Been a busy week, so just catching up now on SFIC recommendations on boosting the international dimension of the ERA & Horizon Europe. Encouraging to see a constructive, reflective assessment of EU’s research response to Covid-19. https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-1356-2020-INIT/en/pdf
Covid-19 has made the case for the EU to do more to increase international research cooperation - and the obvious mechanisms for realising this ambition are Horizon Europe and ERA.
Also encouraging to see its recognition of UK’s value add to framework programmes: ‘it seems in the EU’s interest to consider an agreement regarding the future relations with the UK that enables a close cooperation in that field...
Many of the leading European academic institutions and research orgs are based in the UK and advancing scientific excellence & EU innovation potential requires the exchange & collaboration w/ the UK in an adapted manner. Negotiations should emphasise these joint interests.’
Looking forward to responding to ERA roadmap on behalf of @wellcometrust over the coming few weeks. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12495-Communication-on-the-future-of-research-and-innovation-and-the-European-Research-Area
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