About
ISERD is an inter-ministerial directorate established by the Israeli Ministry of Economy, the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education, the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It operates through the Israel Innovation Authority and is Israel’s official National Contact Point (NCP) with the EU for all Framework Programme activities.
ISERD’s office in Brussels represents the interests of ISERD at the European Commission level. Intensive contact with other participating countries as well as Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) and industry associations, liaison with the European Commission and updates about the latest developments and initiatives are among the main tasks.
Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors
1 Novel circular business models to enable the just transition to a sustainable and circular economy2 Improving ecodesign of products and development of testing methods for products prioritised under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation3 Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) of policy and market-relevant product groups4 Development and testing of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes (EPR) within the priority Circular Economy Action Plan value chains5 Consumption patterns and environmental awareness as enablers of transition to circular economy6 Indicators for the transition to sustainable and circular economy7 Demonstration, deployment and upscaling of circular systemic solutions in cities and regions (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative)8 Bioprospecting and optimized production of the terrestrial natural products: new opportunities for bio-based sectors9 Unleashing the potential and advancing the impact of the digitalization/Artificial Intelligence of the climate-neutral bio-based value chains10 Support to the EU Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative: scoping action11 Demonstration of reduced energy use and optimised flexible energy supply for industrial bio-based systems12 Harmonizing and optimising composting plants performances in Europe13 Reconstructing areas affected by conflicts: the role of the bio-based solutions14 Bioprospecting and optimised production of marine/aquatic natural products in the omics & artificial intelligence era15 European partnership: Forests and Forestry for a Sustainable Future16 Open Topic: Innovative solutions for the sustainable and circular transformation of SMEs