Reference documents

Official documents

 

• Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative. Innovation Union

Communication from the European Commission of 6 October 2010.

• Regional Policy contributing to smart growth in Europe 2020

Communication from the European Commission of 6 October 2010.

• Reviewing Community innovation policy in a changing world [53 KB]

 Communication from the European Commission of 2 September 2009.

• Assessing Community innovation policies in the period 2005-2009 [231 KB]

Commission Staff Working Document of 9 September 2009.

• Challenges for EU support to innovation in services – Fostering new markets and jobs through innovation [5 MB]

Commission Staff Working Document of 9 September 2009.

• Financing Innovation and SMEs [176 KB]

Commission Staff Working Document of 9 September 2009.

• Making public support for innovation in the EU more effective: Lessons learned from a public consultation for action at Community level [416 KB]

Commission Staff Working Document of 9 September 2009.

• Lead Market Initiative for Europe - Mid-term progress report [405 KB]

Commission Staff Working Document of 9 September 2009.

• Culture as a Catalyst for Creativity and Innovation [124 KB]

 Council conclusions of May 2009.

• Design as a driver of user-centred innovation [394 KB]

Commission Staff Working Document of 7 April 2009.

• European Cluster Policy Group [52 KB]

Commission Decision of 22 October 2008 setting up the European Cluster Policy Group.

• Towards world-class clusters in the European Union: implementing the broad-based innovation strategy [54 KB]

Communication from the Commission of 17 October 2008 on how to implement the innovation strategy throughout the European Union.

• The concept of clusters and cluster policies and their role for competitiveness and innovation: main statistical results and lessons learned [3 MB]

Commission staff working document of 17 October 2008 presenting the concept of clusters and cluster policies and their role in competitiveness and innovation.

• Action Plan on Sustainable Production and Consumption and Sustainable Industrial Policy [65 KB]

Communication from the European Commission of 16 July 2008 outlining the action plan on sustainable consumption and production and sustainable industrial policy.

• An Industrial Property Rights Strategy for Europe [97 KB]

Communication of 16 July 2008 outlining the European Commission's strategy on industrial property rights for the European Union.

• Council Conclusions of May 2008 on promoting creativity and innovation through education and training [174 KB]

Conclusions from the Council on promoting creativity and innovation through education and training.

• Communication on the contribution from standardisation to innovation [214 KB]

Communication from the European Commission of 11 March 2008 outlining the policies to be implemented to improve the contribution made by standardisation to innovation in Europe.

• Towards a European strategy in support of innovation in services: challenges and key issues for future actions [938 KB]

Commission staff working document of 27 July 2007, in response to a request from the Council, developing elements of a policy framework aimed at enhanced support for innovation in services.

• Community Framework for State aid for Research and Development and Innovation [191 KB]

Document of 30 December 2006 outlining the community framework for State aid in the field of research and development and innovation.

• Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) [165 KB]

Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) (2007 to 2013).

• Putting knowledge into practice: a broad-based innovation strategy for the EU [80 KB]

Communication from the European Commission of 13 September 2006 outlining the broad-based innovation strategy for the European Union.

Other key documents

• TrendChart report on "national and regional policies for design, creativity and user-driven innovation" [5 MB]

Outlines innovation, in particular national and regional policies for design, creativity and user-driven innovation.

• Removing barriers for a better use of IPR by SMEs [381 KB]

DG Enterprise paper on the removal of barriers for a better use of intellectual property rights by small and medium-sized enterprises.

• Guide on dealing with innovative solutions in public procurement: 10 elements of good practice [97 KB]

A Pro Inno Europe [97 KB] publication, urging governments to "use public procurement to drive demand for innovative goods, while at the same time improving the level of public services."

• Public procurement and innovation: a review of issues at stake [1 MB]

Analyses the existing rules and current practices of public innovation procurement in a broad set of countries, complete with practical examples of good practices for procurement activities.

• Oslo Manual

Guidelines for collecting and interpreting innovation data.