| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2013) 935 final (6.1.14) |
| Publication Date | 06/01/2014 |
| Content Type | Policy-making, Report |
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The Joint Technology Initiatives are public-private partnerships in industrial research at European level that are now well established and have reached cruising speed. They were set up in 2007-2008 under the Seventh Framework Programme in five strategic areas - aeronautics and air transport, public health, fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, embedded computing systems and nanoelectronics. Bringing together industry, the research community, in some cases regulators and the EU to define common research agendas and invest in large-scale multinational research activities, the JTIs are concrete realisations of the European Union to strengthen its competitiveness through the practice of scientific excellence, openness and innovation. The first years of activity also show that JTIs are a positive response to the need to ‘defragment’ the research and innovation environment. The facts and figures attached to this report show that JTIs are reaching their objectives in research. In relative terms, the percentage rate of successful SMEs in the 2012 JU calls is notably higher than the corresponding percentage rate of the SME participants in the FP7 Cooperation specific programme. A significant participation from across Europe occurred and the high subscription to the calls accompanied by high success rate demonstrate that both the scientific community and industrial manufactures welcome the process of the JTIs, appreciate their openness, and the continuity offered by the JUs in the management of the activities funded. An annual report on the progress achieved by the Joint Technology Initiative Joint Undertakings (JTI JUs) is required by Article 11(1) of the Council Regulations setting up the individual JTIs. In each case, this states that ‘the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council an annual report on the progress achieved by the [name of the JTI] Joint Undertaking. This report shall contain details of implementation including number of proposals submitted, number of proposals selected for funding, type of participants, including SMEs, and country statistics’. This report analyses the JUs’ achievements in particular against the results presented in the previous report, for 2011. It aims to provide information to the European Parliament and the Council and summarises the progress achieved since the JTI JUs were set up. After a brief introduction to the JTI JUs, this report summarises their progress in 2012, which is elaborated in the accompanying Commission Staff Working Document. An outlook to future challenges closes the report. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2013:935:FIN |
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| Subject Categories | Culture, Education and Research |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |