Document(s): 

57_-_rise_-_a_new_role_for_eu_research_and_innovation_in_the_benefit_of_citizens_-_towards_open_transformativeweber-andree-llerena-new_rolo_research-june15.pdf

External link: 

https://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/pdf/expert-groups/rise/weber-andr...

Author(s): 

Matthias Weber, Dan Andrée, Patrick Llerena - RISE

Year of publication: 

2015

The EU has a number of policy tools and instruments for addressing the supply side of R&I (i.e. Horizon 2020 and Structural Funds) but without a real explicit policy strategy steering them. There is actually no coherent policy framework putting the instruments into a context.

The instrument-led focus of EU R&I policy has hampered the impact of the significant investments made (see Box 1) because first, such programmes are disconnected from a broader policy purpose and thus lack a long-term stable approach; second, implementation thereby triggers conservatism and is open to pressure from interest groups; and thirdly, this deficit is unlikely to be detected as the assessment of performance ignores often the quality of outputs and real success.