Innovation Union
Innovation Union
High-Level Panel on the Measurement of Innovation
In May 2010, Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn nominated a High Level Panel, chaired by Professor Andreu Mas-Colell, to advise her and the European Commission on indicator(s) measuring Europe's progress towards a more innovative economy. This was a follow-up to the Spring European Council in March 2010, where EU leaders agreed that the Commission should elaborate an indicator reflecting R&D and innovation intensity as a complement to the Europe 2020 target of investing 3% of GDP in R&D. The Panel members were leading business innovators and economists.
In its report 
[121 KB] , the High Level Panel made a number of recommendations.
- The first one concerns the development of an indicator to benchmark the progress of the Europe 2020strategy. The Commission has announced its intention to make a proposal by the end of 2012. This indicator is currently being developed by DG RESEARCH and EUROSTAT, with the support of the OECD.
- The Panel also advised that further progress was needed in order to better account for the innovation process. Most of its members participated in the course of 2011 in an expert group which reflected on issues related to the measurement of innovation. The group produced three reports on the topics of productivity and innovation [319 KB] , research excellence [262 KB] and structural change [242 KB] .
Please note that the views expressed in those reports are those of the experts and not necessarily the views of the Commission.
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