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Table 9.7: (continued)
Commitment Deliverables Examples of implementation/remaining gaps
18 Present an ecoinnovation
action plan
3 n Action Plan adopted in 2011 n Strategic Implementation Plan agreed in 2012
and currently under implementation;
19a
Establish a European
Creative Industries
Alliance
3 n European Creative Industries Alliance
established in 2011
n More than € 45 million mobilized on top of
€ 6.75 million in EU support for the European
Creative Industries Alliance
n More than 3 500 SMEs have benefited from
the activities of the European Creative
Industries Alliance and an additional 2 460
stakeholders participated in its activities
19b
Set up a European
Design Leadership
Board
3 n European Design Leadership Board
established. It has delivered proposals on how
to enhance the role of design in innovation
n Staff working document on Implementing an
Action Plan for Design-driven Innovation
n European Design Innovation Platform
established
n European Design Innovation Initiative call
20 Promote open
access; support smart
research information
services
21 Facilitate collaborative
research and
knowledge transfer
3 n Communication diffused entitled Towards
Better Access to Scientific Information: boosting
the Benefits of Public Investment in Research,
including recommendations for member states
n Open access in Horizon 2020
n Search tools developed
3 n Clear and easy participation rules for Horizon
2020
n Analysis of impact on innovation of
consortium agreements carried out
n Analysis of knowledge transfer and open
innovation
n ODIN project launched, an open access
website providing lessons on web
development
n European Technology Transfer Offices
established;
n Guidance on the use of consortium
agreements produced and integrated into the
Horizon 2020 online grants manual
22 Develop a European
knowledge market for
patents and licensing
23 Safeguard against the
use of IPRs for anticompetitive
purposes
3 n Staff working document Towards Enhanced
Patent Valorisation for Growth and Jobs
published in 2012
3 n Guidelines on horizontal agreements adopted
in 2010
n Expert groups established on intellectual
property valuation and on patent valorization;
n Results of the expert group on patent
valorization to be delivered
n These rules now apply to national competition
authorities, the European Commission,
companies and national courts
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Improve the use
of structural funds
for research and
innovation
3 n Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart
Specialisation introduced in the strategic
planning of member states and country regions;
n Smart specialization strategies introduced as
an ex ante conditionality for access to finance
from the European Regional Development
Fund for research, technological development
and innovation;
n National and regional smart specialization
strategies defined in most member states/
regions within countries;
n Smart Specialisation Platform launched in 2012
26 Launch a Social
Innovation pilot
and promote social
innovation through the
European Social Fund
3 n Social Innovation Europe platform launched
in 2011;
n Bigger role for social innovation incorporated
in the European Social Fund
n European Social Innovation Competition
established;
n Support given to networks of incubators for
social innovation
27 Support a research
programme on social
innovation in the
public sector and pilot
a European Public
Sector Innovation
Scoreboard
3 n Social and public sector innovation included in
Horizon 2020 topics;
n European Public Sector Innovation Scoreboard
piloted
n European Prize for Innovation in the Public
Sector launched;
n Expert group on public sector innovation
set up
n First European Capital of Innovation Award
(iCapital) awarded to Barcelona in 2014
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