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Part 1: Keynote and Plenary Papers - State of the Art, Challenges, Future ; International audience ; A current trend in crisis-laden Europe is de-industrialisation. The European Union has launched ambitious policies and proposed a new research and innovation framework programme, Horizon 2020, to counter this trend and to foster innovation in manufacturing. The paper highlights the key issues related to this upcoming programme. R&D and innovation efforts, however, need to be underpinned by smart policies that in particular link up relevant R&D and innovation strategies at regional, national and European level and offer incentives for growth and differentiation as well as for leveraging private investment.

The European Commission claims that Horizon 2020 represents a break from previous framework programmes. This paper examines that claim in terms of the public management narratives that underlie the discourses of research policy at the European level. It is argued that the framework programmes go beyond their explicit role as a funding distribution instrument to serve discursive and regulatory functions. Using an analytical framework based on three types of public administration narrative: New Public Management, Network Governance, and Neo-Weberian Bureaucracy, this article examines the ways in which the evaluation and distribution of research funds and the conflicting conceptualizations of the term excellence have moved EU policy towards a New Public Management narrative and a more divided Europe of Knowledge.

This article considers that the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Open Access (OA) policy can be adopted as a policy model in European Research Area (ERA) countries for the development and increasing alignment of OA policies. Accordingly, the OA policy landscape in five ERA countries – Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey and the UK – is assessed and the extent of alignment or divergence of those policies with the H2020 OA policy is examined. The article concludes by considering some of the impacts that aligning OA policies may have and looking at mechanisms that may contribute towards enhancing policy alignment. ; This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 611742.

Investing in research towards solutions for Societal Challenges is a key priority of the EU Innovation Union[1], and the EC has placed focus on "Open Innovation, Open Science and Open to the World"[2] as a strategy to make the EU leader in Research & Innovation. Open Science is about removing all barriers to full sphere basic research knowledge and outputs (research data, research code, publications, policy briefs), and thus feeding Open Innovation and the knowledge-based economy. The concept is central to EU's Responsible Research and Innovation philosophy[3], and removing barriers to basic research measurably contributes to the EU's Blue/Green Growth Agenda[4]. Despite the potential of the internet age to deliver on that promise, only 50% of today's basic research is freely available[5]. The workshop will demonstrate how and why Open Science can be a key tool for research managers formulating and managing grant proposals. Learning Outcomes follow FP7 FOSTER Open Science Learning Objectives (http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15603) : - Understand EC's Open Science Agenda priorities; - Gain insight into what is, and will be, mandated on access to research, and data management; - Be capable to integrate Open Science in the research concept, and its impact; - Understand Open Science's impact on EC Evaluation process based on examples from 2014-2015. The topics is presented as a tool to alleviate daily problems with formulating competitive grant proposals, in a way that optimised knowledge transfer and dissemination strategies, as well as the societal impact of research projects. The workshop can bring total beginners up to speed with the EC position on Open Innovation, and can upgrade existing knowledge on the topic of Open Science synergies and conflicts with IPR and Data Protection. [1] EC Digital Agenda & Access to Knowledge http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/open-access-scientific-knowledge-0 [2] Commissioner Moedas Press Release, 22 June 2015 ...

Scholarship on gender mainstreaming (GM) in the European Union (EU) consistently highlights the disappointing implementation of gender mainstreaming. This article contributes to that discussion through the analysis of the first policy frame on gender equality in the work programmes of the EU's Framework Programme for Research and Development, Horizon 2020, from 2014 until 2016. This article analyses how GM as a transformative strategy is contextualised by advisory group experts, and what is being achieved within Horizon 2020 work programmes. In opposition to the Commission's rhetorical commitment to GM, this article demonstrates that Horizon 2020 work programmes exemplify a failure of implementing GM, further depoliticising gender equality in the Commission's neoliberal context.

Today innovation and scientific progress determine the development of society, encouraging the economic and social development of the whole country. This process takes place through joint international research, the European Union program Horizon 2020 being an example. The topicality of the issue is determined by Ukraine's cooperation with Europe, which will accelerate the accession of the country to the EU as well as its emergence in the world arena.

Aaernnova and ecodesign in Clean Sky 2 by Horizon 2020. This project has received funding from the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement CS2-LPA-GAM-2016-2017. The JU receives support from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the Clean Sky 2 JU members other than the Union. The results, opinions, conclusions, etc. presented in this work are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily represent the position of the JU; the JU is not responsible for any use made of the information contained herein.

European Union Frame Programs is a research program with one of highest budget in the world. It operates for the purpose of the improving research and technology, to promote university-industry cooperation, creating mutual and powerful sources, providing human resources and to support international cooperation. It provides support with a specially established fund. In Turkey, European Union Programs coordination is done over TUBITAK. TUBITAK, aside from undertaking the job of being a coordinator for constituting international consortiums, it also promotes participation with various support and rewards. In this article, encouraging participation to European Union projects in order to move R&D activities in Turkey to a universal level, general overview will be provided to this process in order to be able to benefit from this effectively. In the direction of this general overview, world trends will be examined under Horizon 2020 headings while discussing the subject of transportation. Especially on the subjects of energy efficiency, smart cities, integrated transportation, effects of projects that are applied or aimed in the world on transportation will be examined. Near future of the transportation sector will be discussed and different models that can be adapted to Istanbul will be evaluated. Transportation potential that will be examined under these headings supported by Horizon 2020 is a pre-promotion to creating consortiums countrywide.

This article investigates decisions taken at the project level in establishing and managing collaborative ICT projects under the European Framework Programme Horizon 2020. Based on interviews with project coordinators from European research organizations, we offer a detailed examination of how projects are built and managed, and how decisions influence the formation of collaborative networks. Projects are typically set up in three stages. In the first, a smaller group that has worked together before decides on the main idea. This leads in the second stage to a gradual invitation of partners to satisfy professional and formal demands, which also defines the structure of the project. If funded, more detailed decisions on ownership and interaction are taken in the third stage. Coordinators are under pressure from the regulatory control of the EU Commission, which can explain the strong preference for well-known partners, but the formal monitoring also provides tools for project managers.

The EU's stagnation on many innovation indicators led to a number of efforts to spur a turnaround. One of most visible projects has been the Horizon 2020 strategy, which devotes unprecedented levels of funding to the promotion of R&D and innovation. But does this strategy address the right issues to promote innovation? Is Horizon 2020 right to ignore geographical considerations when allocating funding? What policy instruments does Horizon 2020 recommend, and has it led to novel strategies being employed, beyond the increase in R&D funding? What steps are individual countries taking? Most importantly, what impact is Horizon 2020 actually having on innovation in the EU?