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The first research project based on CALT infrastructure has been approved for funding. It is a Quantera 2021 project led by dr. sc. Neven Šantić.

Encrypted audio-video communication has been established between Italy, Slovenia and Croatia with the help of quantum technology!

The World Quantum Day aims at promoting the public understanding of Quantum Science and Technology around the World.

QuantERA Consortium announced a Call for Proposals in Quantum Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, co-funded by the European Commission (QuantERA Co-funded Call 2021).

The first edition of the report on Public Policies in Quantum Technologies in Europe, which includes Croatia, is on-line.

Croatia has joined the EQW celebration to be held on November 2-6, 2020.

On November 29th, 2019 Croatia signs Declaration for QCI as 10-th EU country.

On September 19th, 2019 Croatia designated dr. sc. Martin Lončarić from the Ruđer Bošković Institute as Croatian Sherpa in European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI)

The leaders of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb have requested the Ministry of Science and Education of Croatia

EU countries plan ultra-secure communication network.

Croatian scientists can participate in the QuantERA Quantum Technologies Call 2019. The call is open for transnational research projects in the field of quantum technologies.

List of 20 first quantum projects projects can be found here.

Croatian Science Foundation participated in the call. Four research groups from Croatia participated in collaborative consortia and applied for the QuantERA Call 2019.

in May 2019. Croatia joined QuantERA consortium

In August 2017 dr. sc. Ticijana Ban from the Institute of Physics was appointed as Croatian representative in the Quantum Community Network (QCN).

On May 28th, 2018 at the Ministry of Science and Education the contract which grants 39.558.639,75 kuna to the project Cryogenic Centre at the Institute of Physics – KaCIF was signed.

On April 4th, 2018, a ceremony on the signing of the grant agreement for the CALT project was held at the Ministry of Science and Education.

March 2018. Quantum Flagship web page is launced.

Start of the first Quantum Technologies Flagship Coordination and Support Action, CSA QFlag. In order to be able to engage the large number of stakeholders in Europe appropriately, the Quantum Support Action (QSA)  has established a network of multipliers, the Quantum Community Network (QCN).

“FET Flagships – Partnering for excellence” event in Estonia At the “FET Flagships – Partnering for excellence” event, the High-Level Steering Committee of the Quantum Technologies Flagship officially handed over their final report to Vice President Andrus Ansip.

Scientific Center of Excellence for Quantum and Complex Systems, and Representations of Lie Algebras (QuantiXLie) started with implemetation.

The leaders of the three largest Croatian scientific institutions (Institute of Physics, Faculty of Science of the University of Zagreb and Ruđer Bošković Institute) have requested the Ministry of Science and Education of Croatia to support scientific and applied research in the field of quantum technologies.

The Quantum Technology Flagship takes shape in Malta. The Intermediate Report from Professor Mlynek, the chair of the High-Level Expert Group on Quantum Technology (QT) Flagship is released in the meeting on Malta.

Submitted proposals should explore collaborative advanced multidisciplinary science and/or cutting-edge engineering with the potential to initiate or foster new lines of quantum technologies and help Europe grasp leadership early on in promising future technology areas. QuantERA Call 2017 Funded Projects can be found here.

The representatives of the QuantERA Consortium and the Strategic Advisory Board met on Thursday, 1st of December 2016 to launch one of the biggest ERA-NET Programmes with a budget of over EUR 37 million that will support international research in the field of quantum technology.

On invitation of Mr. Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and Mr. Henk Kamp, Minister of Economic Affairs in The Netherlands, a European team has been working on a “Quantum Manifesto” to formulate a common strategy for Europe to stay at the front of the second Quantum Revolution.

Decision to fund a scientific Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials and Sensing Devices (CEMS).