Council Decision (EU) 2021/764 of 10 May 2021 establishing the Specific Programme implementing Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

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to establish the specific programme implementing Horizon Europe - the framework programme for research and innovation. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: while the proposal for a Regulation establishing the framework programme for research and innovation ‘Horizon Europe’ for the period 2021-2027 sets out the general and specific objectives of Horizon Europe, the structure and the broad lines of activities to be carried out, this proposal for a Decision aims to define the operational objectives and the activities which are specific to parts of Horizon Europe . The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted the report by Christian EHLER (EPP, DE) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the specific programme implementing Horizon Europe - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The committee recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission's proposal as follows. Specific actions : the Specific Programme's actions shall be used to reinforce, widen and extend the excellence of the Union's scientific and technological base, tackle major global challenges, increase the Union's industrial leadership, improve quality of life in the Union as well as boost investment, address market failures or sub-optimal investment situations , leveraging additional funding rather than crowding out private financing. The Specific Programme shall be implemented in a transparent, participatory and strategic way seeking involvement of stakeholders and civil society. Stakeholder representation and civil society involvement shall be balanced representing various backgrounds Specific objectives : the Specific Programme shall have, inter alia , the following operational objectives: strengthening and widening Europe’s scientific and technological base, reinforcing and spreading excellence; connecting, developing and facilitating wide access, including virtually, to research infrastructures across the European Research Area; attracting, training and retaining EU and international researchers and innovators; reinforcing the link between research, innovation, education, and other policies, including the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement; driving EU industrial transformation to unlock the potential of Europe’s strategic sectors, such as Key Enabling Technologies; Main pillars : the Horizon 2020 programme shall have three main pillars: Pillar I: Excellent and Open Science (includes grants to top-level individual researchers, and investments in future technologies and training for researchers); Pillar II: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness (includes investments in biotechnology and space technologies, access to risk finance and support for innovative small firms); Pillar III : Innovative Europe (includes the European Innovation Council (EIC), spreading…

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