Industry and Entrepreneurship
More innovation needed in Europe
More innovation needed in Europe
The European Commission's "Innovation Union", tabled in October 2010, set out a strategic approach to innovation, driven by the highest political level. The Innovation Union will focus Europe's efforts – and co-operation with third countries - on challenges like climate change, energy and food security, health and an ageing population.
Europe needs to innovate: Until 2008 most EU Member States were steadily improving their innovation performance. The economic crisis may, however, be hampering this progress, according to the 2009 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS).
| 17.03.2010 | Scoreboard shows more innovation needed in Europe |
| 28.04.2010 | European Inventors of the year 2010 – The most inventive minds in Europe |
| 13.07.2010 | Enabling our future: experts to advise Commission on upcoming key enabling technologies (the most strategically relevant for European industries in light of their economic potential, contribution to solving societal challenges and knowledge intensity) |
| 06.10.2010 | The "Innovation Union" – turning ideas into jobs, green growth and social progress |
| 11.11.2010 | Commission launches public consultation on future funding to boost EU competitiveness and innovation |
| 02.12.2010 | European Commission wants broad-scale adoption of e-invoicing by 2020 technologies |
| 01.02.2011 | Innovation Union Scoreboard |
What's Next
| 17-18.02.2011 | Conference on service innovation, Rome |
| March | First meeting of the European Design Leadership Board |
| July | Progress made in demand side lead market (final evaluation of the Lead Market Initiative) |
| July | Final report of the High Level Group on Key Enabling Technologies |
| December | Implementation report of Innovation union |
| December | Communication on world-class competitive clusters |