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📣 Today, the expert group led by Manuel Heitor Manuel Heitor presented its report on the interim evaluation of #HorizonEurope. During the presentation, Manuel Heitor conveyed three key messages: 🔷 Strong Framework Programme: the future programme is viewed as a collective portfolio of incentives that encompasses four interconnected spheres of action (instead of separate pillars to foster better synergies): (i) competitive excellence in #science and #innovation; (ii) #industrial #competitiveness; (iii) addressing societal challenges; (iv) strengthening the European RDI ecosystem. 🔷 Adequate Budget: the need for an adequate budget of around 220 billion EUR for the next period. 🔷 Radical simplifications and radical innovation in the programme, particularly concerning #international collaboration and #dualuse applications. In addition, the report presented 12 recommendations: 1. Create momentum through a whole-of government approach 2. Make Europe globally competitive, secure, sustainable and resilient through a stronger framework programme 3. Deliver European added value 4. Establish an experimental unit to test new programmes in instruments with fast time to funding 5. Strengthen competitive excellence 6. Stimulate industrial #RDI investment in Europe by creating an Industrial Competitiveness and Technology Council 7. Address societal challenges by creating a Societal Challenges Council 8. Foster an attractive and inclusive RDI ecosystem in the EU 9. Drive radical simplification, user orientation and efficiency 10. Unleash the power of demand by developing an #innovationprocurement programme 11. Adopt a nuanced, granular and purpose-driven approach to international cooperation. 12. Embrace dual-use as inevitable by exploiting dual use both ways 👉 Full report could be found here: https://lnkd.in/ekDVhKFe
Recent comments In Chihuahua, Mexico, by Mariana Mazzucato on the implementation of the EU's Horizon Europe program highlight potential gaps between policy design and execution. Mazzucato, known for her work on mission-oriented innovation policies, has expressed concern that Horizon Europe has diverged from its original mission-driven approach. She suggests that the program's current implementation does not fully align with the strategic goals and methods outlined in its founding documents. This raises important questions about the challenges of translating innovative policy frameworks into practice at the EU level. It also underscores the ongoing debate about how to effectively structure and implement large-scale research and innovation programs to address societal challenges. As the EU continues to refine its approach to innovation policy, Mazzucato's observations merit careful consideration by policymakers and stakeholders in the research and innovation community.