Annexes to COM(2024)121 - Implementation of the New European Innovation Agenda - Main contents
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| document | COM(2024)121 |
| date | March 18, 2024 |
Cooperation with China on innovation actions under Horizon Europe (121) has been suspended, pending progress in the discussions on framework conditions for innovation under the EU-China Joint Roadmap for Science, Technology and Innovation.
The EIT has also been strengthening its activities in the Western Balkan economies, Turkey as well as Ukraine to build-up their innovation capacity and, establish connections with their European counterparts. (122)
In the past 18 months, Member States and Associated Countries announced several national initiatives to develop tools and instruments to optimise the performance of their innovation ecosystems. For example, the Observatory on Innovation in Czechia, an independent entity to monitor, analyse, evaluate and produce intelligence on innovation and competitiveness, supports decision-making on public policy. In Austria, the Startup Council and the Startup Dealroom, an online platform, provides an overview of all startups and investors active in the country with daily updates. The Deep-tech Startups Observatory in France continuously collects and analyses data related to the French deep-tech landscape, providing information on: (i) where deep-tech is happening, in what industrial sectors and with what technologies; (ii) the funds raised by deep-tech companies; and (iii) the impact of deep-tech innovations on turnover and employment.
3. Institutional dialogue, stakeholder involvement and communication
1. Interactions with other EU institutions
The dialogue and interactions with other EU institutions and bodies has been continuous since the launching of the NEIA.
The Council discussed the NEIA under its various presidencies in both 2022 and 2023. For instance, Council Conclusions under the Czech Presidency (123) underlined the importance of adapting to the new wave of innovation and emphasised the need to boost synergies among existing funding programmes and initiatives.
Council Conclusions under the Spanish Presidency (124) focused on regional ecosystems, measures to close the innovation divide, and innovation procurement. In particular, the Council called for more actions at national level and invited the Commission to further explore ways to support innovation procurement. A conference on this subject will take place in 2024 under the initiative of the Belgian Presidency (125).
The NEIA was the subject of an oral question with debate in the plenary session of the European Parliament in October 2023 (126). On that occasion, several members of the Parliament from various political groups called for more investment in innovation, greater synergies between programmes, more opportunities for SMEs in innovation, and more opportunities for women in innovation. They deplored that Europe is lagging behind the US, South Korea, Japan and China.
The Economic and Social Committee has issued an opinion on introducing a European stress test for innovation (127) for the new policy initiatives in this area in order to strengthen European innovation ecosystems. The Committee of the Regions is contributing to the debate on regional innovation ecosystems and has actively backed the ‘regional innovation valleys’ initiative, which is partially built on the Partnerships for Regional Innovations initiative.
Furthermore, the Commission has engaged in a structured dialogue with the European Investment Bank Group to discuss how the latter can best contribute to the first flagship area of NEIA, including through the InvestEU programme, ESCALAR and the European Tech Champions initiative.
2. Dialogue with stakeholders
The implementation of the NEIA actions has been accompanied by a constructive dialogue with stakeholders from the innovation sector. In particular, the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ (128) composed of more than 80 members from public and private organisations, was set up with the purpose of enriching the NEIA with additional complementary initiatives taken in national, local, or private contexts. The aim was to facilitate collaboration and give visibility to best practices. As part of this work, the Coalition of the Willing announced nearly 80 actions in support of the NEIA.
3. Communication activities and events on NEIA actions
Several communication activities have been carried out to promote the NEIA and its added value across Europe, including to the innovation community, policy makers, the financial actors and the wider public. Since the adoption of the NEIA, the Commission has organised or participated in more than 100 events across Europe (often in cooperation with Member States) and beyond, including the first European Innovation Days in Silicon Valley in March 2023 (129). The dedicated Europa website section (130) is constantly updated and the Commission carries out ad hoc communication activities, including press and social media actions on the occasion of specific events or new developments of the NEIA (131). The NEIA has also been a regular item on the agendas of the R&I enhanced dialogues that the Commission organises with Member States, as well as on the agendas of Joint Committees’ meetings with the Horizon Europe Associated Countries.
