Drawing funding and financing scenarios for effective implementation of Smart Specialisation Strategies

Mathieu Doussineau (), Eskarne Arregui-Pabollet (), Nicholas Harrap () and Fernando Merida ()
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Eskarne Arregui-Pabollet: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Nicholas Harrap: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en
Fernando Merida: European Commission - JRC, https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/index_en

No JRC112708, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: Leveraging greater impact from the array of research and innovation funds in the EU is driving efforts to combine such funds and develop synergies at the policy and strategy levels. However, one of the first challenges for policy makers and stakeholders intervening in the support to R&I is to obtain a full picture of all current and planned funding and financing instruments. This report uses the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) framework to characterise the different funding that is available. The major bottlenecks in the innovation process that can arise through the lack of appropriate funding are discussed along with the background and the utility and criticisms of the TRL. The use of TRL to characterise and map research and innovation in the EU provides a useful framework. However, there is a need to broaden the scope of TRL to include commercialisation of new products and services and scale-up business capacities. Furthermore, it is limited by its technology focus, while innovation can embrace many aspects beyond the purely technological. This work has also highlighted many issues that can affect the optimal combination of funds. There is a need for cross-cutting knowledge of the different funds rather than there being ''silo-thinking'' where a person only considers the area in which they directly work and not interrelated areas in other domains. Hand in hand with this is a better understanding of how beneficiaries decided between funding options and the support they may require. This support can include clearer information communicated with regards to the funds and also the financial instruments that are available, such as those implemented by the European Investment bank. Finally, an improved alignment of the rules of participation of the various funds is needed, both between the different funds at the EU level but also with national funding.

Keywords: EU funding; financing instruments; synergies; Research; innovation; TRL; Smart specialisation strategies; Horizon 2020; ESIF (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2018-11
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