The European Commission published this month its 2011 Innovation Union Competitiveness Report. Building on the Innovation Union Scoreboard, it represents the first comprehensive analysis of recent trends and long-term evolution in research and innovation performance in all 27 EU Members States and 6 Associated Countries. The IUC report is intended to monitor Members States’progress in fulfilling the Europe 2020 objective of investing 3% of GDP in R&D as well as reaching their own national R&D targets. It also analyses the strengths and weaknesses of national research and innovation systems and presents winning approaches for progressing towards the Europe 2020 strategy.
The IUC report offers answers to the following key questions:
- Is the EU making progress towards its R&D target for 2020?
- What has been the effect of the economic crisis on R&D investment?
- Are more researchers working in Europe?
- Has the EU improved its scientific excellence?
- Is Europe improving its capacity to get knowledge to the market?
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