eunbil · GX0N23506D · 2010-01-01 00:00:00 — The development of Research Area and policy issues concerning research based innovation Dokumentbeteckning 12905/09 RECH 129 COMPET 24 9374/09 COMPET 360 RECH 257 EDUC 126 ECOFIN 548 SOC 486 ENV 542 278 175 MI 312 IND 98 MAP 8 13047/09 RECH 268 COMPET 372 13070/09 RECH 270 COMPET 374 EDUC 133 I Förslaget Innehåll Ordförandeskapet önskar diskutera den fortsatta utvecklingen av det Europeiska forskningsområdet, ERA, mot bakgrund till de svenska prioriteringarna för ordförandeskapet avseende styrning (governance) av ERA och den forskningsinriktning som ERA bör ha. Till grund för detta har ett material som bygger på underlag från kommissionen skickats ut. Dessa åtföljs av tre frågor. Statement #1 There is an urgent need to establish research priorities at an EU level and pool resources across Member States (and with other countries where necessary) to respond to those major societal challenges that cannot be resolved without a greater focus on research, coordinated with innovation and other relevant policies. Is revision and development of governance structures and processes needed to ensure the coordination of efforts at , EU and global levels to stimulate research and research based innovations and to nurture the development of new markets? How can the processes of research priority setting and the pooling of resources to tackle major societal challenges be developed and speeded up given the urgency of some of the threats they pose? Statement #2 There is a need to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of national research systems and the ERA as a whole requires systematic and coordinated efforts by Member States and the Commission to eliminate redundancies and maximise synergies between all research and other policies and policy instruments that impact on the development of the ERA and the evolution of a knowledge-based society. What steps are needed to ensure that the research policy choices made by Member States concerning specialisation and concentration reflect both national and Community interests? What steps are needed at the highest levels to establish the right framework conditions for research and knowledge-for-growth strategies to flourish? Statement #3 There is a need to increase R&D investment and international cooperation across the EU both at and Community level Questions: How should R&D targets be formulated (in terms of absolute amounts; percentages of GDP; rates of growth; separate targets for the public and private sectors etc.) in order to catalyse Member States efforts to raise R&D investment levels? What other targets are needed to stimulate investment in and effectiveness of R&D and innovation activities characteristic of knowledge-based societies (e.g. industrial restructuring, the modernisation of the university sector, international cooperation and human resource development)? II Ståndpunkter 1. Svensk ståndpunkt Det svenska ordförandeskapet prioriterar en förbättrad styrning av ERA, där det är angeläget att medlemsstaterna bereds möjlighet till ett större inflytande. Likaså driver ordförandeskapet linjen att forskning på EU-nivå, såväl inom ramprogrammet som andra gemensamma satsningar, ska inriktas mot de stora samhällsutmaningarna för att på så sätt öka relevansen och forskningens betydelse för innevånare. Slutligen är det angeläget att diskutera om tillräckliga resurser läggs på forskning inom EU.