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A new initiative by the European Commission aims to replicate the concept underlying the European Semester - in which EU member states discuss and try to align their economic policies with EU rules - with a similar forum for research, development and innovation policies.

Romania has announced plans for a root and branch upgrade of its research and innovation system so it can spend all of the €30 billion it is set to receive from the EU’s pandemic recovery fund. But while the proposed changes signal an unprecedented political push in national R&D policy, political turmoil has derailed reforms in the past and experts hope the plan will survive the next change of government.

Editor — January 22, 2021 comments off The Secretariat of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States or ACP States (OACPS) has just launched a research and innovation (R&I) program, funded by the European Union (EU), and which is a policy support mechanism to stimulate research and innovation (R&I) in ACP countries. A growing number of ACP countries are incorporating R&I in their national development agendas, as they play a central role in achieving all the 17 Sustainable D...

The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Secretariat is glad to announce the launch of the ‘Policy Support Facility’ (PSF), an innovative mechanism to boost research and innovation (R&I) in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.

23/12/2020 15:04 Romanias digitalization is a priority point in the governing programme for 2020-2024 of the PNL-USR-PLUS-UDMR Alliance. "The main goal of digitalization is to contribute to the profound transformation of the economy, public administration and society, increase performance and efficiency in the public sector, by creating new types of value based on digitalization, innovation and digital technologies," according to the mentioned document. More attention is also be paid to ...