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The Greens' Vision for Research and Innovation Pact

Discussing social challenges like climate change, sustainable consumption, and social cohesion, urging global collaboration and promoting sustainable development through innovation and R&D initiatives, emphasizing knowledge sharing and inclusive practices.

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The Greens' Vision for Research and Innovation Pact

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  1. The Greens’ input on theResearch and Innovation Pact Meeting with Commissionner Geoghegan-Quinn 18th of May 2010

  2. The Grand Societal Challenges • Fight against climate change : -30% GHG by 2020 and -80-95% by 2050 • Sustainable consumption, production and logistics pattern : 3% resource productivity enhancement per annum • Fostering natality and healthy ageing • Ensure social cohesion by halving poverty every 5 years and interregional disparities

  3. 1. Stimulate R&D and Innovation for sustainable development • Social innovation • Reconnect science and society (mistrust, cf. ESH concerns) • Public procurement as a lever (100% green PP target by 2015 + 5 % innovative PP (US: 15% ; CH: 40%) ; ad hoc indicators • Life-cycle approaches

  4. 2. Improve the effectiveness of current R&D&I initiatives • Multidisciplinary approach (cf. ETPs, searchers of different fields…) • Involve demand side • Standardisation (see below) • Lead Market Initiatives • Focus on how to get the results implemented (and in a timely fashion)

  5. 3. Facilitate the valorisation and diffusion of R&D results • Standardisation (+ EU as a global standard setter) & attention to the related skills ; best practices ; identifying the potential for standardisation as early as possible (without compromising R&D) • IPR important BUT open access (not to disincentivise laggards to start R&D activities) ; « knowledge bank » ; fast-track for green patenting • European Venture Capital market for R&D&I • Towards a more (eco-)innovation-oriented CIP ; structural funds • Replicate in the EU the US SBIR programme to help SMEs commercialising their innovation

  6. 4. Collaborate at a global level • Technology transfer to poor countries and lagging (EU also) regions • Replace the concept « Third Countries » by strategic partnerships taking into account the specificities of international partners • Question the relevance of collaborations with countries in state of war (cf. Norway/Israel)

  7. 5. Improve the coherence, relevance and use of support tools • Extend the Innovation Commissioners Group to M. Potocnik (Environment) and Ms Hedegaard (Climate) • Cartography showing who is responsible for what (+ which tools); explain beforehand the desired outcomes and the costs of « non-ERA » (for the authorities, the research community and the private sector (especially SMEs)) • A Knowledge for Growth Pact (along the SGP, with binding objectives) • Don’t forget the role of social sciences and humanities (as individual/interdisciplinary disciplines) • Avoid lock-in effect in overfunded ways of innovation detrimental to niches of emerging alternative pathways) • Come back to the gender gap and make it a tie-breaker criterion when considering proposals of equal merit in future).

  8. Thank you for your attention !

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