Investing in European success. EU-Africa cooperation in science, technology and innovation

Horizon 2020 is the main financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe’s global competitiveness. It aims to bridge the gap between research and the market by helping innovative enterprises develop their technological breakthroughs into viable products and services. Building on the success of previous research framework programmes, this brochure presents a selection of results from EU funded projects that have shown great strides in innovation, which will make a positive change to our daily lives.