EIT launches first ‘Knowledge and Innovation Communities’

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) announced on the 16 December 2009 its first three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs).

KICs are highly integrated partnerships, bringing together excellent higher education, research and business around the topics of climate change mitigation and adaptation (‘Climate-KIC’), sustainable energy (‘KIC InnoEnergy’) and the future information and communication society (‘EIT ICT Labs’) respectively.

The launch of the KICs marks a crucial step in setting up the EIT, which is designed to become a role model for boosting innovation in Europe and thereby contributing to the goals of the future EU 2020 strategy.