URGENT H2020 consultation for next long term budget period

Dear all, We send you the call for consultation on next EU Research and innovation programme. The deadline to answer is on 8 of March 2018. We will have a small debate about it during our plenary session. We encourage you to answer and keep attention of your national research organizations about the necessity to take into account the area of our work, operational research.. Best regards, Corine LOCHET Executive secretary of IENWG If you have trouble reading this e-mail read the online version. RESEARCH & INNOVATION Public consultation on next EU Research & Innovation programme Dear research and innovation stakeholders, On 10 January 2018, the European Commission launched a series of public consultations clustered by key polic areas, in preparation for the EU's next long-term budget post-2020 (MFF). Citizens, organisations and business can give their views online until 8 March 2018. The consultation on EU funds in the area of investment, research & innovation, SMEs and single market can be found here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/consultations/public-consultation-eu-funds-area-investment-research- innovation-smes-and-single-market_en. Your feedback is essential. This is THE moment to express your support, based on the EU added value of EU R& programmes1, building on the success of Horizon 20202 and given the importance of research and innovation in extending the frontiers of knowledge, boosting Europe's productivity and competitiveness, addressing the gran societal challenges and sustaining our socio-economic model and values. It is important that these messages a clearly passed. The public consultation on the Interim Evaluation of Horizon 2020 received over 3500 replies - a strong signal o your interest. Please mobilise your networks so that we gather even more views for this important consultation Let’s make “Foster research and innovation across the EU” (dedicated box in the consultation questionnaire) st out as a clear priority for the future. I would like to thank you in advance for your support and your feedback. Robert-Jan Smits See the signed copy of the letter. http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/comm/180112_cluster-consult_en.pdf 1 See Annex 4 of 'LAB-FAB-APP: Investing in the European future we want', published in July 2017 http://ec.europa.eu/research/evaluations/pdf/archive/other_reports_studies_and_documents/hlg_2017_report 2 COM(2018)2 - Horizon 2020 interim evaluation: maximising the impact of EU research and innovation