European Commission Staff Working Document on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon 2020 Published

The European Commission has published the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020; it was carried out according to the Commission’s Better Regulation Guidelines, drawing on several external studies, independent expert groups and internal analyses. An essential input into the exercise was the public consultation that closed in January 2017 and received close to 3500 responses and almost 300 position papers.

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The Commission staff working document that contains the full interim evaluation of Horizon 2020 is structured around five criteria: coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, EU added value and relevance. Besides oversubscription, the evaluation identifies other areas for improvement, including stimulating and scaling-up breakthrough, market-creating innovation in particular by SMEs; and increasing the awareness and involvement of the general public in agenda-setting.

The results of the interim evaluation will impact on the final Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-20 and the development of the next Framework Programme. It will provide the evidence base for the report of the High Level Group on maximising the impact of EU Research and Innovation Programmes. This group will present its report and recommendations at the conference 'Research and innovation: shaping our future' in Brussels on 3 July. The Commission will also draw policy conclusions from the interim evaluation and react to the recommendations of the High Level Group in a Communication due to be adopted in Autumn 2017.

Mikalsen, Theresa

Publisert: 01.06.17 00:00 Oppdatert: 01.06.17 08:27