The objective of Part V of Horizon 2020 'Science with and for Society' (SWAFS) is "to build effective cooperation between science and society, to recruit new talent for science, and to pair scientific excellence with social awareness and responsibility".

Contributions to the present consultation will feed into preparation of the next SWAFS Work Programme 2018-2020. The Commission expects to develop the content of Work Programme 2018-2020 during the fourth quarter of 2016 and first semester 2017, with adoption and publication of calls for proposals in the autumn of 2017.

Target group(s)

All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. Contributions are particularly sought from civil society organisations, businesses, research institutions, policy makers, higher education institutions, science museums, science shops, scientific centres of excellence, local public authorities, cities of scientific culture, innovators and entrepreneurs (non-exhaustive list).

How to submit your contribution

Contributions from citizens, organisations and public authorities are highly welcome.

• If you are answering this consultation as a citizen, please click here to submit your contribution.
• If you are answering this consultation on behalf of an organisation, please click here to submit your contribution.
• If you are answering this consultation on behalf of a public authority, please click here to submit your contribution.

Contributions will be published on the Internet. It is important to read the specific privacy statement attached to this consultation for information on how your personal data and contribution will be dealt with.

View the questionnaire

You may want to reserve 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire, depending on how detailed your answers are. The maximum allowed time to complete the questionnaire by the system is 90 minutes. Partial responses will not be saved. This means that once you start filling in the questionnaire, you have to answer all compulsory questions to submit your response. You can, however, preview/print a PDF version of the online questionnaire here to help you to prepare your response.

Reference documents

Before completing the questionnaire, you may wish to take a look at the Horizon 2020 regulation and information about the specific part of the programme relating to 'Science with and for Society'.

Other documents you may find useful are:

• the scene setter  on the context of the present consultation, notably the policy thrust and general framework set by the President Jean-Claude Juncker's priorities, and Commissioner Moedas' strategy ‘Open Innovation, Open Science, Open to the World’. This was made available to the SWAFS Advisory Group for its consultation on the SWAFS Work Programme 2018-2020.
• a background document presenting more information on the ‘Science with and for Society’ Work Programmes 2014-2015 and 2016-2017, and related policy activities (mentioned in the scene setter as Annex I).
• a foresight report prepared about the 3rd Strategic Programme of Horizon 2020 (listed as Annex II).

You may also wish to see the results of the previous online open public consultation for the SWAFS Work Programme 2016-2017, including the analysis of contributions received.

Results of consultation and next steps

The contributions will be analysed by the European Commission. A short summary report on the consultation, including a complete analysis of the replies, will be published online by September 9th, 2016.

Contact

Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Unit B7, Science with and for Society

E-mail: EC-SWAFS-CONSULTATION@ec.europa.eu

Postal addresses:

European Commission
DG Research & Innovation - Unit B7
Science with and for Society
B-1049 Brussels
Belgium