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Innovation performance of EU Member States
Figure A3.4: Innovation performance of EU Member States
Five Innovation Programmes address:
IP1–COST-EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE
HIGH CAPACITY TRAINS
IP2–ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGE-
MENT & CONTROL SYSTEMS
IP3–COST-EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE
HIGH CAPACITY INFRASTRUCTURE
IP4–IT SOLUTIONS FOR ATTRACTIVE
RAILWAY SERVICES
IP5–TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE
& ATTRACTIVE EUROPEAN FREIGHT
Source: Source: Directorate-General European Commission
for Enterprise and Industry, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Innovation Union Scoreboard 2010.
NB: Average performance is measured using a composite indicator building on data for 24 indicators going from a lowest possible performance of 0 to a
Innovation leaders is 20 % or more above that of the EU-27; of Innovation followers, it is less than 20 % above but more than 10 % below that of the EU-27;
of Moderate innovators, it is less than 10 % below but more than 50 % below that of the EU-27; and, for Modest innovators, it is below 50 % that of the EU-27.
The launch of the first demands occurs
almost a year after the European Commission
presented the “Package regarding innovation
investments”, a set of proposals
to 0.2 % of the total GDP in Europe ( 19 ). In contrast,
which these revenues aims were at creating more than seven double and public-private
Japan partnerships and the United States. and Moreover, four public-private
this gap has
triple in
partnerships. widened considerably They during will the be past carried decade. out in
several key areas such as medicines, transport,
electronics, bioeconomy, and have a
Globally, the EU is failing to close the innovation
performance gap with its main international competitors:
Japan and the United States. Although the
total cost of over EUR 22 Billion.
trends
The
in
seven
most EU
public-private
Member States are
partnerships
promising
that despite were the launched economic crisis, represent progress a total is not investment
enough. of While EUR the 19.5 EU still Billion maintains in research a clear lead and
fast
innovation over the emerging stretching economies over of India the and next Russia, seven
years. Brazil is EU’s making contribution steady progress, and to China this is budget, catching
up rapidly. EUR 7.3 Within Billion the EU, will Sweden allow is the unblock-
most
worth
ing impressive investments performer of followed EUR by 12.2 Denmark, Billion Finland from
the private sector and member states. Together
with other four public-private partnerships
with member states, they form
the “Package on innovation investments”.
population, which points to good linkages between
the In science the base railway and businesses. transport All Europe’s segment, most the
innovative Shift2Rail countries Technological also excel in the Initiative commercialisation
budget of their of technological EUR 920 knowledge, Million as for measured the next
has a
by
7 years
their performance
of which
in
EUR
terms
450
of license
Million
and patent
will be
revenues from abroad.
allocated to the EU and EUR 470 Million
will come from the railway industry partners
involved in developing the initiative.
This new public-private partnership sets
top new 10 % measures most cited publications for significantly worldwide, only improving 11 %
of the EU efficiency publications fall and into quality this category. of railway Meanwhile, services
in had Europe 7 % of its by publications accelerating HOW the
China
TO
top the ranking
APPLY development
compared of solutions. with just under 5 % in 2000 ( 20 ).
in
2007,
The initiative will bring together the re-
and Germany. The United Kingdom, Belgium, Austria,
Ireland, Luxembourg, France, Cyprus, Slovenia most active research universities in the world 45 %
SHIFT²RAIL: and Estonia, in that the order, Joint form the Undertaking next group to Build
HORIZON 2020 Budget 21 ). But
(in current prices 2013)
the Railway System of Tomorrow
All the innovation leaders have higher than average
public-private co-publications per million of
located in the United States.
“ New technologies can do much to help modernise Europe’s railways, while also reducing
operational and infrastructure costs and creating new business opportunities for the European
rail supply industry. ”
20. Source: Science-Metrix, Scopus (Elsevier).
19. Source: Eurostat.
21. According to the latest edition of the Shanghai Ranking.
Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing the SHIFT²RAIL Joint Undertaking, 16 December 2013
HORIZON 2020 Budget (in current prices 2013)
SHIFT²RAIL is the first European initiative to deliver focused Research & Innovation (R&I) and market-driven
solutions by accelerating the integration of new and advanced technologies into innovative rail product
solutions, meeting key objectives of the EU 2020 Strategy and the EU Transport policy.
