Europe R&D leaders meet in north Israel http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4055496,00.html

EUREKA's representatives from 40 countries agree to invest €134 million in industrial initiatives across Europe, approve 89 project proposals.Fourteen of the 89 approved individual EUREKA and Eurostars projects have Israeli partners – representing almost 16% of the total. Israel is only one of 40 member countries in EUREKA but represents just under one-fifth of the individual project proposals approved during this meeting. Since Israel took the leadership of EUREKA, nearly 200 EUREKA projects have already been approved, totaling more than €280 million ($405 million) of private and public investment.