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The AK Europa meeting was organised in Brussels on 13–14 November 2025. You can now find the documentation of the meeting under Flashback.

General information about the Arbeitskreis Europa (AK Europa)

The Arbeitskreis Europa addresses issues relating to the submission of proposals and project management within the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. It promotes the exchange of experiences between the Leibniz Institutes and the European Office on current developments in research policy in Brussels and is closely involved in the preparation of Leibniz statements on EU research funding.

The Working Group on Europe is composed of EU advisors, third-party funding administrators, research coordinators and legal advisors from Leibniz institutes and meets twice a year.

The spokespersons for the AK Europa are elected by the working group for a term of two years. The current spokespersons for the AK Europa are:

Nora Feiden & Dana Urban-Thielicke

The next spokesperson elections are scheduled for April 2026.

Further information on the spokespersons and other contacts at the AK Europa can be found here.

Documents

All documents shared and published within the AK Europa can be found in the Looking back section and in our AK-Europa-Ordner on the Leibniz Cloud.

Not yet on the Leibniz EU mailing list or the internal mailing list of AK Europa, but interested? Then send an email to: info-bxl[at]leibniz-gemeinschaft.de