The European Association of Research and Technology Organisations (EARTO) has strongly supported the proposal to establish a new European Innovation Council (EIC), saying that currently EU innovation activities remain scattered and without focus.
“The EIC should be the tool to support consolidation of innovation investments at EU level,” EARTO says in a paper published in December.
EARTO is one of the first off the blocks with a published response to the proposal for the new council, which was made last June by EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas. His vision is to create a body to promote and support innovation in the same way as the European Research Council supports the best science.
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