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 Advice Paper  May 2011 1 Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation Funding: a response to the European Commission Summary EU research and innovation funding is an important element of the European research eco-system but the level of investment is small compared to national spend.Therefore, EU activity must be carefully targeted on where it can add special value. It is imperative that the Commission’s contribution to the European research effort adds value and is seen to add value to national efforts.Without that there will continue to be national resistance to greater Commission involvement in the European research effort,  particularly from Europe’s major research players. There are three characteristics of EU-level funding and activity that are of significant value: mobility , coordination and solidarity . Mobil ity is a natur al drive r of collabor ation, allow ing researcher s to fulfil their potential and stimulating the creation of excellent European research groups involving the highest levels of talent. Coordinating activity across Europe is one of the most valuable roles the EU fulfils, ensuring the flow of informa tion, suppo rting collabor ation and reduc ing dupli cation. Designing cohesion policy to support less competitive regions in building capacity and driving entrepreneurship and innovation will ensure solidarity while also developing a high-quality, broad scientific base. European research and innovation capability must be involved in tackling major Societal Chall enges such as climate change and energy security , but the priority must be to coordi nate national efforts, ensuring efficiency , coherence and transparency . It is imperative that research in the social sciences and humanities be given equal status to that of other scienc es and engineering. W e can alread y start to add ress many of the key Socie tal Challenge s in technol ogica l terms , but need deepe r under standi ng of how to influence attitudes and behaviours. (11-06)

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