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Robot installations in Europe were up 24 % to 84,302 units in 2021.

In 2021, the EU’s total sold production of high-tech products increased by 11 % compared with 2020.

In 2021, there were 2.79 million employed persons with an ICT education in the EU, 3.3 % more than in 2020.

The EU is home to the third and fourth top performing supercomputers in the world

EU reached 2 million researchers in 2021

The results of the 2022 Scoreboard reveal challenges and opportunities for the EU as it seeks to improve its technology capabilities and reinvigorate its industrial base in the context of increasing global competition pressure and ongoing green and digital transformations.

EU investment in R&D increased to €328 billion in 2021, recovering from the drop in 2020.

This year's World Intellectual Property Indicators (WIPI) report reveals strong growth in intellectual property (IP) filings in 2021.

Over the period 2018-2020, more than half of EU businesses reported innovation activity.

Over the period 2018-2020, more than half of EU businesses reported innovation activity.

How is the EU performing in the new European Innovation Scoreboard?

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Learn about the aims of the GDSO, working groups and what to expect over the next year in this exciting EC-funded programme.

Our newsletter will be published every quarter, and it is addressed to all the 73 projects funded under the Horizon 2020 Green Deal call, their staff and networks and also all the readers interested in the Green Deal topics.

The International Day for Biological Diversity is coming up on 22 May. In this issue, we focus on the biodiversity-related Green Deal projects and their activities.

The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG R&I) has introduced enhanced dialogues with Member States. The goal of these dialogues is to create a country-tailored approach to foster research and innovation in the participating Member States. So far, five high-level meetings have taken place with Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Lithuania, Poland and Estonia to kick-start the conversation.

In line with recommendations from the PSF exercise of Malta’s 2018−2019 Peer Review, the Malta Council for Science and Technology (MCST) has created a new research excellence programme and pathways for research graduates.

The MLE on Foresight will promote improvements in R&I foresight across participating countries through identification, development and dissemination of good practices in institutionalising foresight capability, carrying out foresight projects, and using foresight for R&I policy purposes.

The PSF expert panel praised the Greek national research infrastructures (NRIs) for creating an attractive environment for (young) skilled scientists and engineers, but highlighted that the infrastructures’ ability to hire and retain qualified staff is undermined by the salary levels and recruitment procedures in the Greek R&I system.

Like the activities of the Policy Support Facility (PSF) themselves, the PSF newsletter has been interrupted for some time in the context of the transition from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe, as well as the COVID-19 crisis. Now, we are glad to announce that the newsletter is back, and that the first two country reviews under the Horizon Europe PSF have delivered their final policy recommendations.