European Commission publishes interim evaluation of Horizon 2020
date: 19/06/2017
The assessment of the first years of Horizon 2020 shows that it is on track to help create jobs and growth, tackle our biggest societal challenges and improve people's lives. Horizon 2020 has clear European added value by producing demonstrable benefits compared to national or regional-level support, but it has been so successful in attracting the best researchers and innovators that it could have spent four times its budget in support of excellent projects.
The thematic assessment of Societal Challenge 5, including specific analysis of the raw materials part shows how Horizon 2020 is successfully helping to implement the Raw Materials Initiative and to consolidate a community of public and particularly private stakeholders working on research and innovation on raw materials, in line with the objectives and targets of the European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials.