From a security research perspective, one of the fundamental changes to the Europol Regulation is to strengthen the role of the agency in the area of research and innovation. With this revised mandate, the agency will no longer participate in projects as a beneficiary, and new procedures will be established to enhance the cooperation of the agency with EU security research projects.

Security Research and Innovation in Spain is coordinated between 3 Governmental bodies; the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Ministry of Economy and Digital Transformation and the Ministry of Interior. A coordinated approach to bolstering security research and innovation has let to the development of a 2-step plan; EECTI.

The Security Research Event (SRE) is the annual meeting where industry, policy makers and knowledge institutions come together to discuss the state of play and current challenges for security research in Europe.

The European Commission (DG HOME) is happy to announce the 2023 Security Innovation Award, which will be presented in Brussels on the 24th of October 2023, at the occasion of the Security Research Event 2023. This award is intended to raise awareness of the impact of EU-funded research in the field of Civil Security and recognise the best examples of Security Research Uptake success stories.

Sweden is one of the five countries in the OECD with the highest R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP. In this category, Sweden is one of the top five in terms of both overall R&D expenditure and R&D expenditure of the business enterprise sector and higher education sector respectively.