Industrial innovation
Public consultation on Community innovation policy
The Communication “ Reviewing Community innovation policy in a changing world 
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” presented an assessment of the achievements and shortcomings in implementing Community policies in support of innovation in recent years. Together with a series of more detailed Commission staff working papers, it served as an input to the preparation of the Innovation Union strategy.
The public consultation seeked to follow up the findings of the referred Communication and two previous consultations, one on the effectiveness of innovation support in Europe and one on design as driver of user-centred innovation. It explored new ways to address challenges for a better European innovation policy.
Background documents
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Public consultation - questions
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- Commission Communication " Reviewing Community innovation policy in a changing world [53 KB] " adopted on 02/09/2009
- Commission Staff Working Document " Assessing Community innovation policies in the period 2005-2009 [231 KB] " published on 09/09/2009
- Commission Staff Working Document "Challenges for EU support to innovation in services – Fostering new markets and jobs through innovation [5 MB] " published on 09/09/2009
- Commission Staff Working Document " Financing Innovation and SMEs [176 KB] " published on 09/09/2009
- Commission Staff Working Document " Making public support for innovation in the EU more effective: Lessons learned from a public consultation for action at Community level [416 KB] " published on 09/09/2009
- Commission Staff Working Document " Lead Market Initiative for Europe - Mid-term progress report [405 KB] " published on 09/09/2009
- Commission Staff Working Document " Design as a driver of user-centred innovation [394 KB] " published on 07/04/2009
- Study "Impact of culture on creativity"
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Business Panel consultation document
