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Align, act, accelerate : Research, technology and innovation to boost European competitiveness
An independent group of 15 leading experts provides strategic recommendations on maximising the impact of EU Research and Innovation programmes in the future. Their report entitled “Align, Act, Accelerate : Research, Technology and Innovation to boost European Competitiveness”, highlights the European added value of the EU framework programme for research and innovation. It is based on the preliminary findings and data on Horizon Europe and findings and conclusions stemming from the ex-post evaluation of the Horizon 2020 programme, and on other sources. It advocates that Europe should pursue a transformative agenda to address four critical and interdependent core spheres of action. This transformative agenda should be implemented in the short term, through specific actions in the last three years of Horizon Europe, 2025-2027, and embedded in future EU support to research and innovation.
These experts call for increased investment to strengthen Europe’s research and innovation leadership. They propose twelve recommendations, build on extensive stakeholder consultations and a wide body of evidence and analysis, including external studies.
Recommendations
- Adopt a whole-of-government approach to align research and innovation with the EU strategy for competitiveness and a clean, digital economy.
- Boost Europe’s global competitiveness by fostering impactful research, innovation and scale-ups through a stronger framework programme.
- Deliver European added value via a portfolio of actions focused on competitive excellence, industrial competitiveness, societal challenges and a strong research and innovation ecosystem
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Full report: ‘Align, Act, Accelerate: Research, Technology and Innovation to boost European Competitiveness