Tag: knowledge society

The Commission wants to strengthen the culture of science communication in Europe in order to avoid misperceptions that could lead to public opposition to scientific advances and thus lost innovation opportunities.

In the report entitled Knowledge Capital as the Source of Growth, researcher Hannu Piekkola examines the role of knowledge agglomeration in productivity growth in Finland. The report was published by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). 

A European Area of Knowledge, national programmes to boost knowledge and a Charter of Life Long Learning are some of the main ideas of an opinion adopted by the European Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC).

Europe must develop a specific 'knowledge for growth pact' to reinforce the knowledge triangle: education, research and innovation, says Commissioner Potočnik.

Placing the emphasis on voluntary initiatives or mandatory measures is the hot debate as the EU's Multi Stakeholder Forum on CSR concludes its 20-month mandate and delivers its final conclusions.

The Commission has set out the indicators it will use to assess the EU's progress in becoming the "most competitive and dynamic" economy. The Communication includes indicators in the field of employment, innovation and research, economic reform, social cohesion and sustainable development.

The Commission's 'European Innovation Scoreboard' shows that all Member States are improving, but the EU as a whole is still lagging behind the US and Japan. The Commission is particularly concerned about Europe's relatively weak investment by business in R&D, and a low level of high-tech patenting activity.

New report by Commission looks at how EU enterprises are managing dynamics of innovation in the context of globalisation