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‘Yes, we do’ – that would be the shortest answer. Under the competitiveness and innovation framework programme, one phase addresses the issue at hand, and the other phases are addressed through the framework programme. From the very beginning, we have coordinated our activities, which are having a similar effect on innovation as the structural funds have on the regions.
Furthermore, when we talk about involving business in the work we are doing, it is crucial to underline that we have a new tool that did not exist in the past: I refer to the technology platforms, which were established at the beginning of this century and which are developing very fast. The whole idea of technology platforms – I believe we currently have 28 of them – is that they are bottom-up initiatives, starting with the business’s point of view. In these platforms, the points of view of practically all stakeholders are taken on board. So, while these platforms stem from a business initiative, they also include researchers, politicians, NGOs, financial institutions, regulatory authorities and the others on board. They create what are known as ‘strategic research agendas’ for the next 20 years – or more, depending on various factors.
This is the first time that this kind of tool and this kind of logic have been developed at European Union level. I meet daily with industrialists and with others, who are clearly very enthusiastic about what is going on. Even if we were now to remove the incentives, which were, at the outset – if we are frank – financed through the framework programme, this is now a process with its own story. It will definitely make a change at European Union level.
I believe that we are part of a process that will produce hugely important benefits. On the basis of their views for the long-term future, where you have an idea of what research should be undertaken, to the final product and the business sector’s ideas on how to evaluate it in their work, we take this input on board when we create our cooperation activities. In practice, that is in the major part of our programmes.
Moreover, in some areas, where we believe that this long-term, strong partnership exists, and where there is strong commitment from the companies and other actors, such as Member States, for instance, we are ready to develop what are known as ‘joint technological initiatives’, which are a new long-term tool with clear cofinancing, as a new tool, from the European Commission.
We have never had such a clear overview of the intentions, strategies and points of view of the business sector as we have today when we create the framework programme, and, of course, in the final phase, the specific work programmes."@en1
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