EU and industry join forces to invest €22 billion in research and innovation

EU News 333/2013

IP/13/668
Brussels, 10 July 2013

The European Commission, EU Member States and European industry will invest more than €22 billion over the next seven years in innovation for sectors that deliver high quality jobs. Most of the investment will go to five public-private partnerships in innovative medicines, aeronautics, bio-based industries, fuel cells and hydrogen, and electronics. These research partnerships will boost the competitiveness of EU industry in sectors that already provide more than 4 million jobs. They will also find solutions to major challenges for society that are not being solved quickly enough by the market alone, such as reducing carbon emissions or providing the next generation of antibiotics (MEMO/13/669). The package also proposes to extend an initiative to pool research and innovation investments in Air Traffic Management (SESAR), in support of the Single European Sky (IP/13/664).

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-668_en.htm?locale=en

Neelie Kroes, on the right, and Máire Geoghegan-Quinn Date: 10/07/2013 Reference: P-023717/00-07 Location: Brussels - EC/Berlaymont (C)EU, 2013 URL

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