Gender Equality in R&I - role of Funding Agencies
GENDERACTION - a Horizon H2020 project that supports mainstreaming gender equality in the European Research Area (ERA). The project has published a briefing paper focussing on the role of Research Funding Organizations to innovate policy design and implementation for gender equality. Some of the recommendations cover a gender-balanced composition of scientific evaluation panels, monitoring the success rates of men and women applicants among other gender indicators, targets for women award holders and positive action ensuring that half of the eligible applicants are women.
ERA progress report 2018
The ERA Progress Reports assess every two years the progress on all the priorities of the European Research Area (ERA). According to the new report, the member states have made progress in mostly all of the Research Areas. At the same time, the pace seems to be slowing and large disparities between countries persist. The report sees not only considerable room for further improvement on most priorities, but also calls for a reflection on how to accelerate, strengthen and further encourage implementation of ERA priorities. This should be supported by the long-term EU-budget.
101 ideas on the future of Research & Innovation in Europe
The EC has just issued the 101 Ideas on the Future of Research & Innovation in Europe, a collection of proposals to stimulate debate on the future of research and innovation policy in Europe. The ideas arise from a yearlong series of meetings, the Tour d’Europe, where experts from the RISE (group of experts on Research, Innovation and science policy) and ESIR (group of experts on economic and social impact of Research and Innovation) met with their counterparts from across Europe. More.
European Semester: Assessing member states´ progress
In the frame of the European Semester, the European Commission made the annual assessment on the economic and social situation in the member states, and stressed the need to promote investment, pursue responsible fiscal policies and implement well-designed reforms. Research and Innovation are an important part of this year’s assessment. The EC stresses that investment in Research, Development and Innovation are a must in most member states, for raising the states´ productivity growth and competitiveness.