4. Next steps and challenges ahead
The implementation of the NEIA is progressing well. Among the 25 actions set out in the NEIA (132) 13 have been completed and 12 are ongoing. In parallel, as explained in this report, several additional actions at both European and national level support the implementation of the NEIA and contribute to its objectives. The completion and full implementation of the NEIA, together with enhanced coordination and exchange of good practices with and amongst Member States, will constitute important contributions to boost European innovation and competitiveness.
The Commission will continue to monitor and report on the progress and impact of the actions identified in the NEIA. This will be done in close cooperation with the EIC Forum. In parallel, the Commission will continue to boost its dialogue with innovation actors, also with a strengthened communication and advocacy strategy on the NEIA, called ‘Innovation Made in Europe’.
ANNEX I - List of actions in the NEIA
| Title (Flagship – Actions) | Completed on |
| Flagship: Funding for deep-tech scale-ups | |
| 1. Directive on debt-equity bias-reduction allowance (DEBRA) on corporate income tax, Commission proposal | Q2 2022 |
| 2. Listings Act, Commission proposal | Q4 2022 |
| 3. Expansion of the European Scale-Up Action for Risk Capital (ESCALAR) mechanism | Ongoing |
| 4. EIC WP 2022 Pilot European innovation gender and diversity index | Ongoing |
| 5. EIT Women2Invest Programme | Q4 2022 |
| Flagship: Enabling deep-tech innovation through experimentation spaces and public procurement | |
| 6. Guidance document on regulatory sandboxes | Q3 2023 |
| 7. Open-innovation test bed in renewable hydrogen | Ongoing |
| 8. Launch Testing and Experimentation Facilities for testing AI innovation | Q1 2023 |
| 9. Revised State Aid Framework for Research and Development and Innovation | Q4 2022 |
| 10. Launch of specialist advisory service on innovation procurement | Ongoing |
| Flagship: Accelerating and strengthening innovation in European innovation ecosystems across the EU and addressing the innovation divide | |
| 11. Set up and connect regional deep-tech innovation valleys | Ongoing |
| 12. Commission notice on synergies between Horizon Europe and European Regional Development Fund programmes | Q3 2022 |
| 13. Double the number of hydrogen valleys in the EU | Ongoing |
| 14. Set up a one-stop shop for players in innovation ecosystems | Ongoing |
| 15. Launch the ‘Scale-up 100’ | Ongoing |
| Flagship: Fostering, attracting and retaining deep-tech talents | |
| 16. Launch EIT deep-tech talent initiative | Q4 2022 |
| 17. Launch innovation intern scheme | Ongoing |
| 18. Launch an EU talent pool to help businesses, including startups, to find talent from outside the EU | Ongoing |
| 19. Set up Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership scheme | Q4 2022 |
| 20. Exchange of best practice on startup employees’ stock options | Ongoing |
| 21. Community of practice on education and innovation | Q4 2022 |
| 22. Launch Erasmus+ Alliances for Innovation | Q2 2023 |
| 23. Launch Digital Europe call to train experts in future-oriented fields | Q3 2022 |
| Flagship: Improving policy-making tools | |
| 24. Report on definitions related to startups, scale-ups and deep-tech innovation | Q1 2023 |
| 25. Strengthen the role of the European Innovation Council Forum | Ongoing |
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() Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 5.7.2022 COM (2022) 332 final.
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()https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/support-policy-making/shaping-eu-research-and-innovation-policy/new-european-innovation-agenda_en.
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()https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/support-policy-making/shaping-eu-research-and-innovation-policy/new-european-innovation-agenda/eic-forum_en.
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() See Chapter 3.1.
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() Member States and Associated Countries are actively supporting New European Innovation Agenda! (europa.eu).
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() See Commission Communication COM(2023) 684 final for a report on EU policy initiatives for the promotion of investments in clean technologies.
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()ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) is a financial programme supporting technologies in specific sectors that might not otherwise be pursued via high-risk, high-gain research involving government labs, private industry, and universities. Following the success of this model in the area of defence (DARPA), the US has created additional agencies on the same model: ARPA-E for energy, ARPA-H for health and ARPA-I for transport infrastructure.
