The European Commission has presented its contribution to the informal discussion that heads of state and government was hold in Sofia on 16 May 2018 on research and innovation and the steps needed to ensure Europe's global competitiveness. In its contribution, delivered recently, the European Commission called on the heads of state and government to ensure that regulations and funding are in line with processes of innovation.
The renewed European Agenda for Research and Innovation presents a set of concrete measures to deepen Europe's innovation capability and provide lasting prosperity. The proposed measures include giving priority to the transposition of the directive on preventing restructuring frameworks, second chances and measures to increase the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures; increasing the procurement of innovative products and services by public authorities by applying the new guidelines published by the Commission; swiftly adopting the next EU 2021-2027 budget with the proposed allocation of EUR 100 billion to Horizon Europe and the Euratom research and training programme, as well as other major funding programmes that will provide a significant stimulus to innovation; rolling out the VentureEU initiative to boost private investment and venture capital; and further simplifying EU State aid rules to facilitate public funding of innovative projects including blending of EU and national funds.
The Commission also proposed the establishment of a full-scale European Innovation Council to offer a one-stop shop for high potential and breakthrough technologies, as well as for innovative companies with potential for scaling up. The European Innovation Council will build on the EUR 2.7 billion pilot phase for the period 2018-2020, with the objective of helping to identify and scale up fast-moving, high-risk innovations that have strong potential to create entirely new markets.
Contacts:
Lead Partner
SCSTI - SK
Nina Bratkova| + 421 2692 53178| nina.bratkova@cvtisr.sk
Slovenian partner: KSSENA - SI
Niko Natek | +386 3 8961 521 | niko.natek@kssena.velenje.eu