Retos en investigación e innovación en Europa

Retos en investigación e innovación in Europa 13 Febrero 2017 Octavi QUINTANA –TRIAS The EU faces a productivity challenge Report 'Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU 2016' European Commission, DG Research & Innovation Challenges in the EU Out of 174 "Unicorns" (private start-up companies with $1 billion+ valuations) in the world, only 19 are from Europe, none is in the Top 10 => 90% of all data in the world have been generated in the last 2 years Big and open data will add 1.9% to the EU-28's GDP by 2020 => Between 2000 and 2013, China's share of world expenditure on R&D increased from 4.6% to 20.0%; between 2000 and 2010, its share of world highly cited scientific publications increased from 2.6% to 11.9% Coping with the challenges I •Innovation Union (e.g. EU patent) –Innovation beyond R&D •Monitoring MS delivery on 3% R&D intensity targets •Boosting private investment in research and innovation (European Fund of Funds; Maximize use of EFSI for research and innovation) •European Research Area •Turning societal challenges into innovation opportunities and future markets •Training skills: ESF •Social innovation + public services Coping with the challenges II •Infrastructures of XXI century •Open science: open access, cloud initiative •Digitisation of industry and economy (regulation + investment) •Improved conditions for international R&I cooperation •Internationalization of SMEs •Involving citizens Horizon 2020 –Interim Evaluation Provisional timeline •Stakeholder Consultation (Oct-Dec 2016) •Staff Working Document •Evaluation results based on legal base requirements and 5 mandatory evaluation criteria (Better Regulation Agenda) •High Level Group recommendations (June 2017) •Commission Communication (Q4-2017) •Overall conclusions on the evaluation results •State of implementation of the FP7 ex-post HLEG recommendations •Response to the Horizon 2020 HLG recommendations •Messages on art. 185 and art. 187 initiatives. •Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020 integrating main findings from Interim Evaluation (Q4 -2017) Foresight: R&I as part of a better future 17 Content Exploring framework (boundary) conditions: Political imperatives: vision Rising societal challenges and concerns: future scenarios Changing R&I policies and practices => An ambitious and realistic vision for the EU enabled by Science and Innovation Highlighting transition pathways and game changers: Key future innovation paths Potential game changers How could the EU's R&I policy best enable it to achieve the vision Key tools: BOHEMIA: December 2016: scenarios (and vision) April 2017: key paths and game changes October 2017: policy recommendations The Network of Foresight Correspondents: coordination of foresight across the services contributing to a coherent vision. Foresight Research & Innovation: Impact on the economy 18 R&I policies: funding & framework conditions Knowledge & data Ideas & inventions Skills & people Links & networks Productivity (Total factor productivity & labour productivity) Innovations (current & new markets) Jobs & Growth Societal challenges (energy, digital, health, migration …) Micro-/macro-economic & structural policies R&I Economic case of R&I It is the moment for good questions 19 Collaborative Excellence Top-down Grants Cost-based International Single beneficiaries Cohesion Bottom-up Loans Output-based European only vs. All stakeholders eligible Less for big industry Break with the past Continuity Migration •Hot political topic •Policies based on perceptions What can Research can do? •Current policies = evidence of perception •Future policies = what works best •Addressing the roots of migration