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() See WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), Global Innovation Index 2023. For instance, compared with 2020, Saudi Arabia gained 18 positions (from 66th to 48th) in the global ranking, Indonesia 24 (from 85th to 61st) and Turkey 12 (from 51st to 39th). EU Member States have mostly maintained their previous positions during this time (between Sweden ranking second and Romania ranking in 47th place), but 12 of them saw a slight decrease in their innovation index ranking in these 3 years.
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()The concept of Open Strategic Autonomy was introduced in the Commission´2021 Strategic Foresight Report, COM/2021/750 final’.
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() Commission Communication of 1.2.2023 COM(2023) 62 final.
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() Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16.3.2023 COM(2023) 161 final.
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() Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/102.
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()Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on the European Economic Security Strategy, Join (2023) 20 final.
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() Regulation (EU) 2023/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council 13./9./2023.
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() Regulation (EU) 2024/795 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 February 2024 establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP)
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()Commission Communication of 27 February 2024 on Advanced Materials for Industrial Leadership COM(2024) 98 final
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() https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_23_4426.
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() https://dealroom.co/reports/the-european-deep-tech-report-2023.
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() Growth investments beyond series-C equity rounds are dominated by US/Asia actors and sovereign wealth funds. Compared to Europe, the US has 10-15 times more VC funds with a size of at least EUR 1 billion, and these funds of at least EUR 1 billion in size are needed to be able to deploy tickets of EUR 50+ million supporting the late scaling-up of deep-tech ventures.
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() European pension funds have made just 60 commitments into private capital funds in Europe in 2023, almost half their commitment in 2022 when they made 113 commitments, according to PitchBook data.
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() Only 5% of European VC investments are currently made in mixed teams and only 2% in female-only ones.
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() Evidence shows that diverse teams make better investment decisions. See ‘Gender Smart Financing Investing In & With Women: Opportunities for Europe’, https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/publications/gender-smart-financing-investing-and-women-opportunities-europe_en or ‘Why diverse teams are smarter’ by Harvard Business Review, 2016, https://hbr.org/2016/11/why-diverse-teams-are-smarter.
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() Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council COM/2022/762 final.
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() Proposal for a Council Directive on laying down rules on a debt-equity bias-reduction allowance and on limiting the deductibility of interest for corporate income tax purposes, COM(2022) 216 final, 2022/0154 (CNS) of 1.5.2022.
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() The EIF implements ESCALAR under InvestEU.
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() https://www.investeurope.eu.
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()https://www.eif.org/InvestEU/escalar-call-for-expression-of-interest/index.htm.
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() HORIZON-EIC-2022-GENDER-01-01. () HORIZON-EIC-2022-GENDER-01-01.
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() With a budget of EUR 10.1bn over 7 years, the EIC regularly runs three distinct grant calls: EIC-Pathfinder, EIC-Transition and EIC-Accelerator. Within the latter, the EIC Fund is a specific venture-investment instrument, assisted by the European Investment Bank as investment advisor.
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() The European Innovation Council Fund: the biggest European deep tech investor - European Commission (europa.eu).
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()i.e. a valuation of at least USD 100 million.
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() To date: Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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()Atomico Growth VI, FSI II and Keensight Nova 6, plus an agreement that is in the process of being closed.
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() Including InvestEU, the EIC, ESCALAR and the IPO (Initial Public Offer) Initiative.
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() Startup Europe (HORIZON-EIE-2024-CONNECT-01-02) - European Commission (europa.eu).
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() In 2023 new sectors, a new financial instrument and a reinforced budget have been introduced following the Emission Trading System Revision
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() https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/unleashing-potential-europes-small-businesses-2023-09-28_
https://digital strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/startup-europe.
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() Flagship 1: Funding for deep tech scale ups (europa.eu).
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() https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Standardartikel/Themen/Internationales_Finanzmarkt/zukunftsfonds.html.
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() https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/cdp-venture-capital/en/home.page.
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() https://www.cdti.es/en/node/889.
