Greenovate! Europe welcomes the European Commission proposal to nearly double Horizon Europe’s budget to €175 billion under the next Multiannual Financial Framework. Greenovate! Europe also supports the decision to maintain FP10 as “standalone” programme within a European Competitiveness Fund, a move that follows months of speculation over the structure and size of the new Framework Programme. However, further clarification is needed regarding the “tight connection” with the ECF, as this may risk FP10’s autonomy and ringfenced budget.
Greenovate! Europe recognises that while Horizon Europe has made significant improvements over past Framework Programmes, there remain major challenges to the transfer of innovative research results into marketable products and services, as well as to guiding policy development.
With the publication of the Commission’s proposal, Greenovate! Europe, in close consultation with its members, is pleased to present its recommendations to ensure Horizon Europe and its successor drive real innovation impact.
Greenovate! Europe provides the following key recommendations:
- Reconsider FP10’s structure and increase synergies with other funding sources.
- Introduce further measures to reduce the East-West innovation divide.
- Design more flexible and less prescriptive calls that can adapt to evolving technologies and needs on the ground.
- Simplify administrative rules and improve evaluation processes to encourage broader participation.
- Encourage greater use of social sciences, foresight and citizen engagement to enhance the acceptance and uptake of results.
- Rethink necessary activities, partnership requirements and support for projects to ensure maximum impact of their research.
The position paper provides recommendations across all phases of the innovation project journey, from application and funding, through implementation, to post-project activities and impact.
Find the whole publication here!
