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A new European innovation agenda

Adopted on 14/12/2022
Reference: 
INT/996-EESC-2022-03551
Referral: 
COM(2022) 332 final
Rapporteur: 
Maurizio MENSI (Diversity Europe - GR III / Italy)
Co-rapporteur: 
Christophe LEFÈVRE (Workers - GR II/France)
Plenary session: 
574 -
Dec 14, 2022 Dec 15, 2022

The aim of the Commission's New European Innovation Agenda is to position Europe at the forefront of the new wave of deep tech innovation and start-ups. It will help Europe to develop new technologies to address the most pressing societal challenges, and to bring them on the market. The proposed agenda will help better integrate initiatives and investment at EU and national levels. Action at EU level is crucial for supporting the development of coherent national innovation agendas, supporting access to finance, particularly for small businesses, creating a framework more supportive of innovation, connecting innovation ecosystems, and developing and attracting talent.

 

EESC opinion: A new European innovation agenda

Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe

Adopted on 23/02/2022
Reference: 
INT/962-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2021) 407 final 2021/0230 NLE
Rapporteur: 
Paul RÜBIG (Employers - GR I / Austria)
Co-rapporteur: 
Panagiotis GKOFAS (Diversity Europe - GR III/Greece)

On 16 July 2021 the Commission adopted its proposal for a Council Recommendation on ‘A Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe' to support the implementation of national European Research Area (ERA) policies.

EESC opinion: Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe

Joint undertaking / High-performance computing

Adopted on 27/01/2021
Reference: 
INT/923-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 569 final 2020/0260 NLECOM(2020) 569 final 2020/0260 NLECOM(2020) 569 final 2020/0260 NLE
Rapporteur: 
Louise GRABO (Diversity Europe - GR III / Sweden)

The proposed Regulation aims at adapting the Joint Undertaking in order to use the funding from the new MFF programmes for 2021-2027.

EESC opinion: Joint undertaking / High-performance computing

EIT/Recast

Adopted on 30/10/2019
Reference: 
INT/890-EESC-04496-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2019) 331 final 2019/0151 CODCOM(2019) 331 final 2019/0151 COD
Rapporteur: 
Antonello PEZZINI (Italy)

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Regulation, adopted in 2008, sets out its mission and tasks, as well as the framework for its operation. This regulation was amended in 2013 to bring it in line with the Horizon 2020 programme.
For the period 2021-2027, Horizon Europe will be the Union program that will finance the EIT. Since a number of provisions of the EIT Regulation refer directly to the current Horizon 2020 program, these provisions need to be amended to make them compatible with the forthcoming EU Framework Programmes for research and innovation. It is therefore proposed to make the new EIT Regulation temporally neutral, so that it would in principle not be necessary to modify it at the end of each MFF or that the changes would be only minimal. It is proposed to amend it by means of the legislative recasting technique to ensure greater legal clarity and readability.

Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) 2021-2027

Adopted on 30/10/2019
Reference: 
INT/889-EESC-2019-04496-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2019) 330 final 2019/0152 CODCOM(2019) 330 final 2019/0152 COD
Rapporteur: 
Antonello PEZZINI (Italy)

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) was created in 2008 by Regulation (EC) No 294/2008. Its mission is to respond to major societal challenges by improving the EU's innovation capabilities and performance. Every seven years, the Commission has to submit a proposal for a Strategic Innovation Programme (SIP) which sets out the priority areas and the long-term strategy for the EIT's action, as well as its financial needs.

EESC opinion: Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) 2021-2027

Fostering an entrepreneurship and innovation friendly single market – promoting new business models to meet societal challenges and transitions (own-initiative opinion)

Adopted on 17/07/2019
Reference: 
INT/881-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Giuseppe GUERINI (Diversity Europe - GR III / Italy)

This opinion aims to identify the barriers, key success factors and solutions for creating a truly innovative business climate to capture the solutions provided by new economic models.

EESC opinion: Fostering an entrepreneurship and innovation friendly single market – promoting new business models to meet societal challenges and transitions (own-initiative opinion)

Horizon Europe

Adopted on 17/10/2018
Reference: 
INT/858-EESC-2018-03007-00-00-AC-TRA
Referral: 
COM(2018) 435 final 2018/0224 CODCOM(2018) 435 final 2018/0224 CODCOM(2018) 436 final 2018/0225 CODCOM(2018) 436 final 2018/0225 COD
Rapporteur: 
Gonçalo LOBO XAVIER (Employers - GR I / Portugal)

The EESC is pleased to observe that many of its recommendations for the Horizon 2020 mid-term evaluation have been taken up in areas such as collaborative research and mobility, steps to strengthen innovation, overcome disparities among regions, promote science and innovation activities among citizens, remedy low success rates and reduce the administrative burden.

EESC opinion: Horizon Europe

Multiannual Financial Framework after 2020

Adopted on 19/09/2018
Reference: 
ECO/460-EESC-2018-02072-00-00
Referral: 
COM(2018) 321 final COM(2018) 321 final COM(2018) 321 final COM(2018) 322 final 2018/0132 APPCOM(2018) 322 final 2018/0132 APPCOM(2018) 325 final 2018/0135 CNSCOM(2018) 325 final 2018/0135 CNSCOM(2018) 326 final 2018/0131 NLECOM(2018) 327 final 2018/0132 APPCOM(2018) 327 final 2018/0132 APPCOM(2018) 328 final 2018/0133 NLE
Rapporteur: 
Javier DOZ ORRIT (Workers - GR II / Spain)

Europeans need more (and better) Europe. The powers and financial resources currently allocated to the EU have been increasingly misaligned with the concerns and expectations of Europeans. The EESC, in accordance with the European Parliament's position, therefore proposes that the expenditure and revenue figure reach 1.3% of GNI. The proposed level of commitments of 1.11% of the EU's GNI is too modest to credibly deliver on the political agenda of the EU.

The EESC recognises the high European added value of the programmes where the MFF 2021-2027 concentrates the main increases in expenditure. However, the Committee questions the fact that these increases are made at the cost of strong cuts in cohesion policy (-10%) and the Common Agricultural Policy – CAP (-15%).

EESC opinion: Multiannual Financial Framework after 2020

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