European Union Committee - Fifteenth Report
The Effectiveness of EU Research and Innovation Proposals

Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 23 April 2013.


Contents


Terms of Reference

Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction

Europe 2020 and the Innovation Union

Horizon 2020

Figure 1: Development of Horizon 2020

Figure 2: Horizon 2020 Grant Awarding Process

Objectives of the report

Chapter 2: Impact of the economic crisis

Private sector reaction

The EU's international competitiveness

Horizon 2020 Budget

Chapter 3: Consultation with stakeholders

The challenge of consultation

Large businesses

Trade associations, professional bodies, other representative
groups and SMEs

Failure of consultation

EU efforts to improve consultation

Issues for the UK to address

Role of other EU institutions

Chapter 4: Identification, monitoring and evaluation

Box 1: Commission Criteria for an Effective Proposal

Excellence

Impact Assessments in the field of R&I

Monitoring and Evaluation

Chapter 5: Private sector participation

Figure 3: Private Sector Participation in FP

Figure 4: Private Sector Participation in FP

Bureaucracy and Complexity

SME participation

Box 2: The European Institute of Innovation and
Technology (EIT)

Public procurement

Follow-on Funding

Open Access to Innovation versus Intellectual Property

Chapter 6: Summary of conclusions and recommendations

Appendix 1: List of members and declarations of interest

Appendix 2: List of witnesses

Appendix 3: Call for evidence

Appendix 4: Glossary of terms and abbreviations

Evidence is published online at http://www.parliament.uk/hleub and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 5314)

References in footnotes to the Report are as follows:

Q refers to a question in oral evidence.

Witness names without a question reference refer to written evidence.



 
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