European Commission Documents
"From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation funding"
Green Paper, European Commission, COM (2011).
Follow the discussion process on this Green Paper.
"The European Research Area: New Perspectives"
Green Paper, European Commission, COM (2007).
elaborated in 2007 just before the review of the first three-year cycle of the renewed Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs in the purpose of determining new orientations of its key-elements: the European Research Area (ERA).
“Key figures on Europe”
General and regional Statistics, European Commission, Eurostat, COM (2011).
Key figures on Europe presents a selection of statistical data on Europe from Eurostat.
“Voluntary guidelines on framework conditions for joint programming in research 2010”
European Commission, COM (2011).
This publication was prepared to facilitate and simplify implementation of joint programming initiatives for the member states by giving “framework conditions", which are essential for effective development and implementation of joint programming in research.
“European Forward Looking Activities. EU Research in Foresight and Forecast. Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities List of Activities 2007-2010 “
European Commission, COM (2010).
Pesentation of the twenty research forward looking activities financed by the 7th Research Framework Programme, Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Programme, realized between 2007 and 2010.
“FP7 Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities. Indicative Strategic Research Roadmap 2011-2013”
European Commission, COM (2009).
The integrated "Strategic Research Roadmap", covering the period 2011-2013, presents the main topics and displays a comprehensive planning and coordination for the research community as well as for the European Union policies. Major long-term societal challenges and urgent topics are identified and a corresponding research agenda is presented. However, this roadmap is purely indicative and subject to change. It is legally non-binding for the European Commission and only serves information purposes .
European forward-looking activities: Building the future of ‘Innovation Union’ and ERA
European Commission, COM (2011)
For the preparation of the Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation (CSF) and its Impact Assessment, the Commission organized in Brussels, on March 2011, an interactive seminar with more than sixty European forward look practitioners (foresight and forecast experts) and European stakeholders, mostly coming from the research community, industry and EU policymakers. Following this event, this publication presents a synthesis of European and national forward-looking exercises in the fields of science, technology and innovation.
Global Europe 2050, Executive Summary
European Commission, COM (2011)
This publication presents the results of a European foresight expert group who worked on "The World and Europe up to 2050: EU policies and research priorities". Following the EU report "The World in 2025" published two years ago, "Global Europe 2050" has a longer-term perspective to tackle issues such as natural resources availability, infrastructures and territorial dynamics.
Towards a greater understanding of the changing role of business in society
European Commission, COM (2011)
This publication summarizes the outcomes of a conference “Towards a greater understanding of the changing role of business in society” organized in Brussels on 22 April 2010 by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. The conference addressed a number of topics related to the challenge of making companies more responsible and accountable to society at large.
Innovation Union Competitiveness Report 2011
European Commission, COM (2011)
“Innovation is as essential to sustainable growth and jobs as water is to life. Economies that do not innovate will wither away. The European Commission is asking Member States to act on it in their Europe 2020 National Reform Programmes, by building on strengths and addressing weaknesses. The Innovation Union Competitiveness report provides them economic evidence and analysis to underpin EU and national policy making in support of Innovation Union. Public and private stakeholders will also get in a single compendium valuable insights to design winning innovation strategies within Europe and for the global market.” Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science
