects Smart Cities (MPSC) and all municipalities interested in the topic of smart cities will enter the next round on the 22nd November. The regional conference for northern Germany is organised by the Coordination and Transfer Office for Smart Cities Model Projects (KTS), which is part of DLR Projektträger.

The EU has set itself ambitious goals with its "missions" in order to master current challenges such as climate change. To ensure that this succeeds in all EU Member States, the "European Missions Network"(EMiN) is being set up under the leadership of DLR Projektträger. The kick-off took place in Brussels on the 19th October.

Brussels: FutureTalks, the series of events organised by the DLR Projektträger’s Brussels office, is going into the next round on 8 November. The workshop on Urban Diplomacy: Cities as Partners & Innovators in Diplomacy? will bring together experts and practitioners from cities, politics, networks and the UN.

For the 14th time, the BMBF is honouring 25 outstanding young researchers for their forward-looking contributions to greater sustainability with the Green Talents Award. The research tour of the award winners, which starts today, takes place as a virtual Science Forum, designed and organised by the DLR Projektträger.

How can Strategic Foresight be used to achieve the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals? DLR Projektträger experts discussed these and other questions with international partners at the Science Summit of the 77^th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

The UNGA77 Science Summit takes place until the 30th September 2022. Thousands of stakeholders are to meet at this United Nations Science Summit in order to come closer to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a session on "Strategic Foresight", DLR Projektträger is contributing to the success of the global conference.

Synergies are a strategic tool that can help Europe become greener, more digital and more resilient. With the "National Dialogue on Synergies", a unique multi-level platform with a Europe-wide role model function, DLR Projektträger is already contributing to these goals on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).