SHIFT²RAIL is an unprecedented joint effort of all the stakeholders of the European rail sector to invest
together in research and innovation in order to :
1. Reinforce the attractiveness of rail transport toward passengers and business; and therefore achieve
the ambitious objectives set:
• by the European Commission in the 2011 White Paper on Transport – including the completion of
the Single European Railway Area (SERA)
• by the whole rail sector in the ERRAC RailRoute2050
2. Increase the competitiveness of the European rail industry in a world of ever fiercer competition with
Asian companies
3. Create and preserve high-quality jobs in Europe
Source: European Commission - Horizon 2020 in brief
Useful links:
FOR THIS PURPOSE, SHIFT 2 RAIL WILL FOCUS ON 3 MAJOR CHALLENGES :
Participant Portal
1. CAPACITY
http://bit.ly/H2020PP
Enhancing the capacity of the
European rail system in order to
Helpdesk
cope with increased passenger
and freight demand.
http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries
Learn more about Horizon 2020
Source: Overview of Shift 2 Rail
http://ec.europa.eu/horizon2020
AND ON ALL SEGMENTS OF THE RAIL MARKET
National contact Points (NCPs):
Shift 2 Rail major challenges
2. RELIABILITY /
QUALITY OF SERVICE
Increasing reliability of next
generation products and
solutions to attract passengers
and businesses to use rail
transport.
3. LIFE CYCLE COST
REDUCTION
Reflecting the need to reduce rail
ticket/shipment costs for users
and public subsidies for the tax
payer.
sources and the expertise of main actors
for increasing the reliability and punctuality
of railway services by over 50% by
doubling capacity and reducing congestion
and carbon dioxide in order to reduce
infrastructure and rolling stock costs by
50%. Three precursor topics were already
launched under Horizon 2020 Work Programme
2014 for a value of EUR 52 Million,
covering intelligent infrastructure
and mobility management, smart rail services
and new generation of rail vehicles.
The management of these projects will
be transferred to Shift2Rail. A call for Associated
Members to the Joint Undertaking
will be launched within the next three
months to identify the core partners who
will work hand in hand with the Commission
to make sure Europe can get more
passengers and freight onto its railways,
and the first calls for activities will follow
in 2015.
“Rail needs to innovate. With Shift2Rail,
the Commission is more than tripling its
financing for rail research and innovation,
which, combined with Why private launch funding, such a larg
will represent a unique The companies opportunity supporting to SHIFT²R
develop strategic technologies was not an option. and solutions”,
declared Vice-President industry joins Siim forces Ka-
to develop
Global leadersh
innov
llas, EU commissioner for mobility and
transport.
success of the rail sector in EU-fun
help meet the ambitious targets of E
of EU industrial research cooperatio
Fully aware of both the need to act
of the readiness of the rail sector to
6 государств не-членов
legislative proposal of December 20
ЕС могут иметь доступ
к финансированию What will по SHIFT²RAIL c
программе «Горизонт
Clear research priorities have been
2020»
and the wider rail community. The re
segmented in five Innovation Progra
Пять государств на Западных As already mentioned Балканах in the Europe
(Албания, Босния и Герцеговина,
address:
Македония, Черногория и Сербия)
и Республика Молдова обеспечили IP1 – COST-E
себе доступ к европейской программе
«Горизонт 2020». Все 6 стран Comprehensiv
подписали (1 июля 2014 года) соглашения
об ассоциации с властями в Брюсселе,
наряду с генеральным директором по
Исследованиям и инновациям в ЕК
Робертом-Ян Смитсом. У них имеется
опыт сотрудничества с ЕС в сфере
исследований и инноваций (через FP7),
и они намереваются принимать более
активное участие в программе «Горизонт
2020».
order to boost
IP2 – ADVANC
Building on exi
including urban
ERTMS techno
IP3 – COST-E
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