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() https://nifasi.pl/en/.
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() See European Council Conclusions, 23 March 2023.
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() Commission Staff Working Document ‘Regulatory Learning in the EU, Guidance on Regulatory Sandboxes, Test-beds and living labs in the EU, with a focus section on energy’, (2023) 277/2 final of 29.8.2023.
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() COM(2022) 230 final of 18.5.2022.
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() Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1315 of 23 June 2023 amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014.
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()i.e. the amount of aid above which triggers a requirement to notify the Commission.
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()IPCEI Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure and Services (IPCEI CIS), was jointly notified on December 5, 2023 by seven Member States: France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain.
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()These projects relate to Agri-Food, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Smart Cities & Communities. They will be supported for 5 years with an overall budget of EUR 220 million.
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() Open-innovation test beds for advanced materials – https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/0aaf1e05-2082-11ee-94cb-01aa75ed71a1/language-en/format-PDF/source-289339785.
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() Horizon Europe 2022 work programme for cluster 4 (HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-20, ‘Climate Neutral and Circular Innovative Materials Technologies Open Innovation Test Beds’) and Horizon Europe 2023 work programme for cluster 5 (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-01-06, ‘Open Pilot Line/Test Bed for hydrogen’).
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() European Innovation Ecosystems work programme 2023-2024.
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()The Act supports in particular 8 strategic net zero technologies: i) solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies; ii) onshore wind and offshore renewable energy; iii) batteries and storage; iv) heat pumps and geothermal energy; v) electrolysers and fuel cells; vi) biogas/biomethane; vii) carbon capture and storage (CCS); and viii) grid technologies (which also include electric vehicles smart and fast charging.
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()Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union legislative acts, (COM/2021/206 final).
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() Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on boosting startups and innovation in trustworthy artificial intelligence, of 24.1.2024, COM(2024) 28 final.
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()Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Advanced materials for industrial leadership, of 27.2.24, COM(2024) 98 final
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()4-year project, funded under Digital Europe.
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() Flagship 2: Enabling deep tech innovation through experimentation spaces and public procurement - European Commission (europa.eu).
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()See Regional Innovation Scoreboard.
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() Including EUR 56 billion from the Cohesion Funds dedicated to research and innovation and EUR 3 billion from Horizon Europe dedicated to widening access to R&I excellence.
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() See Regional Innovation Scoreboard.
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()O.J. C421/7 of 4.11.2022.
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() See the Regional Innovation Valley Matchmaking map containing the database of eligible applicants.
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() Regions are being selected that demonstrate their commitment to: (i) improving the coordination and consistency of their R&I investments and policies towards key EU priorities; (ii) engaging in interregional collaboration to develop innovation; and (iii) strengthening and interconnecting their regional innovation ecosystems.
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() EUR 60 Million from Horizon Europe (European Innovation Ecosystem) and EUR 62 Million from European regional Development Fund (Interregional Innovation Investment Instrument).
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() Together with Hydrogen Europe, Hydrogen Europe Research and the European Hydrogen Valleys Partnership.
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() A ‘unicorn’ is a company exceeding USD ()() Exceeding €1 billion in valuation.
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() Next generation computing, digital security & trust, new space, cardiovascular therapies, new biotech platforms, smart mobility, renewable energies, batteries & energy storage, clean fuels & hydrogen, and agro & food tech.() Next Generation Computing, Digital Security & Trust, New Space, Cardiovascular Therapies, New Biotech Platforms, Smart Mobility, Renewable Energies, Batteries & Energy Storage, Clean Fuels & Hydrogen and Agro & Food Tech.
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() Malta and Lithuania. ERDF funds were or will be used to grant EIC, ERA widening or MSCA applicants.
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()Mission Innovation (MI) is a global initiative of 23 countries and the European Union, with the aim of accelerating effort in innovation in clean energy globally. It was launched at COP21, and today MI members represent over 95% of global government investment in clean-energy research and innovation. Partner organisations include the IEA, IRENA, Breakthrough Energy, the World Bank, the World Economic Forum, the Global Covenant of Mayors and the First Movers Coalition. For the next decade, MI members are concentrating their efforts around impact-oriented, public-private missions, with ambitious and inspirational goals that accelerate the pathway towards the Paris Agreement goals and net zero.
