Upscaling knowledge valorisation capacities and activities

Structural Policy 6 in the ERA Policy Agenda (2025-2027)

The EU faces challenges in translating research and innovation results into societal use and economic value, and in retaining value within the EU, which is vital for the functioning of the internal market. This Structural Policy will seek to close in the European knowledge landscape by

• building the capacity of intermediaries to strengthen links between academia, industry and public authorities;
• improving access to and safeguarding of intellectual assets notably through responsible licensing and shared data governance approach;
• strengthening the valorisation capacities and skills of R&I actors, including research and funding organisations;
• increasing the uptake of results from multidisciplinary research, including social sciences, arts and humanities;
• improving the measurement framework for capturing wider societal value created

Objectives

• Strengthen knowledge valorisation and deployment, skills and professional support;
• improve the access and use of intellectual assets and data derived from research and innovation;
• Consolidate the culture of knowledge valorisation.

Expected outcomes

• European scheme on responsible licencing principles and shared data-governance approach to facilitate greater cross-sectoral collaboration and benefit for both businesses and society, taking research security considerations into account;
• ‘learning labs for value creation’ to develop skills on knowledge valorisation and entrepreneurship through targeted trainings, peer-learning and contact with role models;
• policy guidance on increasing and accelerating the uptake of R&I results of a multidisciplinary nature in the European Research Area, based on a Commission background study and on work to create a dedicated community of practice;
• a comprehensive measurement framework capturing the broad spectrum of knowledge valorisation activities to monitor the performance of the ERA in this field.

Background information

As part of the first ERA Policy Agenda (2022-2024), Action 7, titled “Upgrade EU guidance for a better knowledge valorisation,” set the foundation for a unified approach to improving measures and policy instruments for more effective knowledge sharing and valorisation across Europe.

The key policy documents are the EU Guiding Principles for Knowledge Valorisation and the codes of practice on intellectual assets management, standardisation, industry-academia co-creation, and citizen engagement.

For more information:

Knowledge Valorisation Platform - European Commission

Horizon Europe support for knowledge valorisation | European Research Area Platform