Anita Pelle – Gabriella Tabajdi Research and Development in the EU

 Please check the GERD (complete and sectoral composition) and R&D intensity data for EU member states and their international partners

 Choose a research topic that interests you (you can filter for specific science areas) and introduce the JRC’s activities in that field.  Feel free to search for

o the Brundtland Report (Our Common Future) and the concept of sustainable development.  Please find cognitive links between the results of your own research and the contents

In connection with the Lisbon strategy and the emergence of the knowledge-based economy in Europe, please do the following task.  Use Reading No.4 of this course for

o the budget of the project and how much of it was financed by FP6/FP7, o the time period in which the project was running. o anything you find interesting and would like

o Simply the key facts on the countries (EU contribution, Signed grants, Participation, Success rate, Applications). o How it can be divided among regions (briefly just

The Europe 2020 strategy is about turning the EU into a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy delivering social cohesion and high productivity and high levels

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) includes expenditure on research and development by business enterprises, higher education institutions, as well as