22 Sep 2025
R&I stakeholders respond to EC survey on Codes of Practice for knowledge valorisation
The European Commission has presented the outcome of the Commission survey on the Codes of Practice for knowledge valorisation. The outcomes confirm that R&I stakeholders consider the Codes of Practice for Knowledge Valorisation relevant and helpful and see great potential of the Codes being used in day-to-day research and innovation activities.
The survey, which closed on 16 June 2025, aimed at gathering feedback from research and innovation stakeholders on their use of the Commission’s Codes of Practice for Knowledge Valorisation. The purpose is also to inform future policies and initiatives that support more effective knowledge valorisation. In total, 336 respondents from 25 EU Member States and 19 non-EU countries took part in the survey.
In the last two years (2023, 2024) the Commission adopted four Codes of Practice on Knowledge Valorisation, providing practical guidance to research and innovation actors in making research results work for market and society. The Codes support the implementation of the Council Recommendation on the guiding principles for knowledge valorisation (December 2022), which aims to establish a common line on measures and policy initiatives in the EU. They cover:Management of intellectual assets, Standardisation in the European Research Area, Citizen engagement and Industry-academia co-creation.
The survey engaged a broad spectrum of individuals and organisations: technology and knowledge transfer professionals, researchers and scientists, research and innovation managers, public administrators, businesses, universities and higher education institutions, research performing organisations, knowledge and technology transfer offices, research funding organisations, standardisation bodies, startups/spinoffs, and more.
The survey's main findings are as follows:
- The Codes are considered helpful by more than 3/4 of respondents.
- 61% of respondents have already used or plan to use the Codes in the future.
- 56% of the participants to the survey were previously unaware of the Codes, but 48% are now already planning to use them in the future.
- 72% of participants expressed a strong interest in further engaging and providing additional feedback on one or more of the Codes.
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