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Digital technologies have changed the way we live and transformed the world around us at unprecedented speed. They have affected all important aspects of life, both at work and at home, and have influenced almost everything from human relations to the economy, to the extent that access to the internet has now become a basic human right recognised by the United Nations. This profound change presents both opportunities and threats to our society. Citizens need specific skills and access to be able ...

Der Vorbereitungsprozess für ein EU-Rahmenprogramm für Forschung und Innovation umfasst eine Reihe von Aktivitäten: die Bewertung des vorhergehenden Programms; Expertenstudien zur Festlegung des Umfangs und der Prioritäten des neuen Programms; sowie Vorschläge für neue Instrumente. Auch die EU-Institutionen, die Beratenden Ausschüsse, die Mitgliedstaaten und andere Interessenträger haben ihre Erwartungen und Stellungnahmen im Hinblick auf Form und Inhalt des Programms geäußert. Diese Arbeit bietet ...

As required by the regulation, the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020 – the European Union (EU) framework programme (FP) for research and innovation – began in October 2016 with a public consultation to gather feedback from stakeholders three years in. The Commission performed its own mid-term evaluation and asked experts to evaluate the programme's specific instruments. In parallel, the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the advisory committees conducted their own, separate evaluations ...

Over the past 35 years, the European Union (EU) institutions have adopted eight framework programmes for research. The lifecycles of these framework programmes have been progressively streamlined and aligned with the general guidelines for the adoption of EU programmes. These lifecycles unfold in four key phases: adoption, implementation, execution, and evaluation, with the EU institutions being in charge of all phases except execution. The adoption of a new framework programme includes the preparation ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems already permeate daily life: they drive cars, decide on mortgage applications, translate texts, recognise faces on social networks, identify spam emails, create artworks, play games, and intervene in conflict zones. The AI revolution that began in the 2000s emerged from the combination of machine learning techniques and 'big data'. The algorithms behind these systems work by identifying statistical correlation in the data they analyse, enabling them to perform ...

Nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles need to be understood if the risks and challenges they entail are to be grasped. This understanding starts with two processes discovered in the last century – nuclear fission and nuclear fusion – that have the ability to release a significant quantity of energy from a very limited amount of matter. On the one hand, these reactions can be used to produce energy. Controlled nuclear fission is the process on which nuclear power plants are based. Nuclear fusion, ...

Following a request made by nine Member States in December 2014, on 18 October 2016 the European Commission adopted a proposal to establish a new public-public Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) under Article 185 TFEU. PRIMA would focus on two key socioeconomic issues that are important for the region: food systems and water resources. The decision adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in July 2017 establishes the partnership for a period of 10 ...

Das Rahmenprogramm für Forschung wurde ursprünglich in den 1980er-Jahren eingerichtet, um die Annahme von gemeinschaftlichen Forschungsprogrammen zu straffen. Im Zuge der folgenden Durchläufe des Prozesses und Änderungen an den Verträgen wurde das Rahmenprogramm zu einem finanziellen und strategischen Mittel für die Förderung und Umsetzung der Forschungs- und Innovationspolitik der EU. Mit der Erweiterung des Anwendungsbereichs des Rahmenprogramms und der Vervielfachung verschiedener Formen von Instrumenten ...

Es ist davon auszugehen, dass das Europäische Parlament während der Plenartagung im Juni 2017 über den Beschluss abstimmen wird, mit dem die finanzielle Beteiligung der Europäischen Union an der Partnerschaft für Forschung und Innovation im Mittelmeerraum (PRIMA) ermöglicht wird. Mit dieser öffentlich-öffentlichen Partnerschaft würden gemeinsame Forschungs- und Innovationsprojekte der Organe der EU und von am Mittelmeer gelegenen Drittländern zu Agrar- und Lebensmittelsystemen und zur Wasserbewirtschaftung ...

Joint technology initiatives (JTIs) were set up as European institutional public-private partnerships to carry out the strategic research agenda of some established European technology platforms. Five JTIs were established under the 7th framework programme for research. Evaluation of these JTIs led to development of their legal framework to simplify their rules and procedures. Six JTIs are currently operational, receiving a €6.7 billion contribution from Horizon 2020.