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Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility
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Newsletter
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In this issue
- April 2019
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H2020
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EU Science & Innovation
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Highlight of the month
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Stimulating science-business links: lessons from the Policy Support Facility
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Science-business links (SBL) are an important element of research and innovation (R&I) policies in many countries and are high on the policy agenda of those trying to catch up with the EU’s innovation leaders. A new article brings together evidence and experience from EU countries and beyond about how and when science-business links (SBL) can be used to support policy development.
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News
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Country-specific activities
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Denmark’s mission to build a world-leading innovation system
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Denmark is a trendsetter: from furniture design, to urban cycling and the growing international popularity of ‘hygge’. The country is an ‘innovation leader’ according to the European Innovation Scoreboard, and has an admirable track record in research and innovation (R&I). The Danish government is now keen to see its knowledge-based innovation system rank among the global elite.
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Bringing business to the lab: science-business links in Cyprus
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Helping scientists and entrepreneurs to work together is a key way of encouraging innovation. Many countries try to facilitate this and Cyprus is no exception – in fact the country is looking to boost such efforts. A new Policy Support Facility panel of experts is exploring ways of optimising the use of public research infrastructures in Cyprus by businesses.
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Montenegro is keen to grow its entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem
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Over a period of 15 years, Montenegro has established democratic institutions, built good relations with its neighbours and embarked on a process of accession to the European Union. The government is now developing regulations, policies and funding schemes to foster and internationalise the country’s nascent entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem. Montenegro called on the Policy Support Facility (PSF) for support in this – and the PSF panel presented their policy messages and recommendations on 25 March in Podgorica.
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Mutual learning exercises
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Mutual learning at the heart of R&I international cooperation
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National experts from 15 countries met in Brussels to kick off a wide-reaching mutual learning exercise (MLE) aimed at developing national strategies and roadmaps for future international cooperation in research and innovation (R&I). The meeting sets the scope and lays down an initial programme of topics to be addressed in the course of the one-year project which involves a series of country visits.
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New H2020 PSF Video
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What is the H2020 Policy Support Facility? Watch our new video
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Find out in this video how the H2020 PSF helps EU Member States and countries associated to H2020 with practical advice on how to enhance the quality of their research and innovation investments, policies and systems.
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