Αρχική Όγδοο Πρόγραμμα Πλαίσιο7. Μεγάλες κοινωνικές προκλήσειςΣχόλιο του χρήστη Εθνική Τεχνολογική Πλατφόρμα «Food for Life» | 20 Ιουνίου 2011, 13:13
- Αρχική
- Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδας
- Ανοικτή Διακυβέρνηση
- Δικτυακός Τόπος Υπουργείου
- Διαβουλεύσεις Υπουργείων
The ultimate objective of EU RDI policy must be to improve the wellbeing of the EU citizens, and a stronger focus on the key challenges affecting our society is therefore warranted. However, sustained growth and employment levels in Europe will be the key solution to enhance the lives of our citizens and the focus must therefore not only be on European societal challenges as such but also on areas with a high potential for growth and value-added in Europe. From this perspective, the main societal challenge facing Europe is how to maintain and develop value chain creation in a globalised world. Only by considering this aspect will a focus on the key societal challenges simultaneously serve the interests of the public and private sector and ultimately the citizen. Rather than necessarily shifting the balance between curiosity-driven research and agenda-driven activities, a stronger focus on societal challenges - where food and health have a major impact both in terms of production and distribution and consumption - should primarily imply tilting the matrix of technologies and applications: at the moment most activities (FP7 themes, ETPs, JTIs, Eureka clusters) are primarily technology-oriented, but most of them are at the same time also addressing societal applications, albeit in an uncoordinated way. In the future CSFRI, we would favour tilting that matrix, giving the lead to the societal applications as “leitmotiv”, underpinned by a range of key enabling technologies and competences (e.g. eco, nano, bio and info) that will need to be maintained and nurtured to properly address the societal challenges.