Inspiring Human Capital (Promoting Excellence in Education and Skills Development)
This will assess the direct and indirect effects of policies that promote the training of R&D personnel and that aim to create attractive working conditions for such personnel. It will also analyse the effects of the multidimensional university ranking system as well as the effects of new knowledge alliances promoting university-business relationships specifically targeting innovation skill gaps and cross-disciplinary training. In addition, it will evaluate the effects of frameworks for e-skills for innovation and competitiveness in Europe. Finally, it will address underlying issues: strategies for researchers training and employment conditions; personalised university rankings, knowledge alliances and skills for innovation; and e-skills.
It covers the following commitments:
- Member state strategies for researcher training and employment conditions
- Personalised university rankings
- “Knowledge Alliances and Skills for Innovation”
Encouraging Research and Innovation (ERA-EU Funds)
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The main objective here is to evaluate the direct and dynamic effects of the EU policy instruments that promote a stronger European dimension of R&D base in individual member states and the EU as a whole. More specific objectives include the assessment of direct and indirect effects of the European Research Area with regard to the quality of doctoral training, cross-border mobility and cooperation of researchers; the evaluation of the advancement in the construction of the priority European research infrastructures and their contribution to innovation performance in the EU; analysing whether the objectives of the EU research and innovation programmes have industry-driven priorities and address societal challenges, to what extent the design and the implementation of these programmes guarantee stronger involvement of SMEs and have an impact on innovation; assessing the contribution of Joint Research Centre and European Forum on Forward Looking Activities to devising comprehensive and pro-active European research & innovation policies; and evaluating the role of EIT in stimulating innovation in Europe by integration of education, research and innovation and contribution to excellence of European science through introduction of the “EIT Degree”.
It covers the following commitments:
- Proposing an integrated framework for e-skills
- European Research Area Communication
- Constructing priority European Research Infrastructures
- EU Research and Innovation Programmes
- SMEs in Research and Innovation Programmes
- Strength. Scientific base for policy making through JRC; Forum on FLA
- Setting out an EIT strategic agenda
