EARTO publishes recommendations for EU Partnerships in FP10

On 5 December 2024, EARTO published a position paper on EU Partnerships in FP10. EARTO welcomes the new European Commission’s priority to enhance Europe’s industrial competitiveness by realising a European Prosperity Plan that places Research, Development and Innovation at the core of the economy. EARTO stresses that the Co-programmed and Institutionalised Partnerships would facilitate industrial commitment and leverage private RD&I investments in their respective industrial sectors. The paper lists significant advancements in RD&I activities made possible by Partnerships, such as accelerating the creation and upscaling of new solutions, designing and implementing RD&I activities on a European scale, and developing critical structures for co-creation and impact multiplication. Furthermore, Partnerships would share risks and knowledge, optimise resources, create networks of relevant stakeholders, align national and EU research agendas with industry needs, and support collaborative work in demonstration and piloting.

In addition, EARTO makes 5 recommendations to refine and boost the use of European PPPs in the upcoming Framework Programme for RD&I to make this policy instrument more effective and impactful:

1. Focus more strategically the set of Co-programmed and Institutionalised Partnerships for EU Industrial Competitiveness ,
2. Develop a better portfolio approach and strategic coordinating process to reduce duplication and foster synergies between the Partnerships for greater impact,
3. Reinforce the strategic policy advisory role of Co-programmed and Institutionalised Partnerships for the whole FP,
4. Simplify the Rules for Participation to lower administrative burden,
5. Adress the challenges faced by the Co-funded Partnerships.

The paper can be downlöoaded here:

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