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"The Council, Parliament, Member States, industry and other stakeholders are invited to support the innovation partnership concept and to indicate the specific commitments they will undertake to make the concept work. The Commission invites all key stakeholders to commit themselves to pooling efforts and resources to achieve the partnership's intended objectives.
The Commission would welcome views and ideas on the areas being considered for future partnerships and other possible candidates that meet the success criteria.
As a first concrete step, the Commission has started preparations in the pilot partnership on active and healthy ageing in 2011. Taking into account the views of Parliament and Council and input from other stakeholders, it will present an assessment of the experiences in this pilot in summer 2011, and present proposals for further partnerships in autumn 2011. Preparatory work has started on the themes of 'raw materials', 'sustainable and productive agriculture' and water."
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Europe is faced with a number of major societal challenges such as an ageing population, the effects of climate change, and reduced availability of resources.
Given the scale and urgency of the societal challenges and the scarcity of resources, Europe cannot afford any longer the current fragmentation of efforts and slow pace of change: national and regional research and innovation systems are still working along separate tracks, which leads to costly duplications.
Moreover, European research and innovation systems present clear weaknesses mainly due to framework conditions which are not innovation-friendly: private investment in research and innovation is being held back and ideas prevented from reaching the market by poor availability of finance, costly patenting, market fragmentation, outdated regulations and procedures, slow standard-setting and the failure to use public procurement strategically.
20/04/2012Overall objective
The European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs) represent a new approach to EU research and innovation which is challenge-driven, result-oriented and politically-driven with its origins in the Europe 2020 strategy. The objectives of the EIPs are twofold: addressing societal challenges and, in doing so, enhancing Europe's competitiveness. Through EIPs, the EU aims to:
- remove barriers in the chain between research and bringing innovation to the market;
- define a common vision and mobilise resources to achieve breakthroughs more rapidly;
- considerably reduce time to market of research and innovation breakthroughs;
- overcome fragmentation of efforts and reduce complexity.
Specific objectives of the pilot EIP
The target of the pilot EIP on active and healthy aging (AHA) is to increase by 2 the average number of healthy life years in the EU by 2020, by securing a triple win for Europe:
- improve the health status and quality of life of European citizens with a particular focus on older people;
- support the long-term sustainability and efficiency of health and social care systems;
- to enhance the competitiveness of EU industry through an improved business environment providing the foundations for growth and expansion of new markets.
As EIPs is a novel concept, it has first been tested through a pilot EIP. Reflecting its societal importance, state of preparedness and representativeness of the EIP concept, a pilot on active and healthy ageing has been launched.
After the test phase, the Commission will present proposals to the other EU institutions for other EIPs.
EIP governance arrangements should balance the need for high level commitment and functional coordination, with strong decentralised operational responsibilities to ensure effective ownership by practitioners and other key stakeholders. Membership needs to reflect the integrated approach so that stakeholders dealing with different elements of the supply-demand continuum are adequately represented. Each EIP should be led by a representative Steering Board who will need to bring a major commitment to realise the aims of the EIP. The Steering Board will draw up a Strategic Implementation Plan for the EIP.
At EU level, the Commission will work closely with Council and Parliament, to secure strong political support both for the aims and direction of each partnership as well as to speed up the delivery of the necessary regulatory framework.
20/04/2012
TakingforwardtheStrategicImplementationPlanoftheEuropeanInnovationPartnershiponActiveandHealthyAgeing.pdf
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL. Brussels, 29.2.2012; COM(2012) 83 final
In the conclusions of its meeting of 4 February 2011, the European Council endorses the Commission's proposal for an Innovation Union, and in particular the launch of a European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
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