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structure, growing recognition for the researcher's profession and encouragement
for greater mobility and career development of researchers;
– intensifying the dialogue between the research community and the European
public to enhance public trust in education;
– upgrading research and innovation potential taking into account the
needs of regional convergence 37 .
A programme complementary to the 7 Framework Programme is the Framework
Competitiveness and Innovation Programme targeted at enhancing the
innovation and competitiveness potential of EU economy, with special emphasis
on enterprises. The programme is also to support the development of
advanced-knowledge society and economic growth based on improved environmental
security and quality. The basic CIP objectives are:
– to increase competitiveness of enterprises with special attention paid to
SMEs;
– to promote all forms of innovation, including technological innovations;
– to accelerate the development of a sustainable, competitive, innovative
and inclusive information society;
– to foster energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in all economic
sectors, including transport.
The key data (budget, time period and sub-programme types) of both
framework programmes, i.e. the 7 Framework Programme and the Framework
Programme for Competitiveness and Innovation are shown in Table 7.
Table 7. Community programmes for the years 2007-2013
Programme Time period Budget [billion euro] Components
7 Framework Programme
Framework Programme
for Competitiveness
and Innovation
2007-2013 54,6
2007-2013 3,6
– Cooperation
– Ideas
– People
– Capacities
– Joint Research Centre
– EURATOM
– entrepreneurship and innovation
programme
– ICT support programme
– Intelligent energy for Europe programme
Source: A. B¹kowski, A. Siemaszko, M. Snarska-Œwiderska, Jak zostaæ regionem wiedzy i innowacji, Twigger, Warsaw
2007, p. 30.
Structural Funds and community programmes are complementary financing
sources for research and innovations, making synergy effect possible (see
37 Convergence – the process of reducing divergence among European Union countries and
strengthening socio-economic convergence.
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