European Technology Platforms
The concept:
Stakeholders getting together to defi ne a Strategic Research Agenda on a number of strategically important issues with high societal relevance where achieving Europe’s future growth, competitiveness and sustainable objectives is dependent upon major research and technological advances in the medium to long term.
The main objective of this ETPs is to bring together the main stakeholders. ETPs are led by industry in an RTD fi eld with a large market potential, and considered as strategically important for achieving Europe’s future growth, competitiveness and sustainability.
The way in which RTD is promoted within ETPs is through the creation and implementation of the Strategic Research Agenda, that identifies common RTD goals of industrial relevance by covering the whole economic value chain achieve these goals. SRA addresses:
- the technological RTD challenges which are essential for Europe’s future competitiveness;
- and the barriers to the timely development and deployment of new technologies and the new technology-based public goods and services.
Benefits of joining an ETP:
For the Industry, including SMEs, research institutes, universities, and NGOs:
- Accesses to information and experience, building partnerships, risk sharing, more active participation in FP7 and CIP, adoption of good practices
For the government institutions
- Improvement of national policies and programmes in RTD and alignment with the European ones.
ETPs established in the ICT area:
ARTEMIS (Embedded systems)
ENIAC (Nanoelectronics)
eMobility (Mobile and wireless communications)
EUROP (robotics)
NEM (Networked and Electronic Media)
NESSI (Networked European Software & Services Initiative)
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ISI (The Integral Satcom Initiative)
Photonics21 (Photonics for the 21th Century)
EPoSS (Smart Systems Integration)
ETPs (and JTIs) can be of high value to stakeholders and to European economy and society
- build partnerships to share risk in research, concentrate resources, and compete
- speed up innovation by knowledge and experience sharing
- build consensus to turn research results into products and services
- Increase research effort and Improve return on investment in RTD
But:
- should be open and avoid closed club!!
ETPs are key tools for the RTD promotion.