Iceland and Norway are the first countries associated to Horizon Europe

On 24 September 2021, Iceland and Norway became the first two countries to be formally associated to Horizon Europe.

Association enables entities in the associated countries to participate in Horizon Europe under the same conditions as entities from EU Member States.  

Iceland and Norway have a long history of association to the EU Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation, starting in 1987 for Norway and 1994 for Iceland, with a win-win cooperation throughout the years. 

Association to Horizon Europe is the closest form of cooperation with non-EU countries, which allows entities of associated countries to participate in programme actions on equal terms with entities of EU countries. Negotiations are ongoing with many more non-EU countries that have expressed interest to become associated to Horizon Europe and further announcements will be made in the coming weeks. 

More information can be found in the official press release.