The EU’s approach to collaborative R&D can be improved, but a complete change is not necessary
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Better links with industrial policy, a balanced technology maturity scale, more strategic thinking: these are just a few items on the list of demands for an improved EU approach to collaborative research and development. But a complete overhaul of the policy that includes the Framework Programme for research and innovation is not necessary, according to five experts charged with discussing potential changes at the Science|Business annual conference last week.
Change is in the air as the EU rethinks its approach to competitiveness. The bloc’s weak link is its capacity to translate research into innovation and scale it up. To improve this, the European Commission may be planning big changes to its industrial and research policies. The Competitiveness Compass set out the broad parameters last month,…
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