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Innovatie vervult een steeds grotere rol in onze economie en biedt de burgers voordelen, als consumenten en als werknemers. Het is een wezenlijk onderdeel bij het scheppen van betere banen, het werken aan een groenere samenleving en het verbeteren van de kwaliteit van ons bestaan, maar eveneens bij het handhaven van het concurrentievermogen van de EU op de wereldmarkt. Het innovatiebeleid vormt de verbinding tussen het beleid inzake onderzoek en technologische ontwikkeling en het industriebeleid, ...

Het industriebeleid van de EU is erop gericht het concurrentievermogen van de Europese industrie te verbeteren, zodat de rol als drijfkracht voor duurzame groei en werkgelegenheid in Europa gehandhaafd blijft. Uiteenlopende strategieën werden aangenomen om betere randvoorwaarden voor de industrie in de EU te scheppen. De meest recente strategie wordt beschreven in de mededeling „Voor een heropleving van de Europese industrie” van januari 2014.

This is note summarises the commitments made at the hearing of Carlos Moedas Commissioner designate for Research and Innovation.

Parliament and Council negotiators have reached a trilogue agreement on the Horizon 2020 framework research programme. This new instrument for European research and innovation funding seeks to simplify the rules for gaining funding, improve the commercialisation of research results and increase the participation of industry, SMEs and scientific community.

Horizon 2020 will be one of the main European Union instruments aimed at achieving an "Innovation Union", one of the Europe 2020 growth goals. It will focus on research outputs and innovation, with the goal of accelerating the commercialisation and diffusion of innovation.

This study describes knowledge transfer from European universities and institutes to industry, focusing on the role of the Industrial Liaison / Technology / Knowledge Transfer Office function. It explores practices in European institutions and compares these with international ones, especially from the USA. The project is based upon a comprehensive literature review and a programme of detailed case studies of knowledge transfer strategies and practices. It addresses the wide range of knowledge transfer ...

The aim of the Common Strategic Framework (CSF) is to improve the efficiency of research and innovation funding at national and EU levels, primarily by bringing together, within a single unitary framework, the three main existing sources of funding for research and innovation – the FP7, the CIP and the EIT initiatives. The current study aims to provide a set of specific recommendations focused on reinforcing, streamlining, simplifying and synchronising the complementarity of all the above-mentioned ...

This study provides an assessment of the EU “public-private dialogue” in security research and of the projects currently funded under the 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7), from the point of view of their contribution to the development of an area of freedom, security and justice. In this study, we ask two simple questions, deriving from the general objectives defined by the Stockholm programme. To what extent is EU-funded security research placed at the service of citizens? To what extent does ...

The study provides information on the state of play of established mechanisms for coordination and cooperation of research efforts in Europe (Article 169, ERANETs, COST, EUREKA, EUROCORES, Nordic Cooperation) as well as recommendations on actions to further improve the effectiveness of such mechanisms.

The study seeks to develop the links between research and development (R&D) policy and economic globalization and provides a survey of economic trends towards globalization and the growth of international competition and, furthermore, demonstrates the implications which these factors have for the reformation of the EU's R6D policy (see the Community's 5th Research Framework Programme).