News archive - Geoghegan-Quinn on FP: Successor Programme of FP7 Needs a New Name
European Union’s new Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, proposes to find a new name for the successor to the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) ScienceIBusiness Bulletin reports. “Talk to any man or woman on the street, they wouldn’t know probably what FP8 or FP7 or FP6 was,” she said. “People have to understand what you’re communicating...”
The first step for the Framework Programme will be a mid-term review to see which areas of the programme need altering. The results of this assessment are expected by the summer. One area of concern is low number of SMEs participating in Framework Programmes. One answer, Geoghegan-Quinn suggests, may be to set a minimum level of participation for SMEs in certain, relevant calls.
In terms of the 3 per cent target of the Lisbon Agenda, Geoghegan-Quinn said, “I would like to find a way to increase the private element, because this is where we have a real problem.” She highlighted the huge gap between the EU and the US in this respect. “I have to find a way to help persuade the private sector to see this as an area that they need to get more involved in, and they need to make more investment in,” she noted.
Source: ScienceIBusiness Bulletin, as accessed on February 17, 2010.
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