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() EU–Catalyst partnership (europa.eu).
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()Scaling up innovative technologies for climate neutrality. This report was accompanied by an interactive tool showing the innovative demonstrators on a map: Demonstrators scaling up innovative technologies for climate neutral-industries around Europe | Research and Innovation (europa.eu).
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()COM(2023) 634 final.
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() Expert groups of the agenda process (2022), Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, Key findings and conclusions of the agenda process for the European research and innovation initiative on green hydrogen, Final version (https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/downloads/files/SRIA_green_hydrogen.pdfhttps://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/downloads/files/SRIA_green_hydrogen.pdf).https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/downloads/files/SRIA_green_hydrogen.pdf).
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() See flagship area 2.
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() https://scientificadvice.eu.
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()De Nigris, S., Kalpaka, A. and Nepelski, D., Characteristics and regional coverage of the European Digital Innovation Hubs network, Publications Office of the European Union, JRC134620.
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() Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on boosting startups and innovation in trustworthy artificial intelligence, of 24.1.2024, COM(2024) 28 final.
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() Under the Joint Undertaking on High PerformancePerforming Computers.
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() The ‘Chips for Europe’ initiative within the Chips Act, to be run by the Chips Joint Undertaking, will be supported by EUR 3.3 billion of EU funds, which is expected to be matched by funds from Member States. It will support activities such as: (i) new advanced pilot production lines to accelerate innovation and technology development; (ii) the development of a cloud-based design platform; (iii) the establishment of competence centres; (iv) the development of quantum chips; and (v) the creation of a Chips Fund to facilitate access to debt financing and equity.
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() The initiative is open to all areas of the EU Space Programme, and covers both upstream (i.e. nanosats, launchers, etc. and downstream (i.e. products/services enabled by space data, etc.). The CASSINI ecosystem consists of all the space-based startups and SMEs that benefit from and participate to the CASSINI supporting activities, provided by the Commission and its agencies (e.g., EUSPA, the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency, the European Health and Digital Executive Agency).
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()Including one on agroecology living labs and research infrastructures.
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()Council Recommendation (EU) 2022/2415 of December 2022 on the guiding principles for knowledge valorisation (OJ L 317, 9.12.2022, p. 141).
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() In March 2023 the Commission adopted two recommendations on the Code of practice on the management of intellectual assets and the Code of practice on standardisation to support the implementation of the guiding principles and provide hands-on guidance for stakeholders.
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()Commission Recommendation (EU) 2023/499 of 1 March 2023 on a Code of Practice on the management of intellectual assets for knowledge valorisation in the European Research Area, (OJ L 69, 7.3.2023, p. 75).
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() These communities (groups addressing topics of common interest) prepared inputs for the Codes of practice on industry-academia co-creation and citizen engagement for knowledge valorisation. These two Codes will introduce new strategic approaches for stakeholders to proactively seek for common interests to jointly produce and valorise extract value from knowledge. They will help to: (i) create an enabling environment and thriving conditions for co-creation; (ii), establish interactive models; and (iii) better match the supply and demand for innovation.
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() The Communities prepared inputs for the Codes of practice on industry-academia co-creation and citizen engagement for knowledge valorisation. The Codes will introduce new strategic approaches for stakeholders to proactively seek for common interests to jointly produce and valorise knowledge. They will help create enabling environment and thriving conditions for co-creation, establish interactive models and better match the supply and demand for innovation.
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()As opposed to brain drain, circular mobility is an approach where individuals spend some part of their career abroad before going back in their Country of origin
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() Bologna and Lisbon process, ERA, European Education Area, Skills Agenda.
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()Next Generation EU, Erasmus+, Erasmus for young entrepreneurs, European Social Fund, Digital Europe Programme, MSCA, ERC.
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() https://www.eitdeeptechtalent.eu/.
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() It also includes a dedicated platform featuring training courses, the ‘DTTI Radar’ (an interactive tool on emerging technologies), a prize and an annual conference.
