A robust innovation ecosystem for the future of Europe

Submitted by Lee Gibson on 01 October 2020

This report collects the insights, suggestions, and key takeaways from a series of online and offline consultations with the European innovation stakeholders.

These included universities, start-up communities, investors, corporates, local, regional and national authorities and national ministries in charge of innovation policies. Overall, around 350 participants attended the workshops discussing the main challenges and suggested actions for each stakeholder group.

It was carried out by the Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Innovation Council (EIC) Task Force, Unit of Innovation Ecosystems and culminated in the conference ‘A Robust Innovation Ecosystem for the Future of Europe’, which was held in Brussels on 18 February 2020.

The aim of these consultations were, on one side, to increase the cooperation between the European Union institutions and its citizens and on the other, to enrich and inform the strategic planning of the Horizon Europe (HEU) programme.

The report, as derived from these consultations should serve with policy recommendations to the relevant policy makers in the fields of innovation and the innovation ecosystems.