The European Institute of Innovation and Technology outlined its strategic objectives for the 2013-2015 period
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) published its Triennial Work Programme (TWP) which outlines the EIT's priorities and activities planned on the basis of currently available input.
The Triennial Work Programme for the 2013-2015 period was published by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). It outlines the priorities and activities planned by the EIT on the basis of currently available input, i.e. the proposals for the EIT's first Strategic Innovation Agenda (SIA) presented by the European Commission on 30 November 2011 which proposes six additional KICs by 2018 and a budget increase from €308 million to €3.1 billion for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2014-2020), the amended EIT regulation and the package for the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation - Horizon 2020. According to the EIT, as of 2014, the EIT's activities will blend into and consistently contribute to Horizon 2020's overall policy objectives.
In addition, the current three KICs complement existing EU policies and initiatives in their respective thematic area of climate change mitigation and adaptation, next generation ICT, and sustainable energy. To this end, the TWP becomes a road map for the next three years of how the EIT plans to implement its innovation agenda across Europe by consolidating and scaling up its operations with current and future KICs as well as deploying in full its role as an innovation Institute to the benefit of Europe at large.
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has been demonstrating the added value of its concept and activities in shaping a new innovation agenda at EU level. As a result, the EIT has been able to identify and take on board the lessons learnt from this its establishment phase in shaping its future. To this end, the Institute highlights that has progressively put in place the policies, mechanisms and measures needed to ensure it is best prepared to bridge the gap between the current financial perspective (covering the period of 2007-2013) and the future MFF.