The “Innovation Union” – the flagship initiative of the Europe 2020 Strategy- stresses the role of human capital at the very core of innovation. As innovation is driven by people, talent and ideas, Europe needs skilled people and seamless knowledge flows. The Commission has therefore committed itself in the “Innovation Union” to promote excellence in education and skills development via, inter alia, Knowledge Alliances, which are structured partnerships between education institutions and innovation players. Recognising the importance of the Knowledge Alliances concept outlined in the Innovation Union flagship, the European Parliament (EP) decided to allocate 1 million euros to a pilot action for testing out this concept. The call for proposals to implement the EP pilot project has now been published with a 30 June 2011 deadline.
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