CESAER publishes position on EU Missions

In a position paper published on 18 December 2023, CESAER provides their evaluation and gives recommendations to readjust the EU Missions. In the paper, CESAER states that the EU Missions should be shaped as thematic ‘synergy boosters’ funded through different sources via transfers of budget to the Horizon Europe Missions through the EU Framework Programme for Research & Innovation. Key measure-of-success for each Mission should be the ability to ‘crowd in’ and marshall new funding from new sources transferred to the EU Research Framework Programme. Missions should be decoupled from the governance structure, according to the paper. Instead, funding of research and innovation activities should be put at the centre of the Missions.

The paper can be downloaded here:

EU Missions and the way forward for mission-oriented research & innovation