In meeting the objectives of the Europe2020 Strategy, European institutions assigned a central role to higher education. The European Commission (EC), in subsequent communications released in 2011, 2012 and 2013, stressed the importance of education - and higher education in particular - as a...

In meeting the objectives of the Europe2020 Strategy, European institutions assigned a central role to higher education. The European Commission (EC), in subsequent communications released in 2011, 2012 and 2013, stressed the importance of education - and higher education in particular - as a...

In meeting the objectives of the Europe2020 Strategy, European institutions assigned a central role to higher education. The European Commission (EC), in subsequent communications released in 2011, 2012 and 2013, stressed the importance of education - and higher education in particular - as a...

The study summarises the results of a peer review of the CIP and EIP evaluation reports. The peer review was conducted in two stages: first, the general CIP evaluation and, second, a detailed review of the EIP evaluation with regard to the specific needs of SMEs and how the EIP programme has...

This report sets out to offer an illustrative presentation of the roles, approaches, efforts and achievements of Local and Regional Authorities (LRA) in implementing the Knowledge and Innovation priority of the Lisbon Strategy. It forms a contribution to the establishment of the Committee of the...

This is the final report for a study assessing the European Industrial Doctorates (EID) scheme. The report presents findings and conclusions from an assessment of the EID scheme activities up until March 2016. The remainder of this report is structured as follows: - Section 2 reviews the...

The SME Instrument supports market-creating innovation in small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) with significant growth potential and global ambitions. As part of Horizon 2020 - the EU's €80 billion Research and Innovation funding programme - it will invest €3 billion in 7,500 companies...