Overview
PRO INNO Europe® is an innovation policy initiative of the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry that intends to become the focal point of innovation policy analysis and development throughout Europe.
The initiative unites the previously separate PAXIS initiative, the TrendChart on Innovation in Europe, including the European Innovation Scoreboard, and the series of innovation policy studies in a common framework. Existing policy analysis and benchmarking activities will thus be integrated with new incentives for trans-national cooperation, innovation actions and policy learning methods.
PRO INNO Europe® is part of the overall policy coordination with the Member States in the field of innovation, which is also facilitated by the Group of Senior Officials on innovation policy. Furthermore, close relations between PRO INNO Europe® and the Innovating Regions in Europe (IRE) network will be established. Whereas PRO INNO Europe® will concentrate on the overall analysis of innovation performance and innovation policies and provide a learning platform for trans-national co-operation, the IRE network will be used as the main communication channel with European regions on innovation policy matters.
Furthermore, a close liaison between PRO INNO Europe® and the Europe INNOVA initiative will be ensured, for example through the Europe INNOVA Forum, which brings together in a virtual manner relevant sectoral innovation projects and policy initiatives, as well as through the bi-annual Europe INNOVA Conference. The idea is that the lessons learned from the Europe INNOVA projects shall be used as further input into the development of new innovation policies and strategies, as promoted by the INNO-Learning Platform.
Structure
PRO-INNO Europe is based on three pillars accommodating a total of eight modules. Each of these follows a specific key aim of the initiative, as shown in the chart below. Although these actions are different in nature, they form part of a wider integrated policy approach intended to develop new and better innovation policies based on sound policy analysis and reliable statistics. This will prepare the ground for innovation actions covering the whole range of policy aspects and involving a multitude of different actors. Please click on the headlines of the objectives to learn more about the initiative's aims".
PRO INNO Europe® is an initiative of Directorate General Enterprise and Industry which aims to become the focal point for innovation policy analysis and policy cooperation in Europe, with the view to learning from the best and contributing to the development of new and better innovation policies in Europe.