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() Source: https://www.eitdeeptechtalent.eu/.
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()EIT & EIC Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership Programme | EIT (europa.eu).
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()Funding & tenders (europa.eu).
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()the “Specialised education programmes in key capacity areas“ called for bachelor's and master's programmes as well as self-standing modules in key digital areas such as AI, data science, cybersecurity, Internet of Things, cloud computing, quantum technologies, blockchain, and robotics.
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()EURAXESS | (europa.eu) a one-stop shop for researchers.
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()In 2024 two additional calls for actions will be launched under “Digital Europe”, one for the continuation of the “Digital Skills and Jobs Platform” and the second to support “Girls and women in digital” by providing insights into the gender gap in the ICT professions in the EU.
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()The call required that applicants showed how they would build innovation capacity through the integration of deep tech talent-fostering activities.
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()https://eismea.ec.europa.eu/programmes/european-innovation-ecosystems/women-techeu_en.
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() https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101132652.
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()The alliances also promote STEM disciplines for example with STEM Innovation Contests for students to solve real-world challenges in cooperation with STEM-related industries.
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()https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/jobs-research/researchcomp-european-competence-framework-researchers_en#what-is-researchcomp.
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()Council Recommendation of 18 December 2023 on a European framework to attract and retain research, innovation and entrepreneurial talents in Europe (C/2023/1640).
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()Council Recommendation of 18 December 2023 on a European framework to attract and retain research, innovation and entrepreneurial talents in Europe (C/2023/1640).
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()RESAVER is a Penson Fund addressed to researchers with European mobility RESAVER Home | RESAVER.
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()Fab labs (fabrication laboratories) are small scale workshop with open access for digital initiatives
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() https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/04797497-25de-11ee-a2d3-01aa75ed71a1.
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() they discuss subjects such as innovation policy, innovation procurement and data, employee stock options or the EIC Plug-In.
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() https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/71293c89-75ed-11ed-9887-01aa75ed71a1\.
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() https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/d120bc6d-9efa-11ee-b164-01aa75ed71a1.
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()TSI under Next Generation.() TSI under Next Generation.() See https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/statistics/policy-support-facility
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() See https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/statistics/policy-support-facility
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() Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czechia, Malta, Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia.
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() Including Croatia, Czechia, Greece and Romania.
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() Concerning, for example, knowledge valorisation, industrial decarbonisation, and missions.
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() 74 territories, including 4 Member States and 63 regions, took part in the pilot. See: https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pri.
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() Pontikakis, D., Gonzalez Vazquez, I., Bianchi, G., Ranga, L., Marques Santos, A., Reimeris, R., Mifsud, S., Morgan, K., Madrid Gonzalez, C. and Stierna, K., Partnerships for Regional Innovation Playbook, EUR 31064 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2022 available at https://dx.doi.org/10.2760/775610.
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()https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC135826.
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()This includes direct support to EIC activities, from short to medium term regular operations and strategy, and considering key events such as the Horizon Europe mid-term review and the development of the next Framework Programme.
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()Based on Article 22(6) of the Horizon Europe Regulation, the cooperation is suspended for the Work Programme 2023-24 on innovation close-to-market actions.
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() See in particular the EIT Jumpstarter programme.
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() Council Conclusions on the New European Innovation Agenda, 2 December 2022.
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() Council Conclusion on strengthening the role and impact of research and innovation in the policymaking process in the Union, 8 December 2023.
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() March 19-20 2024, during the 2024 R&I week in Brussels.
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() Question for oral answer O-000038/2023 to the Commission by Cristian-Silviu Buşoi on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.
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() https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions/introducing-european-innovation-stress-test.
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() https://www.coalitionofthewilling.eu.
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() See flagship 1, within ‘additional actions’.
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() The New European Innovation Agenda - European Commission (europa.eu)
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() Examples: the publication of the regional ‘innovation valleys’ calls; the adoption of proposals for DEBRA Directive and Listing Act; the publication of the guidance document on regulatory sandboxes, etc.
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() See List of actions in Annex 1.
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