European innovation

European Commission Directorate-General For Enterprise And Industry

Description

May 2006
Industrial research and development
Industrial policy
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-ENTERPRISE-AND-INDUSTRY
• Nombre de lectures: 31
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

Extrait

High-speed conontice Streamlining Europe’s freight and pasneeg rlinks

National Reform Programmes Medical technology European Business Summit

European Commission DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR ENTERPRISE AND INDUSTRY

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Contents

National Reform Programmes – setting out support for innovation FEATURE: A rail system crossing Europe

FEATURE: New medical devices to make lives better NEWS IN BRIEF

Aho report calls for commitment to R&D and innovation European Business Summit 2006

Dutch Innovation Vouchers help small firms InnoSupport handbook shows SME managers how UHI Millennium Institute – a new model for higher education KoBaS project sets new standards for machining tools CONFERENCES

PUBLICATIONS 

INNOVATION IN FIGURES

Seeking the commitment to innovation

3 Organisational changes and new attitudes, more than new technolo- 5 gies,  will be key to revitalising Europe’s railways. For both freight and passenger traffic, rail provides a more environmentally friendly alterna- tive to road and air travel. But while lorries and low-cost airlines make 9 the  most of the single market, railways remain separated by national 13 borders. New technologies will help more than the current handful of trains run across frontiers without stopping (see our first feature), but without changes in the way railways are run, the technology risks being 14 more of an expense than an opportunity. 16 Healthcare  costs are on the rise as we live longer and develop ever more sophisticated treatments. While pharmaceuticals grab much of the 18 limelight,  medical devices also represent a huge sector of the health- care industry. But as our second feature shows, while new ideas and methods can help control healthcare costs, the single market needs to 19 provide  manufacturers with greater opportunities to compete with their counterparts across the world. 20 In March, the European Council focused again on the Union’s economic situation, seeking to accelerate progress on fostering growth and jobs. In 21 the run-up to the meeting, leaders received strong messages from busi- ness, at the European Business Summit, and from the Aho group, whose 22 report warns that action must come now. Moreover, the Commission has reviewed each Member State’s National Reform Programme, which 23 sets  out each country’s efforts to revive their economy. 24

European Innovation nt Ehe te isprervonnIni noita na dnIudtsyrD G The development of innovation policy and the imple- mentation of a range of measures is the responsibility European Innovation (formerlyInnovation and Technology Transfer  the Innovation policy Directorate of the European of ) is published six times a year, simultaneously in English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish, by the  Commission’s Enterprise and Industry DG.  European Commission’s Enterprise and Industry DG as part of the European Community’s Sixth Research Framework Programme. The next issue will be published in July 2006. Contact Innovation policy development(D/1) Fax [phone] [e-mail] Published by: Legal notice: Support for innovation(D/2) Fax [phone] E C n o t m er m pr u is n e i   c a a n ti d o   n In  a d n u d s   t i r n y f   o D r G mation Unit a N c e ti it n h g e   r  o t n h   e  b E e u h r a o lf p   e o a f  n  t C h o e  m C m o is m si m o i n s   si n o o n r    a is n   y r   e p s e p rs o o n n -   [e-mail] European Commission sible for the use which might be made of the Financing SMEs, entrepreneurs B-1049 Brussels information contained in this publication. While and innovators(D/3) Fax [phone] every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the  Fax [phone] [e-mail] information, readers who wish to follow up any of  [e-mail] http://aoi.cordis.europa.eu/ c th o e n   fi o r p m p   o t r h t e u   n v it a i li e d s  it ci y t   e o d f     i t n h   e t   h i i n s  f p or u m bl a ic ti a o ti n o   n w   i s t h h o  t u h ld e     Technology for innovation; Written and produced by and/or references cited in the articles.contacts ICT industries and e-business(D/4) : Fax [phone] ESN russels  © European Commission, 2006  [e-mail] , B  Reproduction is authorised, provided the source ise/e./uocmme/tnrerpp:ttww//euw.paroh innovation/index_en.htm is acknowledged. Printed in Belgium nnvouei//ntaoiisrdco//a.opur.e:ptth

EuropeanInnovation

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