21 May 2025
EARTO publishes response to EC Consultation on European Strategy on R&T Infrastructures
EARTO, the European Association of Research and Technology Organisation, published its response to the EC Consultation on a European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures on 20 May 2025. EARTO very much welcomes the European Commission's (EC) initiative to develop a new European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures (RTIs) and underlines the crucial role of Technology Infrastructures (TIs) and the continuum between RTIs in strengthening the EU’s competitiveness and sustainable growth.
To respond to the EC’s public consultation on a European Strategy on Research and Technology Infrastructures, EARTO highlights the key role of Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) in managing and advancing the European technology infrastructures ecosystem.
EARTO emphasises the following key aspects of the future strategy on RTIs:
- The need for TIs to be treated separately from the RIs;
- Focus the work first on developing Investment Roadmaps on key industrial sectors and critical technologies identified in the EU Competitiveness Compass;
- Develop new Pilots using existing EU Instruments such as EU RD&I Public-Private Partnerships;
- Focus the TIs pillar’s activities on alleviating barriers and on adding speed to joint EU-Member States investments.