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The EU launch the Horizon Europe Work Programme for 2026–2027
December 16, 2025The European Commission adopted the main Horizon Europe Work Programme for 2026–2027, setting out the upcoming funding opportunities available under the programme. With a total budget of €14 billion, the work programme will dedicate at least 35% of its funding to...
CETAF joins the Crete Declaration to advance One Health across Europe
December 4, 2025CETAF has formally joined the Crete Declaration, a new European commitment uniting major research infrastructures, organisations, and scientific projects to advance the One Health approach—a framework recognising the deep interconnection between the health of humans,...
EU launches new pollinator monitoring method with CETAF support
December 3, 2025The European Commission has officially published the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2188, establishing a science-based methodology to monitor pollinator diversity and pollinator populations across Europe. This milestone Delegated Act supplements Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 and marks...
New strategy for natural history collections in Switzerland
November 26, 2025Thirty-seven institutions, take a decisive step towards unlocking the full potential of natural history collections in Switzerland. Together, they publish and endorse a strategy based on 6 pillars and 52 key activities to better preserve...
COP30 delivers landmark results amid unprecedented geopolitical tensions
November 23, 2025Belém, 23 November 2025. At a moment widely recognized as the most geopolitically challenging and fragile for the Paris Agreement since its adoption a decade ago, COP30 approved a robust package of decisions that fulfilled...
Liberating Data: Insights from Laurence Bénichou at the Berlin Training Workshop
November 18, 2025Berlin, 11 November 2025. The recent Data Liberation Workshop, organised in collaboration with DEST (Distributed European School of Taxonomy of CETAF), the European Journal of Taxonomy (EJT), Plazi, and GBIF, brought together experts and trainees...