Ghent University (UGent) in Belgium plans to withdraw simultaneously from five remaining EU Horizon research projects involving Israeli partners, rector Petra De Sutter said on Thursday, Belga News Agency reported.
“These are the last five major Horizon projects with Israeli partners from which UGent had previously decided to withdraw,” she noted.
Three other collaborations will expire before any formal exit procedure is completed.
De Sutter said the university will apply the same approach used in its withdrawal from the European OSTEONET project, which allowed it to exit without unilaterally terminating contracts or facing major compensation claims.
“The board of governors has said: ‘We are proceeding with the withdrawal from those five projects simultaneously,’” she said.
