Response by Baroness Ashton to my letter re Horizon 2020

[Maurice Ostroff]

December 17, 2013

Hi,

The announcement by the EU of the Horizon 2020
program for research and innovation with an
€80billion budget has been treated with
acclaim as part of a drive to create new growth and jobs in Europe.

However, although the program's web site states
specifically that it will be fully open to
international participation, the EU issued
guidelines that exclude participation by Israeli
entities located beyond the 1967 "border".
Initial requests to the EU by Israel to amend the
guidelines were rejected but after weeks of
telephone negotiations between Justice Minister
Tzipi Livni and Catherine Ashton a compromise agreement was reached.

On September 11, 2013 I wrote to Baroness Ashton
as published in the Jerusalem Post on that date
and I received a reply today from from "the Head
of the Division" of the European External Action
Service. This reply and my response are published
here
<http://blogs.jpost.com/content/response-baroness-ashton-letter-re-horizon-2020-0>http://blogs.jpost.com/content/response-baroness-ashton-letter-re-horizon-2020-0


Regards
Maurice

[Maurice Ostroff]