Past Workshops

Crossing borders: Venturing into the European Research Area

Crossing institutional borders and cultures has proved a major obstacle in the governance of research and innovation policies. One often sees a lack of coherence and coordination between research policy and innovation policy at national/regional and European levels. By organizing this workshop in Eisenstadt (Austria) and Sopron (Hungary), the Six Countries programme sought to openly debate this issue and propose possible ways forward. Among the topics addressed during the workshop were: the need to establish workable collaborative arrangements at national and supranational levels, the positive but critical challenges posed by newcomers to the European Research Area, and continued lack of clarity regarding some objectives and targets of the Lisbon/Barcelona ERA action plans.

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Presentations and abstracts

• Opening Statement by Georg Panholzer, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour, Austria

• Main findings of the background paper: The ERA concept and its problems by Wolfgang Polt, Joanneum Research, Austria

• Main findings of the background paper: Problems of accession countries by Attila Havas (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)

• Scenarios of technology and innovation policies in Europe: Investigating future governance by Stefan Kuhlmann, ISI-Fraunhofer Institute Systems and Innovation Research, Germany. Paper

• The role of governance in achieving the European Research Area by Patries Boekholt, Technopolis BV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Abstract

• Border crossings: knowing where frontiers are by Chris Caswill, Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom. Abstract

• "Theory and practice of ERA"? Rather, vision versus reality. Abstract by Raoul Kneucker, Austria

• Theory and practice of the European Research Area by Rayner Mayer, SCIOTECH, United Kingdom. Abstract

• New and emerging science and technology: Possible implications for excellence and convergence in the European Research Area by William Cannell, European Commission, DG Research. Abstract

• Small versus larger companies: Looking into a crystal ball by Lena Tsipouri, University of Athens, Greece

• Competition versus cooperation: Patterns, perceptions and problems of RTD in European integration by Peter Hilger, University of Helsinki, Finland. Abstract

• Six Countries Programme: Crossing Borders - Venturing into the European Research Area. Abstract by Michael Stampfer, WWTF, Austria

• R&D and Economic Performance by John Barber, Department of Trade & Industry, United Kingdom. Abstract

• From Lisbon to Barcelona - Linking R&D to innovation and competitiveness: The regional path by Richard Escritt, European Commission, DG Research.

• ERA, its future and beyond: Challenges of accession countries by Ulle Must, Innovation Centre at the Archimedes Foundation, Estonia. Abstract

• Towards modern STI policy-making in Estonia by Marek Tiits, Research and Development Council of Estonia

• Challenges of accession countries: Poland by Jan Krystztof Frackowiak, Ministry of Scientific Research & Information Technology, Poland

• Challenges of accession countries: Slovakia by Dusan Valachovic, Ministry of Education, Slovakia

• Report on Tension 1: Role of governance at national/regional/European level report prepared by Georg Panholzer, Ministry of Economic Affairs & Labour, Austria

• A perspective from DG Research. Abstract by Andrew Sors, European Commission, DG Research

Reports and other related information

• Workshop summary report, by Paul ZEEUWTS, Chairman 6CP and President of IWT, Belgium

• Background paper

• Workshop programme

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