As a pre-event to the Researchers' Night, the RCISD (Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development) organised a roundtable discussion at the Palace of Miracles on the problems of physics education and ways to overcome the current negative situation, entitled Physics Education in Trouble.

Thousands of people celebrated Europe Day 2022 on Sunday 8 May 2022 also in Budapest, at the Szabadság Square in the city centre. The Europe Day festival included free concerts, children's activities and a running race to mark 18 years since Hungary joined the European Union (2004).

The festival kicked off with the "18 years - 18 km - EU Run", a barrier-free city centre running race that also showcased EU investments. Then there were free family and children's activities, concerts, interactive games, children's yoga, puppet shows and EU informations. In addition, it was worth visiting the tents of various institutions and organisations. In addition to the EU communication institutions, a number of green, cultural, youth and refugee support organisations had special programmes with interesting games and quizzes with lots of useful information. Researchers' Night also had a special tent at the event and raised awareness of science and the project.  Those who played in at least seven tents could win valuable prizes at the Europe Point tent.

This year the festival would focus on solidarity with Ukraine and refugees from Ukraine, and several refugee support organisations would be present to showcase their work.

 Become a Bioeconomy Youth Ambassador!

Bioeconomy Youth Ambassadors competition, recently launched.

Young Europeans (18-35 years old) residing in the EU who have experience or an interest in the bioeconomy/bioeconomy-related fields (food systems, agriculture, forestry, bio-based industry, climate change, blue economy, …) are encouraged to apply by 13/06/2022!

The selected Ambassadors will lead by example, inform and inspire their communities on sustainable circular bioeconomy. They will be invited to partake in a Summer camp in July 2022 and other events, including the high-level Bioeconomy Conference planned in October, be the voice of the youth on the bioeconomy.

You will find more information about the competition here: Become a Bioeconomy Youth Ambassador! | European Commission (europa.eu)

We thought members of your team or network could be interested in submitting an application to become one of the Bioeconomy Youth Ambassadors!

ACTION: Please spread the word among your consortium members, in your respective networks and on social media.

Creative competition, to be launched soon

The purpose of this competition is to encourage citizens to show how the bioeconomy is part of their daily life and/or how it should/could be part of their daily life. The competition input shall be a video, a photo, painting, drawing, showing how the bioeconomy is part of their life.

ACTION: We would also like to know if there is any upcoming and relevant event between now and end of June during which the initiatives could be disseminated. Please let DG R&I colleagues know (email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with me in copy) if you are organising any kind of public event targeting citizens that they could provide informational material (for example a slide about the initiative, or an electronic flyer with links).

For more information, please check regularly our website, LinkedIn and Twitter accounts @REA_research and @EUgreenresearch.

On 30 September and 1 October, hundreds of venues are expected to host more than 2,000 activities for science enthusiasts, whether children, students or adults of all ages. 

Autumn may be a long way off, but we're already preparing for the end of September, with the Researchers' Night again this year. As in previous years, the popular event is organised by the RCISD Regional Knowledge Centre and its consortium, which has been awarded a two-year grant from the European Union's Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions. This year, hundreds of institutions will again join the event, which is expected to offer more than 2,000 programmes. 

In the past two years, the organisers have been hampered by the epidemic and the fact that last year no Hungarian applicant was successful in obtaining EU funding. Despite this, RCISD, partly using its own resources and partly with the help of a dedicated foundation (https://www.kutatokejszakaja.com/), organised a successful event in compliance with emergency measures. 

It is hoped that this year, on 30 September, more young people and adults will be able to enjoy the festival of science in festival dress, with a similar number of events as in previous years.

Researchers' Night is traditionally held on the last Friday in September and, in recent years, on a Saturday, so this year it will be held on 30 September and 1 October across Europe. 

The detailed programme will be available from the beginning of September on the Researchers' Night website (www.kutatokejszakaja.hu), where you can find interesting news from the world of science, as well as on the event's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kutatokejszakaja.