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European Technology Platforms
What are they
European Technology Platforms focus on strategic issues where achieving Europe’s future growth, competitiveness and sustainability depends upon major technological advances. They bring together stakeholders, led by industry, to define medium to long-term research and technological development objectives and lay down markers for achieving them.
Technology platforms play a key role in better aligning EU research priorities to industry’s needs. They cover the whole economic value chain, ensuring that knowledge generated through research is transformed into technologies and processes, and ultimately into marketable products and services.
Why are they important
To remain competitive, European industry needs to specialize more in high-technology areas. Investment in research must be increased, coordination across Europe enhanced and the technological content of
industrial activity raised. Technology platforms address these challenges through:
- Shared vision of stakeholders
- Positive impact on a wide range of policies
- Reduced fragmentation of research and development efforts
- Mobilisation of public and private funding sources.
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