Bringing innovation to the innovation process, EIT is born

Innovation is central to the European Union’s strategic thinking; because the Union’s economic and social objectives will be met in full only through exploiting Europe’s genius for innovation. That is why innovation takes pride of place in this issue of The Magazine. The start of 2008 sees the formal start of one of the principal mechanisms the EU is creating to foster innovation - the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

The primary aim is to reinforce Europe’s capacity to transform education and research results into business opportunities. To do this, EIT is preparing to establish strategic partnerships among Europe’s best business,
research and higher education actors and bodies. At this crucial stage in EIT’s evolution, The Magazine takes a look at how it is going to function, and at what some of the key players in research and in industry think about it.

Website: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) http://eit.europa.eu/

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